British Academy Television Awards
The British Academy Television Awards are awarded annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts
(BAFTA). EastEnders has received thirteen British Academy Television Awards nominations and has won seven of them. It won the award for Best Drama Series in 1997 and has been nominated for Best Continuing Drama or Best Soap 11 times, winning in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2011. June Brown was nominated in 2009 for Best Actress, the first time a soap opera actress was nominated in this category since Jean Alexander who played Hilda Ogden in Coronation Street in 1988. She was the favourite to win the award, but lost out to Anna Maxwell Martin.
Year Category Nominee(s) Result
1997 Best Drama SeriesEastEnders (Corinne Hollingworth, Jane Harris) Won
1999 Best Soap EastEnders (Matthew Robinson) Won
2000 Best Soap EastEnders (Matthew Robinson) Won
2001 Best Soap EastEnders (production team) Nominated
2002 Best Soap EastEnders (production team) Won
2003 Best Soap EastEnders (production team) Nominated
2006 Best Continuing Drama EastEnders (production team) Won
2007 Best Continuing Drama EastEnders (production team) Nominated
2008 Best Continuing Drama EastEnders (production team) Nominated
2009 Best Continuing Drama EastEnders (production team) Nominated
Best Actress June Brown (Dot Branning) Nominated
2010 Best Continuing Drama EastEnders (production team) Won
2011 Best Continuing Drama EastEnders (production team) Won
(BAFTA). EastEnders has received thirteen British Academy Television Awards nominations and has won seven of them. It won the award for Best Drama Series in 1997 and has been nominated for Best Continuing Drama or Best Soap 11 times, winning in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2011. June Brown was nominated in 2009 for Best Actress, the first time a soap opera actress was nominated in this category since Jean Alexander who played Hilda Ogden in Coronation Street in 1988. She was the favourite to win the award, but lost out to Anna Maxwell Martin.
Year Category Nominee(s) Result
1997 Best Drama SeriesEastEnders (Corinne Hollingworth, Jane Harris) Won
1999 Best Soap EastEnders (Matthew Robinson) Won
2000 Best Soap EastEnders (Matthew Robinson) Won
2001 Best Soap EastEnders (production team) Nominated
2002 Best Soap EastEnders (production team) Won
2003 Best Soap EastEnders (production team) Nominated
2006 Best Continuing Drama EastEnders (production team) Won
2007 Best Continuing Drama EastEnders (production team) Nominated
2008 Best Continuing Drama EastEnders (production team) Nominated
2009 Best Continuing Drama EastEnders (production team) Nominated
Best Actress June Brown (Dot Branning) Nominated
2010 Best Continuing Drama EastEnders (production team) Won
2011 Best Continuing Drama EastEnders (production team) Won