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Bafta Soap Nominations

gogglebok · 2009-03-24 09:41:33

Good news for Eastenders, bad news for Corrie. The nomnations for Best Continuing Drama are Eastenders, Emmerdale, Casualty and the Bill. That's the same line-up as last year, when The Bill won. Coronation Street haven't won since 2004. They haven't even been nominated since 2006. Red faces there, I'd say. Great news for…

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24-03-2009 10:41am

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Good news for Eastenders, bad news for Corrie. The nomnations for Best Continuing Drama are Eastenders, Emmerdale, Casualty and the Bill. That's the same line-up as last year, when The Bill won.

Coronation Street haven't won since 2004. They haven't even been nominated since 2006. Red faces there, I'd say.

Great news for soap fans - June Brown (Dot Cotton) is the first soap actress to get a Best Actress Nomination since Jean Alexander was up for Hilda Ogden in 1987.

I think it's brilliant that BAFTA acknowledges the work that's done in soap. It's so easy to be snobbish, and only offer awards to the prestige projects.

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