Casualty beats Emmerdale and EastEnders for TV BAFTA as Corrie snubbed

14 May 2023 , 20:12

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Casualty beats Emmerdale and EastEnders for TV BAFTA as Corrie snubbed

Casualty secured the BAFTA TV Awards 2023 soap trophy against Emmerdale and EastEnders on Sunday night, as they were declared the best Soap & Continuing Drama for 2023.

Last year's winner Coronation Street was snubbed from the final nominations list, with only three shows qualifying this time around instead of the usual four.

Emmerdale took on rival soap EastEnders for the trophy, but faced tough competition from BBC medical drama Casualty who won the award in 2021.

Emmerdale hasn't won the soap gong since 2020, and EastEnders the year before that in 2019.

On the night, it was Casualty who came out on top as the cast and crew cheered as they made their way to the stage.

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Emmerdale took on rival soap EastEnders for the gong, but faced tough competition from BBC medical drama Casualty

Meanwhile, earlier this year some stars hit out at the nominations list after many shows were snubbed.

The announcement for the TV BAFTAs saw the likes of The Crown, The Responder and Somewhere Boy up for gongs but the daytime category had just three nominations.

Despite a string of shows being aired across the day, only The Chase, Scam Interceptors and The Repair Shop: A Royal Visit have been recognised.

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One star of daytime TV in particular, former Pointless star Richard Osman, shared his frustration with the “snobbish” industry.

Taking to Twitter in view of his 1.2 million followers, The Thursday Murder Club author penned at the time: "Daytime TV punches far above its weight in terms of ratings, cost & popularity.

"To have only 2 daytime shows on this list is a bit of a kick in the teeth for producers.

"If I made Bridge Of Lies, HUTH [Homes Under the Hammer], Come Dine [With Me], Lingo etc I think I'd feel robbed. Why bother having the category?"

Richard went on to say: "Apologies for such a TV-centric tweet, but it can be such a snobbish industry sometimes."

The BAFTA TV Awards 2023 is available to watch now on BBC iPlayer.

Charlotte Tutton