The trophies given to the winners are made from metal and glass and have been manufactured by British firm Creative Awards since their inception.
[5] The five soap operas currently nominated for awards are Coronation Street, Doctors, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks.
Now-defunct soaps that were formerly nominated for awards were Brookside, Crossroads, Family Affairs and Night and Day with Doctors ending on BBC One on 14 November 2024.
[10] ITV instead aired a 60-minute special in its place titled The British Soap Awards Celebrates 21 Years, narrated by presenter Phillip Schofield.
[15] Current Defunct Stan Richards, who played Seth Armstrong in Emmerdale, was remembered during the ceremony, having died in February 2005.
[21] Maggie Jones, who played Blanche Hunt in Coronation Street, was remembered during the ceremony, having died in December 2009.
[25] Anne Kirkbride, who played Deirdre Barlow in Coronation Street, was remembered during the ceremony, having died in January 2015.
Liz Dawn, who played Vera Duckworth in Coronation Street, was remembered during the ceremony, having died in September 2017.
[31] A tribute was paid to Australian soap opera Neighbours, after filming ended the day before the ceremony, with video messages from Ian Smith (Harold Bishop) and Jackie Woodburne (Susan Kennedy).
[34] The In memoriam segment paid tribute to Bill Treacher (Arthur Fowler in EastEnders), Dale Meeks (Simon Meredith in Emmerdale), Barbara Young (Barbara Platt and Doreen Fenwick in Coronation Street), Andy Devine (Shadrach Dingle in Emmerdale), Ernst Walder (Ivan Cheveski in Coronation Street), Peter Martin (Len Reynolds in Emmerdale), Mona Hammond (Blossom Jackson in EastEnders), Maria Charles (Lena Thistlewood in Coronation Street), Harry Landis (Felix Kawalski in EastEnders), and Paul O'Grady who hosted The British Soap Awards from 2004 to 2005.