Emmerdale swept the board at this year's TV Choice Awards, taking home the top three soap prizes. The ITV series was voted best soap, while Ryan Hawley and Charlotte Bellamy were named best soap actor and actress, respectively.
Sally Dexter was awarded best soap newcomer at the ceremony held at London's Dorchester Hotel. The wins cap a successful year for the Yorkshire-based drama.
ITV crime drama Broadchurch also secured three awards, including best drama, and best actor and actress for its leads David Tennant and Olivia Colman. Mary Berry, former judge of The Great British Bake Off, received the outstanding contribution to television award.
Other winners included Strictly Come Dancing for best talent show, I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! for best reality series, and Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway for best entertainment show. Little Boy Blue won best new drama, while Call The Midwife took best family drama. The finale of Peter Kay's Car Share was named best comedy, and This Morning was voted best daytime show for the second consecutive year.
