TV Choice Awards 2026: Full list of winners as Emmerdale sweeps soap categories at annual ceremony

Emmerdale scooped the top awards for Best Soap, Best Soap Performance, and Best Soap Newcomer during the glitzy ceremony in London. Bradley Riches and Danny Miller picked up gongs for the roles on the soap

The TV Choice Awards are voted on by the public, giving an indication into which shows and performances are connecting with fans at home. It marks at least the third year in a row that the ITV soap has been crowned with the Best Soap award.

Other big winners on the evening included Call The Midwife, which picked up two awards for Best Family Drama and Best Family Performance for star Jenny Agutter. The Traitors, Strictly Come Dancing, and Gogglebox were also celebrated, as was streaming service 5 (formerly Channel 5) which was crowned the Best Channel/Streaming Service.

The finale episode of Gavin and Stacey also picked up awards, alongside Netflix smash hit miniseries Adolescence. You can find the full list of winners below:

Full list of TV Choice Awards 2026 winners

Best Daytime Show

• Escape To The Country/I Escaped To The Country (BBC)

Best Entertainment Show

• Gogglebox/Celebrity Gogglebox (Channel 4)

Best Lifestyle Show

• Pete Wicks: For Dogs’ Sake (UKTV)

Best Food Show

• James Martin’s Saturday Morning (ITV)

Best Reality Show

• The Traitors (BBC)

Best New Drama

• Adolescence (Netflix)

Best Factual Show

• Springtime On The Farm/Winter On The Farm (5)

Best Comedy Show

• Gavin & Stacey: The Finale (BBC)

Best Game Show

• The 1% Club (ITV)

Best Family Drama

• Call The Midwife (BBC)

Favourite Channel/Streaming Service

• 5

Best Talent Show

• Strictly Come Dancing/ Strictly: It Takes Two (BBC)

Best Comedy Performance

• Ruth Jones, Gavin & Stacey: The Finale (BBC)

Best Drama Series

• All Creatures Great And Small (5)

Best Drama Performance

• Jenny Agutter, Call The Midwife (BBC)

Best Soap Newcomer

• Bradley Riches, Emmerdale (ITV)

Best Soap Performance

• Danny Miller, Emmerdale (ITV)

Best Soap

• Emmerdale (ITV)