These awards follow a similar pattern every year, to the point where you wonder why ITV bother to air it in the first place.
Philip Schofield beams like a Cheshire cat, shouts a lot and then shows lots of clips that prove that the other soaps have had good years only for Eastenders to win more than they should. Since Hollyoaks won best soap in recent times things have got a bit more interesting, but certainly not by much.
There were some very worthy winners though, and the lifetime recognition award is always given to a worthy recipient.
You just want to cut out the breaks and shouting in between.