The television personality announced his exit from ITV in a lengthy statement on Friday (26th May 2023) following his being dropped by his agents and his previous departure from This Morning<\/a>.<\/p>\n Within the statement, Schofield announced that he would be stepping down from all of his television commitments with the network, including the British Soap Awards.<\/p>\n A source has confirmed to RadioTimes.com<\/a> that the ceremony will still go ahead in Manchester next Saturday (3rd June 2023).<\/p>\n \u201cThe British Soap Awards will take place next Saturday as planned,\u201d revealed an ITV insider, \u201cand we will make further announcements in due course.\u201d<\/p> The shortlist for the British Soap Awards 2023 remains open for the public vote, with categories open including Villain of the Year, Best Young Performer, Best Leading Performer and Best British Soap.<\/p>\n You can register your vote here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n The awards organisers have said they will be recognising \u201can incredible year\u201d in soap, with highlights already including Mick and Janine Carter\u2019s dramatic departure from Albert Square in EastEnders<\/a> over Christmas, Daisy Midgeley falling victim to a dangerous stalker in Coronation Street<\/a> culminating in an acid attack, Paddy Kirk\u2019s mental health crisis in Emmerdale<\/a>, Warren being unable to escape Norma\u2019s lies and manipulation in Hollyoaks<\/a>, and a shocking death in Doctors.<\/p>\n The British Soap Awards 2023 will air on ITV1 and ITVX on Tuesday 6th June 2023 at 8pm.<\/strong><\/p>\n Check out more of our\u00a0Entertainment<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 12 issues for only \u00a31 with delivery to your home \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>subscribe now<\/strong><\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0<\/strong>The Radio Times Podcast<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n The ceremony celebrating British soap operas will be going ahead despite the news of host Phillip Schofield stepping down from ITV. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":33286,"template":"","categories":[1,2,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/british-soap-awards-2023-to-go-ahead-after-phillip-schofield-quits.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/british-soap-awards-2023-to-go-ahead-after-phillip-schofield-quits-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/british-soap-awards-2023-to-go-ahead-after-phillip-schofield-quits-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/british-soap-awards-2023-to-go-ahead-after-phillip-schofield-quits.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/british-soap-awards-2023-to-go-ahead-after-phillip-schofield-quits.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/british-soap-awards-2023-to-go-ahead-after-phillip-schofield-quits.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/british-soap-awards-2023-to-go-ahead-after-phillip-schofield-quits.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The ceremony celebrating British soap operas will be going ahead despite the news of host Phillip Schofield stepping down from ITV.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/33285"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\""Todd\"](\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/British-Soap-Awards-villain-92cab55.jpg?quality=90&crop=4px%2C0px%2C613px%2C408px&resize=613%2C408"\" "\\"\"British\\"")
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