{"id":36505,"date":"2023-09-05T23:41:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T21:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1884568"},"modified":"2023-09-06T03:08:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T01:08:11","slug":"eastenders-sweeps-national-television-awards-2023-with-big-wins","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/eastenders-sweeps-national-television-awards-2023-with-big-wins\/","title":{"rendered":"EastEnders sweeps National Television Awards 2023 with big wins"},"content":{"rendered":"

The soap scooped three awards at this year’s NTAs. <\/p>

By Morgan Cormack\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 05 September 2023 at 21:41 PM<\/p>

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EastEnders<\/a> was the big soaps winner at this year\u2019s National Television Awards<\/a> with an impressive total of three wins \u2013 including the prestigious Serial Drama accolade.<\/p>\n

The ceremony for the 2023 NTAs took place tonight (Tuesday 5th September) at The O2 in London and saw many of TV\u2019s best loved stars take to the stage for an evening of celebration and recognition.<\/p>\n

The soap\u2019s first win of the night came with the award for Serial Drama Performance, which was won by Danielle Harold<\/a>. Other contenders in the category included Coronation Street\u2019s Charlotte Jordan, Emmerdale\u2019s Dominic Brunt and Coronation Street\u2019s Maureen Lipman.<\/p>\n

Harold starred in EastEnders as long-running character Lola Pearce-Brown and devastated fans earlier this year with her emotional exit from the soap<\/a>, which saw the young mother die after being diagnosed with a terminal brain tumour.<\/p>

The second EastEnders win of the night was awarded to Bobby Brazier, who stars in the soap as Freddie Slater<\/a> and took home the award for Rising Star.<\/p>\n

The actor has recently been involved in a heart-wrenching storyline around finding his father, which resulted in him removing rapist father Graham Foster (Alex McSweeney)<\/a> from his life.<\/p>\n

Brazier has also recently been confirmed as one of the celebrity contestants on this year\u2019s upcoming season of Strictly Come Dancing, having recently shared his experience of his first days of training<\/a> with fans on Instagram.<\/p>\n

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Bobby Brazier, winner of the Rising Star award, poses in the press room at the National Television Awards 2023.<\/span><\/figcaption> Alan Chapman\/Dave Benett\/Getty Images<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

The soap also took home one of the most sought-after awards of the night for Serial Drama.<\/p>\n

The hotly-anticipated category included shortlisted soaps Hollyoaks<\/a>, Coronation Street<\/a> and Emmerdale<\/a>, with EastEnders bagging the prize this year.<\/p>\n

Much of the talk of the soap this year has understandably revolved around the upcoming Christmas special episodes which will involve Kathy Beale, Suki Panesar, Denise Fox, Linda Carter, Stacey Slater and Sharon Watts.<\/p>\n

So far, \u2018the Six\u2019 storyline has kept fans guessing and theorising. Most recently, the trailer for Lacey Turner\u2019s Stacey Slater<\/a> was released amid her ongoing terrifying storyline with stalker Theo Hawthorne (William Ellis).<\/p>\n

While the identity of the body, which was teased in the Christmas flash-forward this past February<\/a>, has yet to be revealed, fans have continued to speculate which if any of the six women could be responsible and, of course, which man has been killed.<\/p>\n

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