London
(ANI):
British
television
soap
opera
EastEnders,
which
is
celebrating
its
25th
anniversary
year,
has
won
six
gongs
at
the
Inside
Soap
Awards.
The
BBC1
programme
got
the
award
for
Best
Soap,
and
Lacey
Turner,
who
stars
as
Stacey
Branning,
got
the
fifth
consecutive
Best
Actress
win.
Branning"s
former
on-screen
husband,
played
by
Charlie
Clements,
scooped
the
gong
for
Best
Exit,
after
falling
to
his
death
during
the
show"s
live
episode
earlier
this
year.
The
Sexiest
Male
award
went
to
Scott
Maslen,
who
plays
Jack
Branning,
and
who
is
also
starring
in
this
year"s
Strictly
Come
Dancing
competition.
“It"s
an
honour
to
win
this.
It"s
voted
for
by
the
public,
which
I"m
grateful
for,
but
I
do
get
ribbed
by
my
friends
for
the
sexiest
male
awards," the
Daily
Mail
quoted
him
as
saying.
“When
you"re
20,
it"s
fine,
but
I"m
40
next
year.
It"s
all
good
if
people
think
I"m
sexy,
but
they
wouldn"t
if
they
saw
me
first
thing
in
the
morning,"
he
stated.
The
Best
Newcomer
gong
went
to
EastEnders" Ricky
Norwood
for
his
role
as
Arthur
'Fatboy"
Chubb.
EastEnders
also
won
the
award
for
Best
Wedding
for
the
turbulent
and
dramatic
nuptials
of
Syed
Masood,
played
by
Marc
Elliot,
and
Amira
Shah,
played
by
Preeya
Kalidas.