Over the weekend, EastEnders icon Diane Parish posted a fun-filled video of the 2025 British Soap Awards highlights on social media that did not reveal any of the winners.
Diane Parish and her EastEnders castmates made a celebratory trip to Hackney on Saturday night as they prepared to attend the British Soap Awards 2025. The 55-year-old soap icon, who has been starring in Denise Fox on the BBC show since 2006, was long on the waitlist for one of the show categories.
The star had been initially nominated for the Best Leading Performer gong, but did not advance to the second round of nominations for the prestigious award. Instead, EastEnders co-stars Lacey Turner and Kellie Bright were nominated for the gong alongside Emmerdale stars Beth Cordingly and Eden Taylor-Draper.
The glitzy awards show, which was hosted by singing sensation and cruise ship enthusiast Jane McDonald, was also attended by Coronation Street and Hollyoaks stars. When highlights from the ceremony are broadcast on ITV on Thursday night, some fans are awaiting the results to be revealed.
In keeping with this, Diane took to social media on Sunday to post some of her favorite moments from the night. Before, during, and after the event, she shared a two-and-a-half-minute-long video of the festivities that included footage of her partying with other soap stars.
No spoilers for those who don’t want to know, Diane wrote in her main grid after uploading the footage. But I’m SO VERY appreciative of everyone who participates in “What a night” on @bbceastenders!
Clips showed her chuckling and chatting with co-stars, cheering crowd members in the live audience, showcasing Anita Dobson in the crowd, and partying at the after party. However, the after-show venue was the subject of a bomb hoax, so pop stars were in a fit for the occasion.
Following the main awards, the event took place at London’s Hackney Town Hall. However, shortly before 1am, after the event was reportedly threatened with a bomb, attendees were abruptly ordered to leave the venue.
“We all got evacuated just before 1am. No reason was given at first and security came round and told us we had to leave immediately,” a source told The Mirror – recounting the nerves shredding experience.
Security informed us that there had been a bomb threat as we all stood outside the street. People started making their way home because we were prevented from returning to the building.
In a video shared with The Mirror, some of TV’s biggest soap stars can be seen waiting outside the venue as more evacuate – with the likes of EastEnders’ Tameka Empson and former Hollyoaks star Emmett J Scanlan among them.
Additionally, a show source added that “the after party venue was required to be evacuated due to a security alert following the recording of the awards.” Everyone was safely cleared from the building.
Fans of soaps took to social media to criticize ITV for failing to broadcast the event live, with many upset that they had to wait until Thursday to see who would take the stage.
Taking to X to slam the delay in broadcast, one fan raged: “It’s ridiculous that the British Soap Awards isn’t live… there’s more hype for the soap stars arriving outside for something not even airing on tv for another week than there is the Britain’s Got Talent final… sort it out for next year please @itv.”
On Thursday, June 5, 2025, 8 p.m., ITV1 and ITVX will broadcast the British Soap Awards 2025.
