Anne Kirkbride, who passed away earlier this year, will be honoured at this year's British Soap Awards.
Anne, who played Deirdre Barlow in Coronation Street for 42 years, will be remembered posthumously at the awards ceremony which is being held on Saturday 16 May.
Her on-screen husband William Roache (Ken Barlow) and close friend Bev Callard (Liz McDonald) will
present the Outstanding Achievement award on the night, which will be
collected by Anne's real-life husband David Beckett.
It will be the
first time that the British Soap Awards has handed out the Outstanding
Achievement gong after the recipient has died. Anne Kirkbride could also win Scene of the Year for Deirdre throwing her trifle at the wall.
Download our App | Follow on Twitter @CoroStreetBlog | Like on Facebook
All original work on the Coronation Street Blog is covered by a Creative Commons License
Thursday 14 May 2015
Anne Kirkbride to be honoured at British Soap Awards 2015
Labels:
anne kirkbride,
deirdre barlow,
newsnow
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
You might also like...
-
Here are the major storylines for the week ahead on Coronation Street, all wrapped up nicely in 50 words or less. Monday 1 April to Friday 5...
-
Wednesday 27th March 2024 DAISY HAS AN UNWELCOME VISITOR Jenny and Daisy are horrified when Christina texts to say she is coming to stay fo...
-
Monday 25th March 2024 DAMON WANTS TO GET THE JOB DONE Harry thanks Damon for his VR headset and gives him a hug. Damon apologises again for...
-
You might have heard of Elf on a Shelf (I hadn't, I have to admit). Well, now there's a Coronation Street version doing the round...
-
Kate will begin her role in April 2024 reporting to the newly appointed Executive Producer for Continuing Drama, Iain MacLeod, John Whiston,...
-
We've all been waiting for Samon (Darah?) to collapse around Sarah's ears, haven't we? Like David using the VR headset, Sarah is...
-
Billy is finding it hard - Paul will at some point want to end his life and Billy is concerned that each slight sign of decay will lead to t...
-
Friday 29th March 2024 GLENDA GETS SOME UNWELCOME VISITORS With Jenny heading off to a posh dinner with Rita and Daisy going away with Ryan,...
-
How has Steve been coping in the wake of Tracy’s affair as it was a bit of a double whammy for him, his wife didn’t just have an affair, she...
-
In this week's podcast, we chat about what went on in Corrie between the 18th and the 22nd March (Episodes #11,216 - 11,221). This was a...
2 comments:
While I do welcome this award, it is a shame that they didn't acknowledge Anne when she was alive. There was an opportunity to do so in 2012 or 2013 when she celebrated 40 years, especially when Helen Worth was awarded last year.
I know Pam St.Clement's exit in 2012 led to her having it, but 2013 could've been Anne's year yet Adam Woodyat got it whereas he could've received it this year on his 30th anniversary.
Having said that, who knows, maybe she rejected the award because she didn't want the publicity, very much like Eileen Derbyshire, who I think should at least be acknowledged and maybe she could send a letter of thanks.
Richard Thorp who played Turner in Emmerdale for 31 years was ignored while Adam Woodyatt (in his 40s) was given one after 28 years just because EastEnders failed to get an award!
Anne was the only one (bar Derbyshire) of the Corrie legends not to get one, and it's such a shame that she's not around to accept it.
Who will get it next year? Sue Nicholls? Sally Dynevor or Chris Chittell (Emmerdale's Pollard) for 30 years.
William Roache should get it.
Post a Comment