Coronation Street Blog: Coronation Street Awards 2018

As I have done for the previous two years, here are my Coronation Street Round Up Of The Year Awards: part Inside Soap, part inside my own head. Feel free to disagree in the comments!

Best Actor - Jack P Shepherd (David Platt).

Best Actress - Sally Carman (Abi Franklin). Abi is what Americans would call a MVP.

Best Bad Boy - Henry Newton (George Banks). We all know Gemma and Chesney are destined to be together, but I still foolishly hold out hopes for Gemnry, even though young Newton is a cad and a rotter.

Best Bad Girl - Kayla Clifton (Mollie Winnard).

Funniest Male - Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson).

Funniest Female - Gemma Winter (Dollyrose Campbell).

Best Newcomer - Emma Brooker (Alexandra Mardel) Perky, funny and as cute as a button. Let's hope she gets a good storyline soon and doesn't get weighed down (as Steph and Rana before her) by misery and bad boyfriends.

Best young actor - Hope Stape (Isabella Flanagan), the little monster-in-waiting.

Let Them Go, Let Them Go - if Norris and Emily aren't going to return, then how about giving us closure by killing them off? A Peruvian avalanche perhaps? Spider Nugent could make a Martin Platt style blink and you'll miss him return to break the sad news before going back to his plant-based juice 'n' turmeric latte bar in Streatham.

Sexy Soapstar Superstar (male) - Imran Habeeb (Charlie De Melo). Where to begin, where to end? Melting eyes, ruffleable hair, carefully maintained facial fuzz. I'm still waiting for an ironing scene, Corrie, still waiting!

Sexy Soapstar Superstar (female) - Moira Pollock (Louiza Patikas). This is slightly left-field, but hear me out. With her Titian hair, beautiful eyes, feminine figure and the romantic attitude of a Babs Cartland fanatic (she would do anything for love, but she won't do that. Although she probably would), Moira is the full female package. Let's a) hear if for the older ladies and b) have more of Moira in 2019 and a bit less of *cough* Michelle and *cough* Sinead.

Best Return Of An Actor Previously In A Different Role But We Have Forgotten All That Due To Her Brilliance: Maureen Lipman (Evelyn Plummer) Having seen off Fiz, I look forward to Evelyn ruling number 9 with a rod of iron and a will of steel.

Best Guest Star - Rosemary the dodgy psychic (Sophie Thompson).

Best Partnership - Audrey and Lewis. I hope they get lots of screen time before Lewis/Nigel goes off to panto.

Best Showstopper - Dr Ali kills evil Ronan.

Best Shock Twist - Anna returns to off Evil Phelan.

Best Exit - Phelan (see above)

Best Drama Storyline - Josh rapes David - or rather, the aftermath and David's breakdown and recovery.

Best comedy storyline - Aud and Claud's rivalry, culminating in Audrey's mic drop at the North West Regional Stylist Awards

Best dressed: Both Imran and Peter B rock a waistcoat, but Adam is always the slickest dressed. Even on his day off, you don't find him in a trackie bottom and a stained Oasis t-shirt.

Worst dressed: Toyah Battersby gave it her all this year (just get her an Asos voucher for Xmas, Leanne, and burn those blouses!) but Sophie's peplum-frilled denim jacket was so hideous that Ms Webster wins the coveted worst dressed on the cobbles award. Sorry, Soph!