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The winners..

Best Soap: Eastenders
Best Actress: Katherine Kelly (Becky Granger in Corrie)
Best Actor: Robert Kazinsky (Eastenders)
Best Single Episode: Doctors – A Kind of Hush
Best Newcomer: Craig Gazey (Graeme Proctor in Corrie)
Best Storyline: Doctors – Vivien’s rape
Best On-screen Partnership: Nitin Ganatra and Nina Wadia (Masood Ahmed & Zainab Masood in Eastenders)
Best Exit: Rob James-Collier (Liam Connor in Corrie)
Best Dramatic Performance from a young actor or actress: Maisie Smith (Tiffany Dean in Eastenders)
Best Dramatic Performance: Anita Carey (Vivien March in Doctors)
Spectacular Scene: Emmerdale – Victoria Falls Through The Ice
Best Comedy Performance: Nina Wadia (Zainab Masood in Eastenders)
Villain of the Year: Gray O’Brien (Tony Gordon in Corrie)
Sexiest Male: Scott Malsen (Jack Branning in Eastenders)
Sexiest Female: Michelle Keegan (Tina McIntyre in Corrie)
Special Achievement Award: Peter Whalley, writer of Coronation Street
Lifetime Achievement Award: Barbara Windsor (Peggy Mitchell in Eastenders)

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20th July 1943 – 26th February 2009

Wendy Richard died yesterday aged 65,she had been suffering with cancer for a while,and finally passed away at her Harley Street clinic where she was being treated for her breast cancer,her husband John Burns who she had recently married,was at her bedside when she died.

She was first diagnosed with breast cancer as early as 1996,but she fully recovered,but the cancer returned in 2002,and again she over came it. The cancer returned for a third time in 2008,this time however the cancer had spread and became terminal.

Wendy had a long career in the entertainment industry,appearing in many classic TV shows during the 70′s,including Dads Army,Up Pompei and The Likely lads,before landing the role that was to make her a household name,that of Miss Brahms in the comedy series Are You Being Served?. The show ran from 1972 to 1985.

She then took a chance on joining a new BBC soap opera called Eastenders,where she played the character of Pauline Fowler,she was to remain with the soap for the next 21 years.

Wendy’s first appearance as Pauline Fowler in episode 1 of Eastenders in 1985.

Wendy’s final scene as Pauline Fowler in Eastenders, shown on Christmas Day 2006.