Coronation Street star Jane Danson has surprised fans with her connection to another famous face as they declared: 'This can't be real!' The actress was among the TV stars attending the Broadcast Awards 2025 on Wednesday night (February 5) where the ITV soap picked up the gong for Best Continuing Drama.
Other winners included real-life drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office, which enjoyed a double victory, and The Piano, hosted by Claudia Winkleman, which picked up Best Popular Factual Programme.
The Broadcast Awards Hall of Fame was launched to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the event and each year a show will be inducted that has made an indelible mark on British life and has been influential and acclaimed within the industry.
Gavin & Stacey, the much-loved sitcom, was the very first to be added after the beloved series concluded this Christmas after 17 years with a whopping +28-day audience of 20.9m viewers, the UK’s biggest scripted show since records began in 2002.
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