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"Albert Square soap EastEnders has been named Digital Spy&amp;#039;s Soap Of The Year by our readers for the second year in a row.  The BBC serial fought off heavy competition from Coronation Street, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks in what was a closely fought poll. Speaking of the soap&amp;#039;s win, executive producer Dierderick Santer said: &amp;quot;A massive thank you to everyone on Digital Spy who took the trouble to vote for us. It means a lot to us that we&amp;#039;re still your number one soap.&amp;quot; He added: &amp;quot;We never take our audience&amp;#039;s loyalty and support for granted and are very grateful for this lovely Christmas gift.&amp;quot; The public vote - in which thousands and thousands of members of the DS community participated - was open between Friday, October 30 and Sunday, December 6.  Barbara Windsor (Peggy Mitchell) and her screen son Steve McFadden (Phil Mitchell) with the Digital Spy Soap Of The Year award. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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