Coronation Street’s Lucy Fallon in tears as she wins a National Television Award for performance in Bethany Platt’s gang rape hell as Emmerdale wins best soap

LUCY Fallon was overwhelmed as she was awarded the gong for Best Serial Drama Performance at the National Television Awards.

The Coronation Street star covered her face in shock as her name was announced.

Lucy, 22, plays Bethany Platt in the ITV1 soap and has had a string of huge story lines since joining the show in 2015.

She'd had viewers gripped recently, with Bethany taking up lap-dancing to reassert her authority over men after she fell victim to a sex grooming plot.

The star hugged her co-stars as she made her way on stage, and tearfully warned the audience she "wouldn't be able to speak any sense."

The actress had a long list of people she wanted to thank, saying: "Thank you to everybody, all of the cast, my Platt family - Tina [O'Brien] and Colson [Smith] because he'd kill me if I didn't mention him, and everybody who voted.

The 22-year-old had looked confident as she posed on the red carpet earlier on in the evening

My family, my mum, my dad, my boyfriend Tom, thank you so much to everybody."

She was seen alongside her boyfriend Tom Leech and a host of co-stars including Jenni McAlpine and Catherine Tyldesley earlier in the day getting the train from Manchester to London, with the group lugging suitcases carrying their outfits for the awards show.

But Coronation Street didn't sweep the board with the soaps.

The Emmerdale cast were delighted when they were presented with the prestigious award for Best Soap, having also won the category last year.