'I'm so happy for you!' The A-Z of Awards Shows (VIDEO)

As the high point of the soaps calendar, the British Soap Awards, approaches we felt it was time to have a look at the do's and don'ts, the highs and the lows of awards shows.

Let soaps specialist Sarah Waterfall guide you through the pitfalls of the red carpet paparazzi, the after-party shenanigans, the fashion disasters, the air kisses and all the other fun that define TV awards shows.

Watch the A-Z of Awards Shows, above.

The British Soap Awards will be held in Manchester on May 16 and will be screened on ITV the following week. What's on TV will be on the red carpet and at the awards, bringing you exclusive video and gossip.

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix.

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.