Logie Award for Best Australian Drama

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Logie Award for Best Australian Drama
Country Australia
Presented by TV Week
First awarded 1961
Last awarded 1976
Most awards Homicide (7)
Website www.tvweeklogieawards.com.au

The Silver Logie for Best Australian Drama was an award category presented at the Australian TV Week Logie Awards, to recognise an Australian drama production. It was first awarded at the 3rd Annual TV Week Logie Awards ceremony, held in 1961. [1] The award was renamed many times in subsequent ceremonies; Best Australian TV Drama Series (1962), [2] Best Drama (1963, 1966–1967), [2] [3] Best Australian Drama Series (1965, 1970), [2] [4] Best Drama Series (1968), [3] and Best Drama Show (1969). [3] This award category was eliminated in 1977. Homicide held the record for the most wins, with seven.

<i>TV Week</i>

TV Week is a weekly Australian magazine that provides television program listings information and highlights, as well as television-related news.

Logie Awards award

The Logie Awards are an annual institution that celebrate Australian television, sponsored and organised by magazine TV Week, with the first ceremony in 1959.

The 3rd Annual TV Week Logie Awards were presented on Saturday 18 March 1961 at Chevron-Hilton Hotel in Sydney. Jimmy Edwards from the BBC series Whack-O! was the Master of Ceremonies. The Awards presentation was televised in a half-hour live broadcast on ABN-2, Sydney, with delayed broadcast on ABC stations in other capital cities during the following week. This article lists the winners of Logie Awards for 1961:

Winners

Key Meaning
Double-dagger-14-plain.pngIndicates the winning program
Year Program NetworkRef
1961 Shadow of a Pale Horse Double-dagger-14-plain.png
Seven Network
[1]
1962 Consider Your Verdict Double-dagger-14-plain.png
Seven Network
[2]
1963 The One Day of the Year Double-dagger-14-plain.png
Nine Network
1965 Homicide Double-dagger-14-plain.png
Seven Network
1966 HomicideDouble-dagger-14-plain.png
Seven Network
[3]
1967 HomicideDouble-dagger-14-plain.png
Seven Network
1968 HomicideDouble-dagger-14-plain.png
Seven Network
1969 HomicideDouble-dagger-14-plain.png
Seven Network
1970 Division 4 Double-dagger-14-plain.png
Nine Network
[4]
1971 HomicideDouble-dagger-14-plain.png
Seven Network
1972 Division 4Double-dagger-14-plain.png
Nine Network
1973 HomicideDouble-dagger-14-plain.png
Seven Network
1974 Number 96 Double-dagger-14-plain.png
Network Ten
[5]
1975 Number 96Double-dagger-14-plain.png
Network Ten
1976 Number 96Double-dagger-14-plain.png
Network Ten

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References

  1. 1 2 "1959–1961 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "1962–1965 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "1966–1969 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  4. 1 2 "1970–1973 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  5. ↑ "1974–1977 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
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