Logie Awards of 1961
| 3rd Logie Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | 18 March 1961 |
| Site | Chevron-Hilton Hotel, Sydney |
| Hosted by | Jimmy Edwards |
| Gold Logie | Bob Dyer |
| Television coverage | |
| Network | ABN-2 (ABC) |
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 was the first year that the awards were known as the Logie Awards, after having been coined by Star of the Year recipient Graham Kennedy the previous year, to honour the Scottish engineer and innovator who contributed to the development of television as a practical medium, John Logie Baird.[1] This article lists the winners of Logie Awards (Australian television) for 1961:
Awards
Gold Logie
Special Gold Logie
- Best Drama
- Winner:
- Stormy Petrel, ABC
Logie
National
- Best Actor
- Winner:
- Best Variety Show
- Winner:
- Revue '61, Director Peter Macfarlane, host Digby Wolfe
- Best Comedians
- Winner:
- Best Singer
- Winner:
- Best Australian Drama
- Winner:
- Best Sporting Coverage
- Winner:
- The Davis Cup, ABC
Victoria
- Most Popular Male
- Winner:
- Most Popular Female
- Winner:
- Most Popular Program
- Winner:
New South Wales
- Most Popular Male
- Winner:
- Most Popular Female
- Winner:
- Most Popular Program
- Winner:
South Australia
- Most Popular Male
- Winner:
- Most Popular Female
- Winner:
- Most Popular Program
- Winner:
Queensland
- Most Popular Male
- Winner:
- Most Popular Female
- Winner:
- Most Popular Program
- Winner:
References
- ^ "Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding New Talent". ninemsn.com.au. Archived from the original on 31 August 2009.