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Logie Awards of 1971

Logie Awards of 1971

Overview
The 13th Annual TV Week
TV Week
TV WEEK is a weekly television magazine in Australia, first published as a Melbourne-only publication in 1957 , and bearing a strong affiliation to television station GTV.The publication is still publishing weekly...

 Logie Award
Logie Award
The TV Week Logie Awards are the Australian television industry awards, which have been presented annually since 1959. Renamed by Graham Kennedy in 1960 after he won the first 'Star Of The Year' award , the name 'Logie' awards honors John Logie Baird, a Scotsman who invented the television as a...

s
were presented on Friday 26 March 1971 at Southern Cross Hotel in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital city and most populous city of the State of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne city centre is the anchor of the larger geographical area and statistical division known as the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area – of which Melbourne is...

 and broadcast on the Nine Network
Nine Network
The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian television network based in Willoughby, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney. For nearly 40 years between 1956 and 2005, it was the most watched television network in Australia...

. Bert Newton
Bert Newton
Albert Watson "Bert" Newton, AM, MBE, , is a multiple Gold Logie winning Australian television, radio, film, stage performer and author.-Childhood:...

 from the ABC
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC", is Australia's national public broadcaster. With a total budget of AUD$1.13 Billion annually, the corporation provides television, radio, online and mobile services throughout metropolitan and regional Australia, as well as...

 was the Master of Ceremonies
Master of Ceremonies
A master of ceremonies, microphone controller or MC , sometimes called a compère or an MJ for "microphone jockey," is the host of an official public or private staged event or other performance. The MC usually presents performers, speaks to the audience, and generally keeps the event moving...

. American television actors Michael Cole
Michael Cole
Michael Sean Coulthard , better known by his stage name Michael Cole, is a play-by-play announcer for World Wrestling Entertainment. He is best known for announcing WWE SmackDown for nine years, from its launch in 1999 until 2008...

, Peter Haskell
Peter Haskell
Peter Haskell is an American actor who has worked primarily in television.Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he is the son of the noted geophysicist Norman A. Haskell. He attended Browne & Nichols in Cambridge, then earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at Harvard University following a two-year stint in...

, Bob Crane
Bob Crane
Robert Edward "Bob" Crane was an American disc jockey and actor, best known for his performance as Colonel Robert E. Hogan in the television sitcom Hogan's Heroes from 1965 to 1971, and for his unsolved death....

 and Karen Jensen appeared as guests. This article lists the winners of Logie Award
Logie Award
The TV Week Logie Awards are the Australian television industry awards, which have been presented annually since 1959. Renamed by Graham Kennedy in 1960 after he won the first 'Star Of The Year' award , the name 'Logie' awards honors John Logie Baird, a Scotsman who invented the television as a...

s (Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland , the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans...

n television
Television
Television is a widely used telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images, either monochromatic or color, usually accompanied by sound. "Television" may also refer specifically to a television set, television programming or television transmission...

) for 1971:
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The 13th Annual TV Week
TV Week
TV WEEK is a weekly television magazine in Australia, first published as a Melbourne-only publication in 1957 , and bearing a strong affiliation to television station GTV.The publication is still publishing weekly...

 Logie Award
Logie Award
The TV Week Logie Awards are the Australian television industry awards, which have been presented annually since 1959. Renamed by Graham Kennedy in 1960 after he won the first 'Star Of The Year' award , the name 'Logie' awards honors John Logie Baird, a Scotsman who invented the television as a...

s
were presented on Friday 26 March 1971 at Southern Cross Hotel in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital city and most populous city of the State of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne city centre is the anchor of the larger geographical area and statistical division known as the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area – of which Melbourne is...

 and broadcast on the Nine Network
Nine Network
The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian television network based in Willoughby, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney. For nearly 40 years between 1956 and 2005, it was the most watched television network in Australia...

. Bert Newton
Bert Newton
Albert Watson "Bert" Newton, AM, MBE, , is a multiple Gold Logie winning Australian television, radio, film, stage performer and author.-Childhood:...

 from the ABC
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC", is Australia's national public broadcaster. With a total budget of AUD$1.13 Billion annually, the corporation provides television, radio, online and mobile services throughout metropolitan and regional Australia, as well as...

 was the Master of Ceremonies
Master of Ceremonies
A master of ceremonies, microphone controller or MC , sometimes called a compère or an MJ for "microphone jockey," is the host of an official public or private staged event or other performance. The MC usually presents performers, speaks to the audience, and generally keeps the event moving...

. American television actors Michael Cole
Michael Cole
Michael Sean Coulthard , better known by his stage name Michael Cole, is a play-by-play announcer for World Wrestling Entertainment. He is best known for announcing WWE SmackDown for nine years, from its launch in 1999 until 2008...

, Peter Haskell
Peter Haskell
Peter Haskell is an American actor who has worked primarily in television.Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he is the son of the noted geophysicist Norman A. Haskell. He attended Browne & Nichols in Cambridge, then earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at Harvard University following a two-year stint in...

, Bob Crane
Bob Crane
Robert Edward "Bob" Crane was an American disc jockey and actor, best known for his performance as Colonel Robert E. Hogan in the television sitcom Hogan's Heroes from 1965 to 1971, and for his unsolved death....

 and Karen Jensen appeared as guests. This article lists the winners of Logie Award
Logie Award
The TV Week Logie Awards are the Australian television industry awards, which have been presented annually since 1959. Renamed by Graham Kennedy in 1960 after he won the first 'Star Of The Year' award , the name 'Logie' awards honors John Logie Baird, a Scotsman who invented the television as a...

s (Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland , the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans...

n television
Television
Television is a widely used telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images, either monochromatic or color, usually accompanied by sound. "Television" may also refer specifically to a television set, television programming or television transmission...

) for 1971:

Gold Logie


Most Popular Male Personality on Australian Television
Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television
The Gold Logie Award has been awarded annually to the Most Popular Personality on Australian Television at the TV Week Logie Awards since 1960...

Winner:
Gerard Kennedy
Gerard Kennedy
Gerard Michael Kennedy, is a Canadian politician. While attending the University of Alberta in Edmonton, he became involved in the local food bank, eventually becoming its first executive director in 1983. In 1986, he moved to Toronto to run the Daily Bread Food Bank...

, Division 4, Nine Network


Most Popular Female Personality on Australian Television
Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television
The Gold Logie Award has been awarded annually to the Most Popular Personality on Australian Television at the TV Week Logie Awards since 1960...

Winner:
Maggie Tabberer
Maggie Tabberer
Maggie Tabberer, AM, also known as Maggie T, is an Australian fashion, publishing and television personality.-Early life:She was born Margaret May Trigar on 11 December 1936 in Parkside, Adelaide, South Australia....

, Maggie, Seven Network


Special Gold Logie In Recognition Of Their Contribution To Australian TV
Winner:
Bob
Bob Dyer
Bob Dies , who took the stage name of Bob Dyer, was an American-born vaudeville entertainer, radio personality, and radio and television quiz show host who made his name in Australia. Dyer is best known for the long-running radio and then television quiz show, Pick a Box...

 and Dolly Dyer, Pick-A-Box, Seven Network

National


Best Australian Drama
Winner:
Homicide
Homicide
Homicide refers to the act of a human killing a human being. A common form of homicide, for example, would be murder. It can also describe a person who has committed such an act, though this use is rare in modern English...

, Seven Network


Best Teenage Personality
Winner:
Johnny Farnham


Best Australian Comedy
Winner:
Noel Ferrier's Australia A-Z


Best Musical/Variety Show
Winner:
Sound Of Music, Nine Network


Best Documentary/Current Affairs Series
Winner:
Four Corners, ABC


Best Overseas Show
Winner:
The Mod Squad
The Mod Squad
The Mod Squad is a television series that ran on ABC from September 24, 1968 until August 23, 1973. This series starred Michael Cole, Peggy Lipton, Clarence Williams III and Tige Andrews. The executive producers of the series were Aaron Spelling and Danny Thomas.-Plot:The Mod Squad was a police...



Best Commercial
Winner:
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants and vending machines internationally. The Coca-Cola Company claims that the beverage is sold in more than 200 countries...



Best New Australian Drama
Winner:
Dynasty
Dynasty
A dynasty is a succession of people belonging to the same family, who, through various means and forms maintain power, influence or authority over the course of generations. Most commonly the term is used specifically in reference to royal houses and imperial dynasties — their authority manifests...

, ABC


For Their Contribution To The Australian Teenager On TV
Winner:
Happening 70, Network Ten


Most Outstanding News Coverage
Winner:
Heinz Voelzer, ABC


Most Outstanding Coverage Of Political Affairs
Winner:
This Day Tonight
This Day Tonight
This Day Tonight was an Australian Broadcasting Corporation current affairs program of the late 1960s and early 1970s.- Overview :...

, ABC


Most Outstanding Documentary
Winner:
Scream Bloody Murder
Scream Bloody Murder
Scream Bloody Murder is a 1973 horror film. It stars Fred Holbert as Matthew, a severely disturbed man, who accidentally killed his own father with a tractor. Having been committed to a mental institute, he is seemingly cured. Upon release, he finds his mother has a new love which sets him on a...

, Network Ten

Victoria


Most Popular Male
Winner:
Jimmy Hannan
Jimmy Hannan
Jimmy Hannan was an Australian variety show host, singer and entertainer. Hannan won the 1965 Gold Logie award. One of his daughters is Melissa Hannan who won the Miss Australia title in 1981 and was also in the Miss World competition held in London.-Filmography:*The Sentimental Bloke *Jimmy as...



Most Popular Female
Winner:
Sue Donovan


Most Popular Show
Winner:
The Weekend Starts Here, Nine Network

New South Wales


Most Popular Male
Winner:
Barry Crocker
Barry Crocker
Barry Hugh Crocker OAM is a popular Australian singer, with a crooning vocal style.He sang the original recording of the theme song for the Australian soap opera Neighbours....



Most Popular Female
Winner:
Maggie Tabberer
Maggie Tabberer
Maggie Tabberer, AM, also known as Maggie T, is an Australian fashion, publishing and television personality.-Early life:She was born Margaret May Trigar on 11 December 1936 in Parkside, Adelaide, South Australia....



Most Popular Show
Winner:
The Bob Rogers Show, Seven Network

South Australia


Most Popular Male
Winner:
Ernie Sigley
Ernie Sigley
Ernest William "Ernie" Sigley is an enduring Australian entertainment personality known for his square-rimmed spectacles, the gap between his front teeth and his slapstick approach to comedy....



Most Popular Female
Winner:
Anne Wills


Most Popular Show
Winner:
Adelaide Tonight
Adelaide Tonight
Adelaide Tonight was a nightly variety show, running four days a week at 9.30pm on NWS-9 Adelaide. The show was broadcast live from Studio 1 between 1959 and 1973...

, Nine Network

Queensland


Most Popular Male
Winner:
Ron Cadee


Most Popular Female
Winner:
Annette Allison


Most Popular Show
Winner:
I've Got A Secret
I've Got a Secret
I've Got a Secret is a weekly panel game show produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS television. Created by comedy writers Allan Sherman and Howard Merrill, it was a derivative of Goodson-Todman's own panel show What's My Line?. The original version of the show premiered on June 19, 1952...

, Nine Network

Tasmania


Most Popular Male
Winner:
Lindsay Edwards


Most Popular Female
Winner:
Caroline Schmit


Most Popular Show
Winner:
The Tonight Show
The Tonight Show
The Tonight Show is an American late-night talk and variety show airing on NBC since 1954. Tonight is the third longest-running entertainment program in U.S...


Western Australia


Most Popular Male
Winner:
Garry Meadows


Most Popular Female
Winner:
Trina Brown


Most Popular Show
Winner:
Spotlight
Spotlight
Spotlight can refer to several types of lighting:* a searchlight* a Followspot, a light used in theatre* several types of stage lighting instrumentIn the media, Spotlight can refer to:* Spotlight , a defunct premium movie channel...

, Nine Network

Special Achievement Award


George Wallace Memorial Award For Best New Talent
Winner:
Liv Maessen

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