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The 1982 Logie Award
Logie Award

The TV Week Logie Awards are the Television in Australia 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 Scotland who invented the television as a practical medium....
 Ceremony was held on 12 March 1982.








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The 1982 Logie Award
Logie Award

The TV Week Logie Awards are the Television in Australia 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 Scotland who invented the television as a practical medium....
 Ceremony was held on 12 March 1982.

Gold Logie

Winner:
Bert Newton
Bert Newton

Albert Watson "Bert" Newton, Order of Australia, Order of the British Empire, , is a multiple Gold Logie winning Australian television, radio, film, Stage performer and author....


National

Most Popular Actor
Winner:
Paul Cronin
Paul Cronin

Paul Cronin is an Australian actor who shot to fame playing motorcycle policeman Gary Hogan in the Crawford Productions drama Matlock Police ....
 (The Sullivans
The Sullivans

The Sullivans was an Australian made drama television series produced by Crawford Productions which ran from 1976 until 1983. The series told the story of an average middle-class Melbourne family and the effect World War II had on their lives....
 - Nine Network
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
) Most Popular Actress
Winner:
Val Lehman
Val Lehman

Val Lehman is an Australian actress who is best known for the role of Wentworth Detention Centre's inmate boss, or "top dog", Bea Smith in the Australian series Prisoner ....
 (Prisoner
Prisoner (TV series)

Prisoner is an Australian television soap opera which was set in the Wentworth Detention Centre, a List of fictional prisons women's prison....
 - Ten Network) Most Popular Variety Show:
Winner:
Mike Walsh Show (Nine Network
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
) Most Popular Drama Series:
Winner:
Prisoner
Prisoner (TV series)

Prisoner is an Australian television soap opera which was set in the Wentworth Detention Centre, a List of fictional prisons women's prison....
 (Ten Network) Most Popular Public Affairs Show:
Winner:
60 Minutes (Nine Network
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
) Most Popular Games/Quiz Show
Winner:
Sale of the Century
Sale of the Century

Sale of the Century is a television game show format that has screened in several countries in various incarnations since 1969 in television....
 (Nine Network
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
) Most Popular Comedy Series
Winner:
Kingswood Country
Kingswood Country

Kingswood Country was an Australian sitcom that screened from 1980 to 1984 on the Seven Network. The series started on 30 January 1980 and was a spin-off from a sketch on comedy program The Naked Vicar Show that had featured Ross Higgins as a blustering bigot....
 (Seven Network
Seven Network

The Seven Network is an Australia Television broadcasting in Australia owned by the Seven Media Group. It dates back to 2 December 1956, when the first stations on the Very high frequency frequency were established in Sydney and Melbourne....
) Most Popular New Talent
Winner:
Gary Sweet
Gary Sweet

Gary Sweet is an Australian film and television actor known for his roles in Alexandra's Project , Police Rescue, Cody , Big Sky , The Battlers, Bodyline and Stingers....
 (The Sullivans
The Sullivans

The Sullivans was an Australian made drama television series produced by Crawford Productions which ran from 1976 until 1983. The series told the story of an average middle-class Melbourne family and the effect World War II had on their lives....
 - Nine Network
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
)

Panel Judged

Best Single Drama or Mini Series
Winner:
A Town Like Alice
A Town Like Alice

A Town Like Alice is a novel by the England author Nevil Shute. It tells the story of Jean Paget; as a prisoner of war in Malaya during World War II and then her return to Malaya after the war where she discovers something that leads her on the search for romance and to a small outback community in Australia where she sets out to turn it...
 (Seven Network
Seven Network

The Seven Network is an Australia Television broadcasting in Australia owned by the Seven Media Group. It dates back to 2 December 1956, when the first stations on the Very high frequency frequency were established in Sydney and Melbourne....
) Best Performance by a Juvenile
Winner:
Adam Garnett (I Can Jump Puddles - ABC) Best Lead Actor in a Single Drama or Mini Series
Winner:
Bryan Brown
Bryan Brown

Bryan Neathway Brown Order of Australia is an Australian actor....
 (A Town Like Alice
A Town Like Alice

A Town Like Alice is a novel by the England author Nevil Shute. It tells the story of Jean Paget; as a prisoner of war in Malaya during World War II and then her return to Malaya after the war where she discovers something that leads her on the search for romance and to a small outback community in Australia where she sets out to turn it...
 - (Seven Network
Seven Network

The Seven Network is an Australia Television broadcasting in Australia owned by the Seven Media Group. It dates back to 2 December 1956, when the first stations on the Very high frequency frequency were established in Sydney and Melbourne....
) Best Lead Actress in a Single Drama or Mini Series
Winner:
Helen Morse
Helen Morse

Helen Morse is an Australian actress who has appeared in films, on television, and on stage.Morse was born in Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex, England....
 (A Town Like Alice
A Town Like Alice

A Town Like Alice is a novel by the England author Nevil Shute. It tells the story of Jean Paget; as a prisoner of war in Malaya during World War II and then her return to Malaya after the war where she discovers something that leads her on the search for romance and to a small outback community in Australia where she sets out to turn it...
 - (Seven Network
Seven Network

The Seven Network is an Australia Television broadcasting in Australia owned by the Seven Media Group. It dates back to 2 December 1956, when the first stations on the Very high frequency frequency were established in Sydney and Melbourne....
) Best Lead Actor in a Series
Winner:
John Mcternan
John McTernan

John McTernan Director of Political Operations at 10 Downing Street. He provides political management and support for the development of the Government's political strategy....
 (Cop Shop
Cop Shop

Cop Shop was an Australian police drama television series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved around the everyday operations of both the uniformed police officers and the plain-clothes detectives of the fictional Riverside Police Station....
 - Seven Network
Seven Network

The Seven Network is an Australia Television broadcasting in Australia owned by the Seven Media Group. It dates back to 2 December 1956, when the first stations on the Very high frequency frequency were established in Sydney and Melbourne....
) Best Lead Actress in a Series
Winner:
Val Lehman
Val Lehman

Val Lehman is an Australian actress who is best known for the role of Wentworth Detention Centre's inmate boss, or "top dog", Bea Smith in the Australian series Prisoner ....
 (Prisoner
Prisoner (TV series)

Prisoner is an Australian television soap opera which was set in the Wentworth Detention Centre, a List of fictional prisons women's prison....
 - Ten Network) Best Support Actor in a Series
Winner:
Andy Anderson
Andy Anderson (actor)

Andy Anderson is an actor best known for his roles on Australian and New Zealand television.He has appeared regularly in The Sullivans , Gloss , Prisoner , Fire , and The Bob Morrison Show ....
 (The Sullivans
The Sullivans

The Sullivans was an Australian made drama television series produced by Crawford Productions which ran from 1976 until 1983. The series told the story of an average middle-class Melbourne family and the effect World War II had on their lives....
 - Nine Network
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
) Best Support Actress in a Series
Winner:
Vikki Hammond (The Sullivans
The Sullivans

The Sullivans was an Australian made drama television series produced by Crawford Productions which ran from 1976 until 1983. The series told the story of an average middle-class Melbourne family and the effect World War II had on their lives....
 - Nine Network
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
) Best Support Actress in a Single Drama or Mini Series
Winner:
Dorothy Alison
Dorothy Alison

Dorothy Alison was a stage, film and television actress.She was born in Broken Hill, New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia, and was educated at Sydney Girls High School....
 (A Town Like Alice
A Town Like Alice

A Town Like Alice is a novel by the England author Nevil Shute. It tells the story of Jean Paget; as a prisoner of war in Malaya during World War II and then her return to Malaya after the war where she discovers something that leads her on the search for romance and to a small outback community in Australia where she sets out to turn it...
 - (Seven Network
Seven Network

The Seven Network is an Australia Television broadcasting in Australia owned by the Seven Media Group. It dates back to 2 December 1956, when the first stations on the Very high frequency frequency were established in Sydney and Melbourne....
) Best Support Actor in a Single Drama or Mini Series
Winner:
Gordon Jackson
Gordon Jackson (actor)

Gordon Cameron Jackson, Order of the British Empire was a Scotland Emmy Award-winning actor best remembered for his roles as the butler Angus Hudson in Upstairs, Downstairs and The Professionals #Cowley, the head of CI5, in The Professionals ....
 (A Town Like Alice
A Town Like Alice

A Town Like Alice is a novel by the England author Nevil Shute. It tells the story of Jean Paget; as a prisoner of war in Malaya during World War II and then her return to Malaya after the war where she discovers something that leads her on the search for romance and to a small outback community in Australia where she sets out to turn it...
 - (Seven Network
Seven Network

The Seven Network is an Australia Television broadcasting in Australia owned by the Seven Media Group. It dates back to 2 December 1956, when the first stations on the Very high frequency frequency were established in Sydney and Melbourne....
) Best News Report
Winner:
Boy Down Well (ATN-7 News
Seven News

Seven News is the television news service of the Seven Network in Australia. National bulletins are presented from Seven's high-definition studios in Martin Place, Sydney, while flagship 6pm bulletins are produced in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth, Western Australia....
) TV Reporter of The Year
Winner:
Mike Barrett (Seven Network
Seven Network

The Seven Network is an Australia Television broadcasting in Australia owned by the Seven Media Group. It dates back to 2 December 1956, when the first stations on the Very high frequency frequency were established in Sydney and Melbourne....
) Outstanding Public Affairs Report
Winner:
'60 Minutes (Ian Leslie - Never Say Die - Nine Network
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
) Best Documentary Series
Winner:
A Matter of Chance (Anne Deveson
Anne Deveson

Anne Barbara Deveson Order of Australia is an Australian writer, Presenter, filmmaker and social commentator.During World War II, Deveson's family moved to Western Australia from Malaya as refugees....
 - ABC) Best Single Documentary
Winner:
Stepping Out (Seven Network
Seven Network

The Seven Network is an Australia Television broadcasting in Australia owned by the Seven Media Group. It dates back to 2 December 1956, when the first stations on the Very high frequency frequency were established in Sydney and Melbourne....
) Best Sports Coverage
Winner:
Cricket
Cricket

Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games team sport that originated in southern England. The earliest definite reference is dated 1598, and it is now played in more than 100 countries....
 (Nine Network
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
) Best Children's TV Series
Winner:
Humphrey Bear
Humphrey B. Bear

Humphrey B. Bear is an Australian children's television series and its fictional character namesake is an icon of Australian children's television....
(Nine Network
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
) Special Award for Sustained Excellence
Winner:
Young Talent Time
Young Talent Time

Young Talent Time was an Australian television variety program screened on Network Ten, running from 1971 until 1989. The series featured a core group of young performers in the vein of The Mickey Mouse Club, and a weekly junior talent quest....
 Ten Network Outstanding Regional TV Program
Winner:
The Hawk (SEQ-TV
Seven Queensland

STQ is an Australian television station, licensed to, and serving the regional areas of Queensland. The station is Owned-and-operated station by the Seven Network from studios located in Maroochydore, Queensland on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, using the callsign STQ, which stands for Sunshine Television, Queenslan...
 Maryborough
Maryborough, Queensland

Maryborough is a city located on the Mary River in South East Queensland, Australia, approximately 300 kilometres north of the state capital, Brisbane....
, Qld)

State Based Awards


Victoria

Most Popular Male
Winner:
Bert Newton
Bert Newton

Albert Watson "Bert" Newton, Order of Australia, Order of the British Empire, , is a multiple Gold Logie winning Australian television, radio, film, Stage performer and author....
 (GTV-9
GTV-9

GTV is a television station in Melbourne, Australia owned by the Nine Network. It was the primary commercial television stations in Melbourne, and amongst the first to begin transmission in Australia....
) Most Popular Female
Winner:
Paula Duncan
Paula Duncan

Paula Margaret Duncan is an Australian actress.Duncan has played several leading roles in various TV series, including Carol Finlayson in Number 96 , Lisa Brooks in The Young Doctors, Danni Francis in Cop Shop, Lorelei Wilkinson in Prisoner , Janet Bryant in Richmond Hill , Bridget Jackson in Home and Away and Joan...
 (HSV-7
HSV-7

HSV is a television station in Melbourne. It is part of the Seven Network, one of the three main commercial television networks in Australia....
) Most Popular Show
Winner:
Cop Shop
Cop Shop

Cop Shop was an Australian police drama television series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved around the everyday operations of both the uniformed police officers and the plain-clothes detectives of the fictional Riverside Police Station....
 (HSV-7
HSV-7

HSV is a television station in Melbourne. It is part of the Seven Network, one of the three main commercial television networks in Australia....
)

New South Wales

Most Popular Male
Winner:
Mike Walsh
Mike Walsh (TV host)

Mike Walsh Order of the British Empire was host of The Mike Walsh Show from 1973 until 1985. Walsh is the only entertainer to be awarded the Sammy Award and Gold Logie award in the same year....
 (TCN-9
TCN-9

TCN is the Sydney flagship television station of the Nine Network in Australia and is located at Willoughby, New South Wales. The license, issued to a company named Television Corporation Ltd headed by Frank Packer, was one of the first four licenses to be issued for commercial television stations in Australia....
) Most Popular Female
Winner:
Katrina Lee (TEN-10
TEN-10

TEN is the callsign of Network Ten's flagship Sydney television station. It was originally owned and operated by United Telecasters Sydney Limited , and began transmission on 5 April, 1965 with the highlight of the opening night being the variety special TV Spells Magic....
) Most Popular Show
Winner:
The Mike Walsh Show (TCN-9
TCN-9

TCN is the Sydney flagship television station of the Nine Network in Australia and is located at Willoughby, New South Wales. The license, issued to a company named Television Corporation Ltd headed by Frank Packer, was one of the first four licenses to be issued for commercial television stations in Australia....
)

South Australia

Most Popular Male
Winner:
Guy Blackmore (ADS-7
ADS-10

ADS Adelaide is an Australian television station, owned by, and affiliated with the Ten Network....
) Most Popular Female
Winner:
Anne Wills (SAS-10
SAS-7

SAS is a television station in Adelaide, South Australia. It is part of the Australian Seven Network.SAS-7 was originally known as SAS-10, commencing broadcasting on 26 July 1965....
) Most Popular Show
Winner:
State Affair (ADS-7
ADS-10

ADS Adelaide is an Australian television station, owned by, and affiliated with the Ten Network....
)

Western Australia

Most Popular Male
Winner:
Rick Ardon
Rick Ardon

Rick Ardon , is a news presenter on Seven News in Perth, Western Australia, Western Australia. In 2005, Ardon and his co-anchor, Susannah Carr, celebrated their 20th consecutive year reading the news together on Seven Perth....
 (TVW-7
TVW-7

TVW is a television station broadcasting in Perth, Western Australia, wholly owned by the Seven Network. It was the first television station in Western Australia, commencing service on October 16, 1959....
) Most Popular Female
Winner:
Ann Sanders
Ann Sanders

Ann Sanders is an Australian television journalist and news presenter. She is currently the anchor of the Seven Network's national 11:30am news bulletin Seven News....
 (TVW-7
TVW-7

TVW is a television station broadcasting in Perth, Western Australia, wholly owned by the Seven Network. It was the first television station in Western Australia, commencing service on October 16, 1959....
) Most Popular Show
Winner:
$50,000 Letterbox (TVW-7
TVW-7

TVW is a television station broadcasting in Perth, Western Australia, wholly owned by the Seven Network. It was the first television station in Western Australia, commencing service on October 16, 1959....
)

Queensland

Most Popular Male
Winner:
Earle Bailey (BTQ-7
BTQ-7

BTQ is the Brisbane station of the Australian Seven Network. BTQ was the second television station to launch in Brisbane, going to air on 1 November1959, after QTQ launched three months earlier....
) Most Popular Female
Winner:
Jacki Macdonald
Jacki MacDonald

Jacki MacDonald is a former Australian television personality....
 (TVQ-0
TVQ-10

TVQ is the Brisbane television station of Network Ten in Australia.The channel was allocated channel 0 on the VHF band and was launched on 1 July, 1965 as TVQ-0....
) Most Popular Show
Winner:
Today Tonight (QTQ-9
QTQ-9

QTQ is an Australian television station, licensed to, and serving Brisbane, Queensland. It is owned by Publishing and Broadcasting Limited, and is part of the Nine Network....
)

Tasmania

Most Popular Male
Winner:
Tom Payne
Tom Payne

Tom Payne may refer to:*Tom Payne , American basketball player*Tom Payne , English actor*Tom Payne , Australian television newsreader*Thomas Payne , English bookseller...
 (TVT-6
TVT-6

TVT is Hobart's, and Tasmania's, first television station, delivering its first official broadcast on 23 May 1960. The callsign stood for "TeleVision Tasmania"....
) Most Popular Female
Winner:
Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones

Jennifer Jones is an United States actor. Jones won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in The Song of Bernadette ....
 (TVT-6
TVT-6

TVT is Hobart's, and Tasmania's, first television station, delivering its first official broadcast on 23 May 1960. The callsign stood for "TeleVision Tasmania"....
) Most Popular Show
Winner:
People, Places, Politics (TVT-6
TVT-6

TVT is Hobart's, and Tasmania's, first television station, delivering its first official broadcast on 23 May 1960. The callsign stood for "TeleVision Tasmania"....
)