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. This article lists the winners of Logie Awards (Australian television) for 1961:
Awards Gold Logie Most Popular Personality on Australian Television Winner: Bob Dyer
Special Gold Logie Best Drama Winner: Stormy Petrel, ABC
Logie National Best Actor Winner: Brian James, Stormy Petrel
Best Variety Show Winner: Revue '61, Director Peter Macfarlane, host Digby Wolfe
Best Comedians Winner: Bobby Limb and Buster Fiddess
Best Singer Winner: Elaine McKenna
Best Australian Drama Winner: Shadow of a Pale Horse, ATN-7
Best Sporting Coverage Winner: The Davis Cup, ABC
Victoria Most Popular Male Winner: Graham Kennedy
Most Popular Female Winner: Panda Lisner
Most Popular Program Winner: In Melbourne Tonight, GTV-9
New South Wales Most Popular Male Winner: Digby Wolfe
Most Popular Female Winner: Tanya Halesworth
Most Popular Program Winner: The Bobby Limb Show, TCN-9
South Australia Most Popular Male Winner: Ian Fairweather
Most Popular Female Winner: Maree Tomasetti
Most Popular Program Winner: Adelaide Tonight, NWS-9
Queensland Most Popular Male Winner: Brian Tait
Most Popular Female Winner: Nancy Knudsen
Most Popular Program Winner: The Late Show, BTQ-7
References
External links
Australian Television: 1959-1961 Logie Awards TV Week Logie Awards: 1961