The Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Factual or Documentary Program is an award presented annually at the Australian TV Week Logie Awards. The award is given to recognise an outstanding Australian factual, observational or documentary program. The winner and nominees of this award are chosen by television industry juries.
It was first awarded at the 7th Annual TV Week Logie Awards ceremony, held in 1965 as Best Documentary Series (1967, 1973-1974, 1976-1986). The award was renamed many times in subsequent ceremonies; Best Documentary (1966, 1969), Best Australian Documentary Series (1970), Best Documentary/Current Affairs Series (1971), Best Dramatised Documentary Series (1975). The nominees in the Best Documentary category were either single documentaries or documentary series. This award category was eliminated in 1968 and 1972.
At the 29th Annual TV Week Logie Awards in 1987, the industry voted awards for documentaries was renamed Most Outstanding Single Documentary or Documentary Series until 1993. It has also been known as Most Outstanding Documentary Single or Series (1994-1995), Most Outstanding Documentary (1996–1999, 2001, 2009), and Most Outstanding Documentary or Special Report in a Public Affairs Program (2000), Most Outstanding Documentary Series (2002-2006) and Most Outstanding Documentary or Documentary Series (2007-2008), Most Outstanding Factual Program (2010-2015). This award category was eliminated in 2016 and returned in 2017 as the Most Outstanding Factual or Documentary Program.
Winners and nominees Key Meaning Indicates the winning program
Listed below are the winners of the award for each year for Best Documentary Series.
Year Program NetworkRef 1965 Project 64 1966 Birth 1967 Project 66 1969 The Talgai Skull 1970 Chequerboard 1971 Four Corners 1973 Shell's Australia 1974 Wild Australia 1975 Billy and Percy 1976 A Big Country 1977 Australians At War 1978 In the Wild 1979 A Big Country 1980 This Fabulous Century 1981 A Big Country 1982 A Matter of Chance 1983 John Laws' World 1984 Ash Wednesday 1985 Frontline Afghanistan 1986 Sweat of the Sun, Tears of the Moon
Listed below are the winners of the award for each year for Most Outstanding Factual or Documentary Series.
Year Program NetworkRef 1987Handle with Care(tied) The Greatest Gift(tied) 1988 Suzi's Story 1989 Nature of Australia 1990 Ladies in Line 1991 The Chelmsford Scream 1992 The Time of Your Life 1993 Cop It Sweet Faces in the Mob(tied) 1994 Labor in Power 1995 Fifty Years of Silence 1996 Untold Desires 1997 Somebody Now – Nobody's Children Seven Years On 1998 Rats in the Ranks The Big House The Call of Kakadu Mabo: Life of An Island Man Tell My Kids I'm Sorry 1999 Miracle at Sea: The Rescue of Tony Bullimore Afrika: Cape Town to Cairo Exile In Sarajevo Mabo: Rite of Passage 2000 Facing the Demons A Race to Survive Sierra Leone The Keating Millions 2001 A Death in the Family The Diplomat The Last Warriors The Track 2002 Australians at War 100 Years Drama School Journeys to the Ends of the Earth Long Way to the Top The Ties That Bind 2003 Australian Story Black Chicks Talking Gough Whitlam: In His Own Words Gulpilil: One Red Blood Rainbow Bird and Monster Man 2004 Dying to Leave Beyond Bronte From Korea with Love Love is in the Air Man Made: The Story of Two Men and a Baby 2005 The President vs David Hicks The Last Voices From Heaven Parts 1 & 2 Moulin Rouge Girls Stories From a Children's Hospital: Chloe's Story Tug of Love 2006 He's Coming South: The Attack on Sydney Harbour The Colony Divorce Stories Frank Hurley: The Man Who Made History Revealing Gallipoli 2007 Who Killed Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler? The Battle of Long Tan The Bridge at Midnight Trembles The Floating Brothel Life at 1 2008 Constructing Australia: The Bridge Captain Cook: Obsession and Discovery Inside Australia: My Brother Vinnie The Sounds of Aus The Ultimate Donation 2009 First Australians Beyond Kokoda The Oasis: Australia's Homeless Youth Schapelle Corby: The Hidden Truth The Howard Years 2010 Law and Disorder Bombora: The Story of Australian Surfing Bondi Rescue Darwin's Brave New World Last Chance Saloon 2011 Trishna & Krishna: The Quest For Separate Lives Bondi Rescue Miracle in the Storm RPA Such is Life: The Troubled Times of Ben Cousins 2012 Go Back To Where You Came From Leaky Boat Mrs Carey's Concert Outback Fight Club Tony Robinson Explores Australia 2013 Bondi Rescue Bondi Vet Border Security: Australia's Front Line RPA Who Do You Think You Are? 2014 Kings Cross ER: St Vincent's Hospital Desert War Dirty Business Jabbed Redesign My Brain 2015 First Contact Brilliant Creatures Changing Minds Coast Australia The War That Changed Us 2017 Conviction Deep Water: The Real Story Gogglebox Australia Keeping Australia Alive Todd Sampson's Body Hack 2018 War on Waste Michael Hutchence: The Last Rockstar Struggle Street The Queen & Zak Grieve You Can't Ask That 2019 Ron Iddles: The Good Cop Employable Me Exposed: The Case Of Keli Lane Taboo The Pacific – In The Wake Of Captain Cook With Sam Neill 2022 Incarceration Nation Burning Firestarter – The Story of Bangarra See What You Made Me Do The School That Tried To End Racism 2023 The Australian Wars Alone Australia Australia’s Wild Odyssey Old People’s Home For Teenagers Revealed: Trafficked Todd Sampson’s Mirror Mirror: Love & Hate
See also Logie Award for Most Popular Factual Program
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