The 17th Annual TV Week Logie Awards were presented on Friday 7 March 1975 at Southern Cross Hotel in Melbourne and broadcast on the Nine Network. It was the first time the Awards were telecast in Colour. Bert Newton from the Nine Network was the Master of Ceremonies. American film star John Wayne and television actors Lee Majors and William Conrad, British actor Edward Woodward and his wife Michele Dotrice, and Australian-born British television stars Keith Michell and Diane Cilento appeared as guests. Each of the guest presenters were given special souvenir Logies.
Awards Winners of Logie Awards (Australian television) for 1975:
Gold Logie Awards presented by John Wayne Most Popular Male Personality on Australian Television Winner: Ernie Sigley, The Ernie Sigley Show, Nine Network
Most Popular Female Personality on Australian Television Winner: Denise Drysdale, The Ernie Sigley Show, Nine Network
Logie
National Best Australian Actor Winner: George Mallaby, The Box, 0-10 Network
Best Australian Actress Winner: Bunney Brooke, Number 96, 0-10 Network
Best Australian Drama Winner: Number 96, 0-10 Network
Best Australian Teenage Personality Winner: Debbie Byrne, Young Talent Time, 0-10 Network
Best Australian Music/Variety Show Winner: Young Talent Time, 0-10 Network
Best Australian Commercial Winner: Uncle Sam
Best Individual Performance By An Actor Winner: John Meillon, The Fourth Wish, ABC
Best Individual Performance By An Actress Winner: Pat Evison, Pig in a Poke, ABC
Best TV Comedian Winner: Paul Hogan, The Paul Hogan Show, Seven Network
Best New Drama Winner: Rush, ABC
Best Script Winner: Fred Cullen, Homicide, Seven Network
Best News Coverage Winner: Frank Sinatra in Australia, David Hill, Seven Network News
Best Public Affairs Program Winner: A Current Affair, Nine Network
Reporter Of The Year Winner: Richard Carleton, This Day Tonight, ABC
Contribution To TV Journalism Winner: Federal File, Nine Network
Best Single Documentary Winner: Casley's Kingdom, David Johnston, Seven Network
Best Dramatised Documentary Winner: Billy and Percy, ABC
Outstanding Contribution To TV Winner: Bill Peach, for eight years' service to This Day Tonight, ABC
Outstanding Creative Effort Winner: Tedd Dunn, Fredd Bear's Breakfast A-Go-Go, ATV-0
Outstanding Contribution To Daytime TV Winner: No Man's Land, Nine Network
Victoria Most Popular Male Winner: Ernie Sigley
Most Popular Female Winner: Denise Drysdale
Most Popular Show Winner: The Ernie Sigley Show, GTV-9
New South Wales Most Popular Male Winner: Mike Walsh
Most Popular Female Winner: Barbara Rogers
Most Popular Show Winner: The Mike Walsh Show, TEN-10
South Australia Most Popular Male Winner: Bob Francis
Most Popular Female Winner: Anne Wills
Most Popular Show Winner: Penthouse Club, ADS-7
Queensland Most Popular Male Winner: Paul Sharratt
Most Popular Female Winner: Rhonda Sharratt
Most Popular Show Winner: Studio 9, QTQ-9
Tasmania Most Popular Male Winner: Tom Payne
Most Popular Female Winner: Margaret Anne Ford
Most Popular Show Winner: This Week
Western Australia Most Popular Male Winner: Jeff Newman
Most Popular Female Winner: Sandy Palmer
Most Popular Show Winner: Stars Of The Future, TVW-7
Special Achievement Award George Wallace Memorial Award For Best New Talent Winner: John Waters, Rush, ABC
References
External links
Australian Television: 1974-1977 Logie Awards TV Week Logie Awards: 1975