# Logie Awards of 1975

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