# Logie Awards of 1973

The 15th Annual TV Week Logie Awards were presented on Friday 16 February 1973 at the Southern Cross Hotel in Melbourne and broadcast on the Nine Network. Bert Newton was the Master of Ceremonies. American film star Glenn Ford and television actors Michael Cole, Gail Fisher and Loretta Swit were in attendance as guest presenters. The programme is remembered for a drunken, incoherent acceptance speech from Cole which concluded with a swear word.

## Awards

Winners of Logie Awards (Australian television) for 1973:

### Gold Logie
#### Most Popular Personality on Australian Television

Presented by Glenn Ford and Loretta Swit
    Winner: Tony Barber, Great Temptation, Seven Network

### National Logie
#### Best Actor

    Winner: Gerard Kennedy, Division 4, Nine Network

#### Best Actress

    Winner: Pat McDonald, Number 96, Network Ten

#### Best Australian Drama

    Winner: Homicide, Seven Network

#### Best Teenage Personality

    Winner: Johnny Farnham

#### Best Australian Comedy

    Winner: The Godfathers, Nine Network

#### Best Compere

    Winner: Bert Newton, The Graham Kennedy Show, Nine Network

#### Best American Show

    Winner: The Mod Squad

#### Best British Show

    Winner: On The Buses

#### Best Commercial

    Winner: Winfield Cigarettes

#### Best New Drama

    Winner: Number 96, Network Ten

#### Best Scriptwriter

    Winner: Frank Hardy, Boney, Seven Network

#### Best Single Performance By An Actress

    Winner: Anna Volska, Behind The Legend, ABC

#### Best Single Performance By An Actor

    Winner: James Laurenson, Boney, Seven Network

#### Best News Coverage

    Winner: George Street bombings, Greg Grainger, Nine Network news

#### Best Public Affairs Program

    Winner: A Current Affair, Nine Network

#### Outstanding Contribution To TV Journalism

    Winner: Caroline Jones, ABC

#### Best Documentary

    Winner: Rod Kinnear, Jane Cooper doco

#### Best Documentary Series

    Winner: Shell's Australia, Seven Network

#### Outstanding Creative Effort

    Winner: John Power, Like A Summer Storm, ABC

#### Contribution To Children's TV

    Winner: Godfrey Philipp, Adventure Island, ABC

### State Logie
#### Victoria
##### Most Popular Male

    Winner: Graham Kennedy

##### Most Popular Female

    Winner: Mary Hardy

##### Most Popular Show

    Winner: The Graham Kennedy Show, Nine Network

#### New South Wales
##### Most Popular Male

    Winner: Tony Barber

##### Most Popular Female

    Winner: Barbara Rogers

##### Most Popular Show

    Winner: Great Temptation, Seven Network

#### Queensland
##### Most Popular Male

    Winner: Ron Cadee

##### Most Popular Female

    Winner: Dina Heslop

##### Most Popular Show

    Winner: I've Got A Secret, Nine Network

#### South Australia
##### Most Popular Male

    Winner: Ernie Sigley

##### Most Popular Female

    Winner: Anne Wills

##### Most Popular Show

    Winner: Adelaide Tonight, Nine Network

#### Tasmania
##### Most Popular Male

    Winner: Graeme Smith

##### Most Popular Female

    Winner: Sue Gray

##### Most Popular Show

    Winner: Smith's Weekly

#### Western Australia
##### Most Popular Male

    Winner: Jeff Newman

##### Most Popular Female

    Winner: Sandy Palmer

##### Most Popular Show

    Winner: Anything Goes, Seven Network

### Special Achievement Awards
#### George Wallace Memorial Logie For Best New Talent

    Winner: Paul Hogan, The Paul Hogan Show, Seven Network