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.[1]
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