Logie Awards of 1961

The 3rd Annual TV Week Logie Awards were presented on Saturday 18 March 1961 at Chevron-Hilton Hotel in Sydney. Jimmy Edwards from the BBC series Whack-O! was the Master of Ceremonies. The Awards presentation was televised in a half-hour live broadcast on ABN-2, Sydney, with delayed broadcast on ABC stations in other capital cities during the following week.

This was the first year that the awards were known as the Logie Awards, after having been coined by Star of the Year recipient Graham Kennedy the previous year, to honour the Scottish engineer and innovator who contributed to the development of television as a practical medium, John Logie Baird. This article lists the winners of Logie Awards (Australian television) for 1961:

Gold Logie

 * Most Popular Personality on Australian Television
 * Winner:
 * Bob Dyer

Special Gold Logie

 * Best Drama
 * Winner:
 * Stormy Petrel, ABC

National

 * Best Actor
 * Winner:
 * Brian James, Stormy Petrel


 * Best Variety Show
 * Winner:
 * Revue '61, Director Peter Macfarlane, host Digby Wolfe


 * Best Comedians
 * Winner:
 * Bobby Limb and Buster Fiddess


 * Best Singer
 * Winner:
 * Elaine McKenna


 * Best Australian Drama
 * Winner:
 * Shadow of a Pale Horse, ATN-7


 * Best Sporting Coverage
 * Winner:
 * The Davis Cup, ABC

Victoria

 * Most Popular Male
 * Winner:
 * Graham Kennedy


 * Most Popular Female
 * Winner:
 * Panda Lisner


 * Most Popular Program
 * Winner:
 * In Melbourne Tonight, GTV-9

New South Wales

 * Most Popular Male
 * Winner:
 * Digby Wolfe


 * Most Popular Female
 * Winner:
 * Tanya Halesworth


 * Most Popular Program
 * Winner:
 * Bobby Limb Show, TCN-9

South Australia

 * Most Popular Male
 * Winner:
 * Ian Fairweather


 * Most Popular Female
 * Winner:
 * Maree Tomasetti


 * Most Popular Program
 * Winner:
 * Adelaide Tonight, NWS-9

Queensland

 * Most Popular Male
 * Winner:
 * Brian Tait


 * Most Popular Female
 * Winner:
 * Nancy Knudsen


 * Most Popular Program
 * Winner:
 * The Late Show, BTQ-7