Logie Awards of 1980

22nd Logie Awards
Date	14 March 1980
Site	Hilton Hotel, Melbourne, Victoria
Hosted by	Bert Newton
Highlights
Gold Logie	Mike Walsh
Most awards	A Good Thing Going (4)
Television coverage
Network	Nine Network

The 22nd Annual TV Week Logie Awards was held on Friday 14 March 1980 at the Hilton Hotel in Melbourne, and broadcast on the Nine Network.^[1] The ceremony was hosted by Bert Newton.^[1] Guests included Cilla Black, Michael York, Paul Michael Glaser, Greg Evigan, Lee Meriwether, Nicola Pagett, Linda Gray and John Inman, as well as Sesame Street's Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch.^[1]

National Awards

Gold Logie

Winner:

Mike Walsh in The Mike Walsh Show (Nine Network)^[2]

Acting/Presenting

Most Popular Lead Actor in a Series

Winner:

Paul Cronin in The Sullivans (Nine Network)^[2]

Winner:

Paula Duncan in Cop Shop (Seven Network)^[2]

Most Popular New Talent

Winner:

Vera Plevnik in The John Sullivan Story (Nine Network)^[2]

Best Lead Actor in a Series

Winner:

Peter Adams in Cop Shop (Seven Network)^[2]

Best Lead Actress in a Series

Winner:

Carol Burns in Prisoner (Network Ten)^[2]

Best Supporting Actor in a Series

Winner:

Terry Norris in Cop Shop (Seven Network)^[2]

Best Supporting Actress in a Series

Winner:

Noni Hazelhurst in Ride on Stranger (ABC)^[2]

Best Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Telemovie

Winner:

John Hargreaves in A Good Thing Going (Nine Network)^[2]

Best Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Telemovie

Winner:

Bunney Brooke in The Rock Pool (ABC)^[2]

Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Telemovie

Winner:

Chris Haywood in A Good Thing Going (Nine Network)^[2]

Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Telemovie

Winner:

Veronica Lang in A Good Thing Going (Nine Network)^[2]

Best Performance by a Juvenile

Winner:

Miles Buchanan in A Good Thing Going (Nine Network)^[2]

Best TV Comedy Performer

Winner:

Garry McDonald in The Norman Gunston Show (Seven Network)^[2]

Best TV Script

Winner:

Michael Cove for A Place in the World (ABC)^[2]

TV Reporter of the Year

Winner:

George Negus in 60 Minutes (Nine Network)^[2]

Most Popular Programs

Most Popular Drama Series

Winner:

The Sullivans (Nine Network)^[2]

Most Popular Variety/Comedy Show

Winner:

The Don Lane Show (Nine Network)^[2]

Most Popular Public Affairs Program

Winner:

60 Minutes (Nine Network)^[2]

Best/Outstanding Programs

Best New Drama Series

Winner:

Prisoner (Network Ten)^[2]

Best Miniseries or Telemovie

Winner:

Burn the Butterflies (ABC)^[2]

Best Documentary Series

Winner:

This Fabulous Century (Seven Network)^[2]

Best Single Documentary

Winner:

Mutiny on the Western Front (Seven Network)^[2]

Best Sports Report or Documentary

Winner:

Iron Men of the Sea (Network Ten)^[2]

Best News Report

Winner:

"Star Hotel Riot" (NBN-3, Newcastle)^[2]

Outstanding Public Affairs Report

Winner:

"Child Prostitution", Four Corners (ABC)^[2]

Outstanding Coverage of a Sports Report

Winner:

Test cricket (Nine Network)^[2]

Outstanding Contribution to Children's Television

Winner:

Simon Townsend's Wonder World (Network Ten)^[2]

Outstanding Contribution by a Regional Station

Winner:

Beating Around the Bush (NBN-3, Newcastle)^[2]

State Awards

New South Wales

Most Popular Male

Winner:

Mike Walsh (Nine Network)^[2]

Most Popular Female

Winner:

Katrina Lee (Network Ten)^[2]

Most Popular Show

Winner:

The Mike Walsh Show (Nine Network)^[2]

Queensland

Most Popular Male

Winner:

Glenn Taylor (Nine Network)^[2]

Most Popular Female

Winner:

Jacki MacDonald (Network Ten)^[2]

Most Popular Show

Winner:

Today Tonight (Nine Network)^[2]

South Australia

Most Popular Male

Winner:

Tony Murphy (Nine Network)^[2]

Most Popular Female

Winner:

Pam Tamblyn (Seven Network)^[2]

Most Popular Show

Winner:

Music Express (Seven Network)^[2]

Tasmania

Most Popular Male

Winner:

Tom Payne (TVT-6)^[2]

Most Popular Female

Winner:

Sue Barnett (TVT-6)^[2]

Most Popular Show

Winner:

People, Places, Politics (TVT-6)^[2]

Victoria

Most Popular Male

Winner:

Bert Newton (Nine Network)^[2]

Most Popular Female

Winner:

Annette Allison (Network Ten)^[2]

Most Popular Show

Winner:

The Don Lane Show (Nine Network)^[2]

Western Australia

Most Popular Male

Winner:

Terry Willesee (Nine Network)^[2]

Most Popular Female

Winner:

Judy Thompson (Seven Network)^[2]

Most Popular Show

Winner:

Terry Willesee's Perth (Nine Network)^[2]

References

1 2 3 "22nd TV Week Logie Awards, 1980". Tvweeklogies.com.au. Archived from the original on 23 April 2014.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 "1980 – The Logie Awards". Yahoo!7. Archived from the original on 23 April 2014.

External links

1980 Logie Awards at the Internet Movie Database

Logie Awards

Best categories	Personality on Australian Television Actor Actress Presenter New Talent Drama Program Entertainment Program Factual Program Reality Program Sports Program Lifestyle Program News Panel or a Current Affairs Program

Most Outstanding categories	Actor Supporting Actor Actress Supporting Actress Newcomer Drama Series Children's Program

Other awards	Logie Hall of Fame

Former categories	Best Australian Drama Most Popular New Male Talent Most Popular New Female Talent Most Popular Australian Program Most Popular Live Show

Ceremonies	1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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