The Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Miniseries or Telemovie is an award presented annually at the Australian TV Week Logie Awards. The award is given to recognise an outstanding Australian single drama, miniseries or telemovie. The winner and nominees of this award are chosen by television industry juries.[1]
| Logie Award for Most Outstanding Miniseries or Telemovie | |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Presented by | TV Week |
| First awarded | 1991 |
| Currently held by | Fires (2022) |
| Website | www |
Nominees in this category had previously been included in the Logie Award for Most Outstanding Drama Series which was first awarded at the 3rd Annual TV Week Logie Awards ceremony, held in 1961 as Best Australian Drama.[2] The award was renamed many times in subsequent ceremonies; Best Australian TV Drama Series (1962),[3] Best Drama (1963, 1966–1967),[3][4] Best Australian Drama Series (1965, 1970),[3][5] Best Drama Series (1968),[4] and Best Drama Show (1969).[4] This award category was eliminated in 1977.
Awards were given for Best Single Dramatic Production in 1978, Best Single Drama in 1979 to 1981, and Best Single Drama or Mini Series from 1982 to 1985.
At the 33rd Annual TV Week Logie Awards in 1991, an industry voted award for drama returned, originally called Most Outstanding Single Drama or Miniseries.[6] It has also been known as Most Outstanding Series (1992–1993, 1998),[6] Most Outstanding Achievement in Drama Production (1994–1997)[7] and Most Outstanding Drama Series, Miniseries or Telemovie (2007–2012).[8]
In 2013, the categories were split into Most Outstanding Drama Series and Most Outstanding Miniseries or Telemovie.[9] Miniseries Howzat! Kerry Packer's War was the inaugural winner of this standalone category.
Winners and nominees
| Key | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ‡ | Indicates the winning program |
Listed below are the winners of the award for each year for Best Australian Drama.
| Year | Program | Network | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Shadow of a Pale Horse‡ | ||
| 1962 | Consider Your Verdict‡ | Seven Network | |
| 1963 | The One Day of the Year‡ | ||
| 1965 | Homicide‡ | Seven Network | |
| 1966 | Homicide‡ | Seven Network | |
| 1967 | Homicide‡ | Seven Network | |
| 1968 | Homicide‡ | Seven Network | |
| 1969 | Homicide‡ | Seven Network | |
| 1970 | Division 4‡ | Nine Network | |
| 1971 | Homicide‡ | Seven Network | |
| 1972 | Division 4‡ | Nine Network | |
| 1973 | Homicide‡ | Seven Network | |
| 1974 | Number 96‡ | ||
| 1975 | Number 96‡ | Network Ten | |
| 1976 | Number 96‡ | Network Ten |
| Year | Program | Network | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | The Alternative‡ | HSV-7 | |
| 1979 | Bit Part‡ | ABC | |
| 1980 | Burn the Butterflies‡ | ABC | |
| 1981 | Cold Comfort‡ | ||
| 1982 | A Town Like Alice‡ | ||
| 1983 | 1915‡ | ||
| 1984 | The Dismissal‡ | ||
| 1985 | Waterfront‡ |
Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees for Most Outstanding Single Drama or Miniseries or Most Outstanding Drama Series.
Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees for Most Outstanding Miniseries or Telemovie.
| Year | Program | Network | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Howzat! Kerry Packer's War‡ | Nine Network | |
| Beaconsfield | Nine Network | ||
| Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms | Network Ten | ||
| Underbelly: Badness | Nine Network | ||
| Underground: The Julian Assange Story | Network Ten | ||
| 2014 | Top of the Lake‡ | ||
| An Accidental Soldier | ABC1 | ||
| Better Man | SBS One | ||
| Paper Giants: Magazine Wars | ABC1 | ||
| Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch War | Nine Network | ||
| 2015 | Devil's Playground‡ | ||
| ANZAC Girls | ABC | ||
| The Broken Shore | ABC | ||
| Carlotta | ABC | ||
| INXS: Never Tear Us Apart | Seven Network | ||
| 2016 | The Secret River‡ | ABC | |
| Deadline Gallipoli | |||
| House of Hancock | Nine Network | ||
| Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door | Seven Network | ||
| The Beautiful Lie | ABC | ||
| 2017 | The Kettering Incident‡ | ||
| Barracuda | ABC | ||
| Deep Water | SBS | ||
| Molly | Seven Network | ||
| Secret City | Showcase | ||
| 2018 | Romper Stomper‡ | ||
| Safe Harbour | SBS | ||
| Seven Types of Ambiguity | ABC | ||
| Underbelly Files: Chopper | Nine Network | ||
| Wake in Fright | Network Ten | ||
| 2019 | Bloom‡ | ||
| Olivia Newton-John: Hopelessly Devoted to You | Seven Network | ||
| On The Ropes | SBS | ||
| Pine Gap | ABC | ||
| The Cry | ABC | ||
| 2022 | Fires‡ | ABC | |
| New Gold Mountain | SBS | ||
| The End | Foxtel | ||
| The Tourist | Stan | ||
| The Unusual Suspects | SBS |