Most Outstanding Drama Series (2013-)
Most Outstanding Drama Series, Miniseries or Telemovie (2007-2012)
Most Outstanding Series (1998, 1992-1993)
Most Outstanding Achievement in Drama Production (1994-1997)
Best Australian Drama Series (1970, 1965)
Best Drama Show (1969)
Best Drama Series (1968)
Best Drama (1966-1967, 1963)
Best Australian TV Drama Series (1962)
Best Australian Drama (1961)
Subcategory of Logie Awards
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History

Originally eliminated in 1977: restored in 1991.

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2024

winner form y separately published work icon RFDS Ian Meadows , Claire Phillips , Jon Bell , Adrian Wills , ( dir. Jennifer Leacey et. al. )agent Australia : Endemol Australia Seven Network , 2021- 23102272 2021 series - publisher film/TV

'The gripping new eight-hour drama, based in Australia’s red heart, where the modern-day heroes of the Royal Flying Doctor Service navigate private lives as turbulent and profound as the heart stopping emergencies they attend.'

Source: Endemol Shine.

Year: 2023

winner form y separately published work icon The Twelve Greg Waters , Sarah Walker , Brad Winters , Anchuli Felicia King , Leah Purcell , Tommy Murphy , ( dir. Daniel Nettheim ) Australia : Warner Brothers Easy Tiger Productions , 2022- 23923232 2022 series - publisher film/TV crime

Series 1: Twelve jurors must decide on the case of a woman accused of killing a child.

Series 2: A local landowner and respected town matriarch is found dead at the bottom of the farm's well, and two ex-lovers stand accused of her murder.

Year: 2022

winner form y separately published work icon The Newsreader Michael Lucas , Jonathan Gavin , Niki Aken , Kim Ho , ( dir. Emma Freeman ) Australia : Werner Film Productions , 2021-2022 20851611 2021 series - publisher film/TV

The series 'follows the unlikely bond between a young TV reporter and a "difficult" female newsreader'.

Source: Inside Film (https://www.if.com.au/joanna-werner-michael-lucas-find-drama-in-a-tv-newsroom/) (Sighted: 3/12/2020)

Year: 2019

winner form y separately published work icon Wentworth Emma J. Steele , Lally Katz , Pete McTighe , Giula Sandler , Timothy Hobart , John Ridley , Marcia Gardner , Max Conroy , Kim Wilson , ( dir. Jet Wilkinson et. al. )agent Fremantle : FremantleMedia Australia Foxtel , 2013-2021 Z1846530 2013 series - publisher film/TV crime

A re-boot of Prisoner, Wentworth takes place in an earlier time for Bea Smith: top dog in Prisoner, she is here a new inmate, trying to consolidate her position in prison.

For a full list of episodes and authors, see Film Details.

Year: 2018

winner form y separately published work icon Wentworth Emma J. Steele , Lally Katz , Pete McTighe , Giula Sandler , Timothy Hobart , John Ridley , Marcia Gardner , Max Conroy , Kim Wilson , ( dir. Jet Wilkinson et. al. )agent Fremantle : FremantleMedia Australia Foxtel , 2013-2021 Z1846530 2013 series - publisher film/TV crime

A re-boot of Prisoner, Wentworth takes place in an earlier time for Bea Smith: top dog in Prisoner, she is here a new inmate, trying to consolidate her position in prison.

For a full list of episodes and authors, see Film Details.

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