The Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Miniseries or Telemovie is an award presented annually at the Australian
TV Week
''TV Week'' is a weekly Australian magazine that provides television program listings information and highlights, as well as television-related news.
Content ranges from previews for upcoming storylines of popular television programs, particu ...
Logie Awards
The Logie Awards (officially the TV Week Logie Awards; colloquially known as The Logies) is an annual gathering to celebrate Australian television, sponsored and organised by the magazine ''TV Week''. The first ceremony was held in 1959 as the ...
. 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.
Nominees in this category had previously been included in the ''
Logie Award for Most Outstanding Drama Series
The Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Drama Series is an award presented annually at the Australian TV Week Logie Awards. The award is given to recognise an outstanding Australian drama series. The winner and nominees of this award are chosen b ...
'' which was first awarded at the
3rd Annual TV Week Logie Awards ceremony, held in 1961 as Best Australian Drama.
The award was renamed many times in subsequent ceremonies; Best Australian TV Drama Series (1962),
Best Drama (1963, 1966–1967),
Best Australian Drama Series (1965, 1970),
Best Drama Series (1968),
and Best Drama Show (1969).
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.
It has also been known as Most Outstanding Series (1992–1993, 1998),
Most Outstanding Achievement in Drama Production (1994–1997)
and Most Outstanding Drama Series, Miniseries or Telemovie (2007–2012).
In 2013, the categories were split into
Most Outstanding Drama Series and Most Outstanding Miniseries or Telemovie.
Miniseries
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Plot
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was the inaugural winner of this standalone category.
Winners and nominees
Listed below are the winners of the award for each year for Best Australian Drama.
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.
See also
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Logie Award for Most Popular Drama Program
The Silver Logie Most Popular Drama Program is an award presented annually at the Australian TV Week Logie Awards. It recognises the popularity of an Australian drama production.
It was first awarded at the 19th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, he ...
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Logie Award for Most Outstanding Comedy Program
The Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Comedy Program is an award presented annually at the Australian TV Week Logie Awards. The award is given to recognise an outstanding Australian comedy series. The winner and nominees of this award are chose ...
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Logie Award for Most Popular Comedy Program
The Logie for Most Popular Comedy Program is an award presented annually at the Australian TV Week Logie Awards. It recognises the popularity of an Australian comedy program, which over the years have included scripted comedy series, sketch comed ...
References
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Awards established in 1991
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1991 establishments in Australia