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Television Award (1968-)
Subcategory of AWGIE Awards
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Notes

  • Awarded in several sub-categories which have varied over the life of the Awards. Regular awards are given for a Television Series, a Serial, an Original work for television and an Adaptation specifically for television.

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2024

Indexed selectively. Also shortlisted: an episode of Eastenders.
winner (Serial) form y separately published work icon Neighbours [Episode 8867] Sarah Mayberry , Australia : FremantleMedia Australia , 2022 27437598 2022 single work film/TV
winner (Series) form y separately published work icon Ice Tony McNamara , ( dir. Jaffar Mahmood ) Australia United Kingdom (UK) : Thruline Entertainment Echo Lake Entertainment Macgowan and Beneficiary Films Media Rights Capital , 2023 27437731 2023 single work film/TV
winner (Limited Series) form y separately published work icon The House Across the Street Giula Sandler , ( dir. Dominic Leclerc ) United Kingdom (UK) : Channel 5 Television Clapperboard Studios MK1 Productions , 2022 27438422 2022 series - publisher film/TV Claudia lacks a close relationship with her own son and is desperate for some connection. When a local child goes missing, she becomes involved in the situation and with the family.

Year: 2022

winner (Serial) form y separately published work icon Home and Away [Episode 7742] Louise Crane , ( dir. Arnie Custo et. al. )agent Australia : Seven Network , 2022 25571293 2022 single work film/TV
winner (Series) form y separately published work icon No More Lies Michael Lucas , Kim Ho , ( dir. Emma Freeman ) Australia : Werner Film Productions , 2021 23367711 2021 single work film/TV
winner (Limited Series) form y separately published work icon Fires The Fires Belinda Chayko , Jacquelin Perske , Mirrah Foulkes , Steven McGregor , Anya Beyersdorf , Australia : Tony Ayres Productions , 2021 20851564 2021 series - publisher film/TV

'The Tony Ayres Productions (TAP) series is planned as a serialised anthology, inspired by the stories of the people who survived the catastrophe and continue to endure its aftermath.

'Each episode will be based around character studies of ordinary people caught in the unimaginable and the impossible choices they were forced to make. These will include volunteer firefighters; families who lost homes, livelihoods and loved ones; people who had to make agonising decisions about whether to stay or flee; and others who found themselves responsible for the lives of friends and strangers.'

Source: Inside Film (https://www.if.com.au/abc-tony-ayres-productions-developing-bushfire-drama/). (Sighted: 3/12/2020)

Year: 2021

winner (Serial) form y separately published work icon Neighbours [Episode 8367] Peter Mattessi , ( dir. Laurence Wilson ) Australia : FremantleMedia Australia , 2020 23332504 2020 single work film/TV
winner (Series or Mini-series of More than 4 Hours Duration) form y separately published work icon The Beaver's Nose Tony McNamara , ( dir. Geeta V. Patel ) Australia United Kingdom (UK) : Echo Lake Entertainment Macgowan and Beneficiary Films Media Rights Capital , 2020 23332809 2020 single work film/TV
winner (Telemovie or Mini-series of 4 Hours or Less Duration) form y separately published work icon New Gold Mountain Peter Cox , Benjamin Law , Yolanda Ramke , Greg Waters , Pip Karmel , Peter Cox , ( dir. Peter Cox ) 2021 Australia : Goalpost Pictures , 2021 23317689 2021 series - publisher film/TV historical fiction

'1857, the charismatic headman of the Chinese mining camp struggles to maintain the fragile harmony between Chinese and European diggers when a murdered European woman is discovered to have links to the Chinese community.' (Production summary)

Year: 2020

winner (Serial) form y separately published work icon The Heights [Season Two, Episode Seven] Peter Mattessi , ( dir. Renée Webster ) Australia : Matchbox Pictures For Pete's Sake Productions , 2020 20263136 2020 single work film/TV
winner (Series or Mini-series of More than 4 Hours Duration) form y separately published work icon Total Control [Episode 1.3] Pip Karmel , ( dir. Rachel Perkins ) Australia : Blackfella Films Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2019 20269393 2019 single work film/TV
winner (Telemovie or Mini-series of 4 Hours or Less Duration) form y separately published work icon The Hunting Matthew Cormack , Niki Aken , Matthew Cormack , Sophie Hyde , ( dir. Ana Kokkinos et. al. )agent Adelaide : Closer Productions , 2019 16903484 2019 series - publisher film/TV

'THE HUNTING intimately and dramatically imagines the lives of four teenagers, their teachers and their families throughout the lead up, revelation and aftermath of a nude teen photo scandal. When two high school teachers discover students are sharing explicit photos of their underage friends and peers online, the revelation has unbearable consequences for their students and their families. Tackling themes of misogyny, privacy, sexuality and sexualisation, online exploitation, masculinity and gender, the series uses this singular event as a way of exploring some of the most pressing issues of our time and offering a vital portrait of contemporary, multicultural Australia.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Year: 2019

winner (Serial) form y separately published work icon Neighbours [Episode 8052] Jason Herbison , ( dir. Kate Kendall ) Australia : Reg Grundy Enterprises FremantleMedia Australia , 2019 16957926 2019 single work film/TV
winner (Series or Mini-Series of More than Four Hours' Duration) form y separately published work icon Jack Irish [Episode 2.1] Andrew Knight , ( dir. Mark Joffe ) Australia : Essential Media and Entertainment , 2018 16958262 2018 single work film/TV
winner (Telemovie or Miniseries of Four Hours or Less Duration, including Original and Adapted Works) form y separately published work icon The Cry Jacquelin Perske , ( dir. Glendyn Ivin ) United Kingdom (UK) Australia : Synchronicity Films , 2018 15282238 2018 series - publisher film/TV thriller

Adaptation of Helen FitzGerald's novel of the same name.

When their small child goes missing from their car in an Australian town, the relationship between an Australian man and his English second wife is tested.

Told via flashbacks in a court-ordered meeting with a psychologist.

Works About this Award

Jimi Bani Up for a Logie 2013 single work column
— Appears in: Torres News , 18-24 March no. 1057 2013; (p. 9)
Mini-Series to Mine Rinehart's Life Mark Hawthorne , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 7 February 2013; (p. 3)
Puberty Begins August Helene Sobolewski , Antimo Iannella , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 23 July 2012; (p. 21)
Audiences Returning Eden for New Soap Era Geoff Shearer , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 20 July 2012; (p. 22)
Underbelly Award for Territory Writer 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 21 August 2010; (p. 11)
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