Logie Award for Most Outstanding Factual or Documentary Program

The Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Factual or Documentary Program is an award presented annually at the Australian TV Week Logie Awards. The award is given to recognise an outstanding Australian factual, observational or documentary program. The winner and nominees of this award are chosen by television industry juries.[1]

Logie Award for Most Outstanding Factual or Documentary Program
CountryAustralia
Presented byTV Week
First awarded1965
Currently held byRon Iddles: The Good Cop (2019)
Websitewww.tvweeklogieawards.com.au

It was first awarded at the 7th Annual TV Week Logie Awards ceremony, held in 1965 as Best Documentary Series (1967, 1973-1974, 1976-1986).[2][3] The award was renamed many times in subsequent ceremonies; Best Documentary (1966, 1969),[4][3] Best Australian Documentary Series (1970),[3] Best Documentary/Current Affairs Series (1971),[4][3] Best Dramatised Documentary Series (1975). The nominees in the Best Documentary category were either single documentaries or documentary series. This award category was eliminated in 1968 and 1972.

At the 29th Annual TV Week Logie Awards in 1987, the industry voted awards for documentaries was renamed Most Outstanding Single Documentary or Documentary Series until 1993.[5] It has also been known as Most Outstanding Documentary Single or Series (1994-1995),[5] Most Outstanding Documentary (1996–1999, 2001, 2009),[6] and Most Outstanding Documentary or Special Report in a Public Affairs Program (2000), Most Outstanding Documentary Series (2002-2006)[7] and Most Outstanding Documentary or Documentary Series (2007-2008), Most Outstanding Factual Program (2010-2015). This award category was eliminated in 2016 and returned in 2017 as the Most Outstanding Factual or Documentary Program.

Winners and nominees
Key Meaning
Indicates the winning program

Listed below are the winners of the award for each year for Best Documentary Series.

Year Program Network Ref
1965 Project 64
Nine Network
[2]
1966 Birth
[4]
1967 Project 66
Nine Network
1969 The Talgai Skull
ABC
1970 Chequerboard
ABC
[3]
1971 Four Corners
ABC
1973 Shell's Australia
Seven Network
1974 Wild Australia
ABC
[8]
1975 Billy and Percy
ABC
1976 A Big Country
ABC
1977 Australians At War
Network Ten
1978 In the Wild
ABC
[9]
1979 A Big Country
ABC
1980 This Fabulous Century
Seven Network
1981 A Big Country
ABC
1982 A Matter of Chance
ABC
[10]
1983 John Laws' World
Network Ten
1984 Ash Wednesday
1985 Frontline Afghanistan
ABC
1986 Sweat of the Sun, Tears of the Moon
ABC
[11]

Listed below are the winners of the award for each year for Most Outstanding Factual or Documentary Series.

Year Program Network Ref
1987 Handle with Care(tied)
Network Ten
[11]
The Greatest Gift(tied)
Nine Network
1988 Suzi's Story
Network Ten
1989 Nature of Australia
ABC
1990 Ladies in Line
ABC
[12]
1991 The Chelmsford Scream
Nine Network
1992 The Time of Your Life
ABC
1993 Cop It Sweet
ABC
Faces in the Mob(tied)
ABC
1994 Labor in Power
ABC
[6]
1995 Fifty Years of Silence
ABC
1996 Untold Desires
SBS
1997 Somebody Now – Nobody's Children Seven Years On
ABC
1998 Rats in the Ranks
ABC
[13]
The Big House
ABC
The Call of Kakadu
ABC
Mabo: Life of An Island Man
ABC
Tell My Kids I'm Sorry
Seven Network
1999 Miracle at Sea: The Rescue of Tony Bullimore
ABC
[14]
Afrika: Cape Town to Cairo
ABC
Exile In Sarajevo
SBS
Mabo: Rite of Passage
SBS
2000 Facing the Demons
ABC
[15]
A Race to Survive
ABC
Sierra Leone
SBS
The Keating Millions
Nine Network
2001 A Death in the Family
SBS
[16]
The Diplomat
SBS
The Last Warriors
Seven Network
The Track
ABC
2002 Australians at War
ABC
[17]
100 Years
ABC
Drama School
Seven Network
Journeys to the Ends of the Earth
ABC
Long Way to the Top
ABC
The Ties That Bind
ABC
2003 Australian Story
ABC
[18]
Black Chicks Talking
ABC
Gough Whitlam: In His Own Words
SBS
Gulpilil: One Red Blood
ABC
Rainbow Bird and Monster Man
SBS
2004 Dying to Leave
SBS
[19]
Beyond Bronte
Nine Network
From Korea with Love
SBS
Love is in the Air
ABC
Man Made: The Story of Two Men and a Baby
SBS
2005 The President vs David Hicks
SBS
[20]
The Last Voices From Heaven Parts 1 & 2
Foxtel
Moulin Rouge Girls
ABC
Stories From a Children's Hospital: Chloe's Story
ABC
Tug of Love
SBS
2006 He's Coming South: The Attack on Sydney Harbour
The History Channel
[21]
The Colony
SBS
Divorce Stories
SBS
Frank Hurley: The Man Who Made History
ABC
Revealing Gallipoli
ABC
2007 Who Killed Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler?
ABC
[22]
The Battle of Long Tan
The History Channel
The Bridge at Midnight Trembles
SBS
The Floating Brothel
ABC
Life at 1
ABC
2008 Constructing Australia: The Bridge
ABC
[23]
Captain Cook: Obsession and Discovery
ABC
Inside Australia: My Brother Vinnie
SBS
The Sounds of Aus
ABC
The Ultimate Donation
Network Ten
2009 First Australians
SBS
[24]
Beyond Kokoda
The History Channel
The Oasis: Australia's Homeless Youth
ABC
Schapelle Corby: The Hidden Truth
Nine Network
The Howard Years
ABC
2010 Law and Disorder
SBS
[25]
Bombora: The Story of Australian Surfing
ABC
Bondi Rescue
Network Ten
Darwin's Brave New World
ABC
Last Chance Saloon
SBS
2011 Trishna & Krishna: The Quest For Separate Lives
Seven Network
[26]
Bondi Rescue
Network Ten
Miracle in the Storm
ABC
RPA
Nine Network
Such is Life: The Troubled Times of Ben Cousins
Seven Network
2012 Go Back To Where You Came From
SBS
[27]
Leaky Boat
ABC
Mrs Carey's Concert
ABC
Outback Fight Club
SBS
Tony Robinson Explores Australia
The History Channel
2013 Bondi Rescue
Network Ten
[28]
Bondi Vet
Network Ten
Border Security: Australia's Front Line
Seven Network
RPA
Nine Network
Who Do You Think You Are?
SBS
2014 Kings Cross ER: St Vincent's Hospital
Crime & Investigation Network
[29]
Desert War
ABC
Dirty Business
SBS
Jabbed
SBS
Redesign My Brain
ABC
2015 First Contact
SBS
[30]
Brilliant Creatures
ABC
Changing Minds
ABC
Coast Australia
The History Channel
The War That Changed Us
ABC
2017 Conviction
ABC
[31]
Deep Water: The Real Story
SBS
Gogglebox Australia
Lifestyle Channel / Network Ten
Keeping Australia Alive
ABC
Todd Sampson's Body Hack
Network Ten
2018 War on Waste
ABC
[32]
Michael Hutchence: The Last Rockstar
Seven Network
Struggle Street
SBS
The Queen & Zak Grieve
Crime & Investigation
You Can't Ask That
ABC
2019 Ron Iddles: The Good Cop
Foxtel
Employable Me
ABC
Exposed: The Case Of Keli Lane
ABC
Taboo
Network Ten
The Pacific – In The Wake Of Captain Cook With Sam Neill
Foxtel

See also

References
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