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Who will make Logie’s Hall of Fame?

The Logies are yet to announce who will be inducted into the Hall of Fame for 2009. Got any suggestions?

gold-logieThe Logie Awards are yet to announce who it will induct into its Hall of Fame.

Last year writer, performer and director John Clarke was given the honour, joining an elite list of those who have made an impact on Australian television. While the inductee is usually an individual sometimes programmes have been honoured including Play School, Neighbours and Four Corners.

It could also be awarded to someone behind the scenes. Hector Crawford was the first, while Ken G. Hall, James Davern, Reg Grundy, Bruce Gyngell and Sam Chisholm are also inducted.

Females are rare -just Ruth Cracknell has cracked the list.

The Logies prviously had a category for Sustained Excellence too, which recognised The Sullivans and Young Talent Time amongst others, but it was dropped many years ago.

So before the name is announced, who would you like to see inducted in 2009?

Which individual or programme deserves a nod for a significant contribution to Aussie telly?

2008 : John Clarke
2007 : Steve Irwin
2006 : Play School, ABC TV
2005 : Neighbours, Network Ten
2004 : Sam Chisholm
2003 : Don Lane
2002 : Mike Willesee
2001 : Ruth Cracknell
2000 : Bruce Gyngell
1999 : Mike Walsh
1998 : Graham Kennedy
1997 : Garry McDonald
1996 : Maurie Fields
1995 : Jack Thompson
1994 : Charles ‘Bud’ Tingwell
1993 : Reg Grundy
1992 : Four Corners, ABC TV
1991 : James Davern
1990 : Johnny Young
1989 : Bryan Brown
1988 : Bert Newton
1987 : Paul Hogan
1986 : Neil Davis
1985 : Ken G. Hall
1984 : Hector Crawford

31 Responses

  1. If we going for female contenders then Lorraine Bayly should be up there. With “The Sullivans” and “Play School” plus countless other TV productions – she should get recognised.

  2. Jana Wendt, or Brian Naylor.

    I feel Brian deserves the Hall Of Fame logie more than anyone this year, at least to honour his memory properly. He was one of the best newsreaders in Australia, if not the best. He and wife Moiree would have been such wonderful neighbours to live next door to or even just down the street from. People who have actually lived in Brian’s neighbourhood would have felt very much the same way. It was tragic how their lives ended, and I was shocked and saddened by the news of their deaths.

    I just think that after all that the Naylor’s have had to put up with in the last one and a half months after Black Saturday that a Hall of Fame logie for Brian would give them some consolation, apart from the loads of support they have received from all around Australia so far, and if any of the Naylor’s, other than Greg, of course, can’t get up to receive the Logie on the night, then maybe get one of his former colleagues from the Nine Network, preferably Peter Hitchener, to step up and accept the Logie for him and the Naylor family.

    Just a few suggestions in the event that Brian Naylor wins a Hall Of Fame Logie award this year, which he should. No-one else could possibly wreck his memory by stealing the Logie from his grasp. TV Week voters and judges would be crazy not to honour Brian Naylor properly this year at the 51st TV Week Logie Awards. If they could honour Maurie Fields with a posthumous Hall Of Famer in 1996, I can’t see why Brian Naylor shouldn’t get the same recognition this year.

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