Logies 2017 winners – the man with a unicycle has two statues

How do the Best and Outstanding categories line up at the Logies? Which production companies triumphed? Why the unicycle?
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Some things are much more important than a night of fame. Image: Samuel Johnson with his sister Connie, and the famous fundraising unicycle. 

The Logies took a wonderful slide sideways into tears and comedy as Samuel Johnson, owner of the Molly persona for two nights of television, won the bestest thing, the Gold Logie. Molly arrived and upstaged him, which worked well because Johnson works hard to be amiable in public. That has been hard won as the media has done the full oowah on him for the turps and a casino brawl.

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David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.