Foxtel's gritty prison drama Wentworth wins big at the 2018 Logues

IT was a big night for pay TV provider Foxtel who took out multiple categories at the 60th Annual Logie Awards.

Aside from streaming service Stan, Foxtel was the only non free to air station up for awards, with its cult-favourite Wentworth taking out Most Popular Drama Series, Most Outstanding Drama Series and Most Oustanding Actress and the co-produced Gogglebox winning Most Popular Entertainment Program.

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Gritty women’s prison drama Wentworth won the fan voted Most Popular Drama Series, beating out Doctor Doctor (Nine Network), Home And Away (Channel 7), Love Child (Nine Network) and Offspring (Network Ten), as well as the critically judged Most Oustanding Drama Series, beating out A Place To Call Home (Foxtel — Showcase), Doctor Doctor (Nine Network), Harrow (ABC) and Top Of The Lake: China Girl (Foxtel — BBC First).

Foxtel also dominated the Most Oustanding Actress category with Wentworth’s Pamela Rabe and Kate Atkinson as well as Elisabeth Moss for Top Of The Lake: China Girl, with Rabe ultimately taking out the award.

Sigrid Thornton: “I think Foxtel is creating some of the finest drama we have in this country and they’re setting a gold standard for Australian drama.

“We are the proud recipients of the gold dust of their work and their development and belief in Australian stories.

“This is a surprise to us all but perhaps there’s been this trickledown effect.

“A ripple effect that takes some years to take hold and that’s what happened with Wentworth here tonight.”

Foxtel’s Andrew Winter was also up for the top gong, the first Foxtel talent to ever be nominated for the award, however lost out to Family Feud host of four years Grant Denyer.

The 52-year-old British-born presenter told News Corp last week he did not like his chances against his commercial network-rivals — crediting the loyalty of Lifestyle channel viewers with his stunning win.

“The fans of Selling and Love It Or List It are quite passionate, quite invested in it, partly because they’re made in Australia and the stories are local,” he said.

“We really are the grassroots. We sell the $200,000 home, right through to the $4 million mansion. We try to cover all perspectives. We also try to do a mix of families … nice ones and not so nice ones,” he joked.

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