Awards
In 2006, John Wood was once again nominated for the most coveted television award in Australia, the Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television. In 2006, Wood finally won this award, which had eluded him every year since 1997. This could be partially attributed to the magnitude of support thrown behind Wood in his bid for the publicly chosen award: Nova 100's Michelle Anderson, for example, ran a campaign and had T-shirts made up in his honour stating: "Ten years, it's high time the pillar of society and acting god that is John Wood be rewarded with gold."; even Victoria's top-cop, Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon, threw her support behind Wood in his bid for the Gold. As well as this prestigious award, Wood was also privileged to win the Silver Logie for Most Popular Actor, which he had won in 2005 and had been nominated for a further 6 times, over thirteen years, for his role as Tom Croydon on Blue Heelers. At the 2006 Logies, Wood was also nominated for Most Outstanding Actor in a drama series and Blue Heelers was nominated for Most Popular Australian Drama series. Most Outstanding Actor went to Dan Wyllie from Love My Way and Most Popular Drama went to Home and Away.
At the 2006 Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards, Blue Heelers was nominated for Most Popular Drama, but this award went to Love My Way. Guests actors on the show, Marcus Graham and Saskia Burmeister, however, were nominated for, and won, Best Guest or Supporting Actor and Actress in Television Drama, respectively. Graham was nominated for his role in "Moonlighting" (episode 508), while Burmeister was nominated for her role in a season twelve episode.
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