Awards & Winners

1981 Peabody Award

Check winners and nominations of 1981 Peabody Award. Check awards winners of 1981 Peabody Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

1981 Peabody Awards

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American Broadcasting Company, ELP Communications

Honored for : ABC Afterschool Special
(The Wave)
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Honored for : Signature
(Carl Sandburg at Connemara)
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Alan Landsburg Productions, CBS

Honored for : Bill
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HBO, Feminist Majority Foundation

Honored for : She's Nobody's Baby: The History of American Women in the 20th Century
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KATU

Honored for : Out of the Ashes, Ready on the Firing Line, To Begin Again
(Series of Significant Television Documentaries.)
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Danny Kaye

Honored for : Skokie, Live from Lincoln Center
(An Evening with Danny Kaye and The New York Philharmonic)
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KJRH-TV

Honored for : Project: China
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KQEH

Honored for : The Day After Trinity: J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb
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Bill Leonard

(A Personal Award for his role in developing CBS News.)
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National Radio Theatre

Honored for : The Odyssey of Homer
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MTM Enterprises, NBC

Honored for : Hill Street Blues
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Nebraska Educational Telecommunications, The Great Amwell Company

Honored for : The Private History of a Campaign That Failed
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WNET, Public Broadcasting Service

Honored for : Great Performances: Dance in America
(Nureyev and The Joffrey Ballet in Tribute to Nijinsky)
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Timothy Todd, Susan Todd

Honored for : The Todds' Teddy Bears Picnic
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John Goldsmith, WUSA

Honored for : Now That We've Got Your Interest
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WGBH, ITV Granada

Honored for : World
(The Red Army)
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WJR

Honored for : Newsfile: A Bankrupt Court
(a series of reports probing the inner workings of the U.S. District Bankruptcy Court)
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WLS-TV

Honored for : Eyewitness News
(for the reports Traffic Court: Justice or a Joke? and So You Need A Driver's License)
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WQDR-FM

Honored for : Our Forgotten Warriors: Vietnam Veterans Face the Challenges of the '80s
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WSMV-TV

Honored for : Hot Cars, Cold Cash, Split Second Justice, Crime's Children, Crime's Carousel
(Series of Significant Television Documentaries.)
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ABC News

Honored for : Nightline, Viewpoint, America Held Hostage: The Secret Negotiations
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KOMO-TV, Eighth Decade Consortium, WJLA-TV, WRAL-TV, KSTP-TV, WCVB-TV

Honored for : Fed Up with Fear
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Honored for : Klimbo
(The Lion and the Mouse)