10th ACTRA Awards

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10th ACTRA Awards
Date	April 3, 1981
Hosted by	Gordon Pinsent
Highlights
Best TV Program	The Canadian Establishment
Best Radio Program	Sunday Morning
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBC Television

The 10th ACTRA Awards were presented on April 3, 1981, and hosted by Gordon Pinsent.

Television

Best Television Program	Best Television Actor
The Canadian Establishment: "Store Wars" and "Ten Toronto Street"^[1] A Gift to Last^[2] The Hanga Shore^[2]	Al Waxman, The Winnings of Frankie Walls^[1] Lawrence Dane, A Question of the Sixth^[2] Dixie Seatle, A Population of One^[2]
Best Continuing TV Performance	Best Supporting TV Performance
Don Francks, The Phoenix Team^[1] Elizabeth Shepherd, The Phoenix Team^[2] Kim Yaroshevskaya, Home Fires^[2]	Mary Pirie, Lyon's Den^[1] Helen Burns, Today I Am a Fountain Pen^[2] Sonja Smits, War Brides^[2]
Best New Performer	Best TV Variety Performance
Lally Cadeau, Harvest^[1] Wendy Crewson, War Brides^[2] Allan Levson, Today I Am a Fountain Pen^[2]	Dinah Christie, D.C. and Friends^[1] Jeff Hyslop, Dancin' Man^[2] Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster, Wayne and Shuster Superspecial^[2]
Best Television Host or Interviewer	Best Writing, Television Drama
*Patrick Watson, The Canadian Establishment: "Store Wars"^[1] Eric Malling, The Fifth Estate^[2] Sherv Shragge, Shragge's Journal*^[2]	Grahame Woods, War Brides^[1] Rob Forsyth, Harvest^[2] Tony Sheer, Maintain the Right^[2]
Best Writing, Television Comedy/Variety	Best Writing, Television Public Affairs
Roger Abbott, Dave Broadfoot, Don Ferguson, Gord Holtam, John Morgan and Rick Olsen, Royal Canadian Air Farce^[1] Ted Barris and Alex Barris, A Little Part of Canada^[2] Charles Weir, Guy Shulman, Mark Shekter and Robert Sandler, Dancin' Man^[2]	*Ted Remerowski, The Canadian Establishment: "Store Wars"^[1] Les Nirenberg, Man Alive: "City of Love"^[2] Peter Pearson, The Canadian Establishment*: "The Chairman"^[2]

Radio

Best Radio Program	Best Radio Host
Sunday Morning^[1] Africa Week^[2] Morningside: "War Measures"^[2] A Salzburg Diary^[2]	Bronwyn Drainie and Patrick Martin, Sunday Morning^[1] Don Harron, Morningside^[2] Jacqueline Toupin, Keewatin Country^[2]
Best Radio Actor	Best Radio Variety Performance
Zoe Caldwell, Fifth Business^[1] Douglas Campbell, The Life of Galileo^[2] Martha Henry, Memoir^[2]	Linden Soles, 60 Minutes with a Bullet: The Decade^[1] Bill Buck, Norm Grohmann, Marla Gropper and Bill Reiter, Dr. Bundolo's Pandemonium Medicine Show^[2] Gene Di Novi, Morningside: "Cole Porter"^[2]
Best Writing, Radio Drama	Best Writing, Radio Variety
Sharon Pollock, Sweet Land of Liberty^[1] John Murrell, Memoir^[2] Jim Nichol, Biko^[2]	Linden Soles, 60 Minutes with a Bullet: The Decade^[1] Erika Ritter, Morningside: "Invasion of the Stewardesses"^[2] Dan Thatchuk, Dr. Bundolo's Pandemonium Medicine Show^[2]
Best Writing, Radio Public Affairs
Harry Rasky, Africa Week^[1] Naomi Diamond, Open Circuit: The Handicapped Child^[2] Lilian Garson, Growing Up in the Coke Ovens^[2]

Journalism and special awards

Gordon Sinclair Award	Foster Hewitt Award
Eric Malling^[1] Harry J. Boyle^[2] Charles Templeton^[2]	Jim Robson^[1] Dave Hodge^[2] Bernie Pascall^[2]
John Drainie Award
Frances Hyland^[1]

References

Rick Groen, "Waxman, Establishment take Actras". The Globe and Mail, April 4, 1981.
"Nominees announced for ACTRAs". The Globe and Mail, March 13, 1981.