15th ACTRA Awards

15th ACTRA Awards
DateApril 2, 1986
Hosted byDon Harron, Pierre Berton, Barbara Frum, Gordon Pinsent, Dave Broadfoot, Ann Mortifee
Highlights
Best TV ProgramCharlie Grant's War
Best Radio ProgramGlenn Gould: The Well-Tempered Polymath
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBC Television
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The 15th ACTRA Awards were presented on April 2, 1986 to honour achievements in Canadian television production in 1985.[1] They were the final ACTRA Awards presented before the responsibility for organizing and presenting Canadian television awards was transferred from ACTRA to the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television;[2] after this, ACTRA only presented awards in radio categories, until relaunching the ACTRA Awards program in the early 2000s as a series of regional production awards in various Canadian film and television production markets.

The ceremony was hosted by Don Harron, Pierre Berton, Barbara Frum, Gordon Pinsent, Dave Broadfoot and Ann Mortifee.[3]

Due to overlapping eligibility periods, some of the nominees or winners at the 15th ACTRA Awards were also nominees or winners at the 1st Gemini Awards, which were presented in December 1986.[4]

  1. ^ Jim Bawden, "Old familiar faces clean up at final ACTRA ceremony". Toronto Star, April 3, 1986.
  2. ^ Sid Adilman, "Canada's new TV award makes debut". Toronto Star, April 22, 1986.
  3. ^ "ACTRA co-hosts announced". Toronto Star, March 6, 1986.
  4. ^ Bill Taylor, "Producer may boycott Geminis". Toronto Star, June 17, 1986.