{{Short description|Canadian television awards ceremony}} {{Infobox award | name = 10th ACTRA Awards | image = | date = April 3, 1981 | location = | host = [[Gordon Pinsent]] | most_awards = | most_nominations = | award1_type = Best TV Program | award1_winner = ''[[The Canadian Establishment (TV series)|The Canadian Establishment]]'' | award2_type = Best Radio Program | award2_winner = ''[[Sunday Morning (radio program)|Sunday Morning]]'' | network = [[CBC Television]] | producer = | previous = [[9th ACTRA Awards|9th]] | main = [[ACTRA Awards]] | next = [[11th ACTRA Awards|11th]] }}
The '''10th ACTRA Awards''' were presented on April 3, 1981, and hosted by [[Gordon Pinsent]].
==Television== {| class=wikitable width="100%" |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Television Program ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Television Actor |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''''[[The Canadian Establishment (TV series)|The Canadian Establishment]]'': "Store Wars" and "Ten Toronto Street"'''<ref name=groen>Rick Groen, "Waxman, Establishment take Actras". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', April 4, 1981.</ref> * ''[[A Gift to Last]]''<ref name=nominees>"Nominees announced for ACTRAs". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', March 13, 1981.</ref> * ''[[The Hanga Shore]]''<ref name=nominees/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Al Waxman]], ''[[For the Record (Canadian TV series)|The Winnings of Frankie Walls]]'''''<ref name=groen/> * [[Lawrence Dane]], ''[[For the Record (Canadian TV series)|A Question of the Sixth]]''<ref name=nominees/> * [[Dixie Seatle]], ''[[A Population of One]]''<ref name=nominees/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Continuing TV Performance ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Supporting TV Performance |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Don Francks]], ''[[The Phoenix Team]]'''''<ref name=groen/> * [[Elizabeth Shepherd]], ''[[The Phoenix Team]]''<ref name=nominees/> * [[Kim Yaroshevskaya]], ''[[Home Fires (Canadian TV series)|Home Fires]]''<ref name=nominees/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Mary Pirie (actress)|Mary Pirie]], ''[[For the Record (Canadian TV series)|Lyon's Den]]'''''<ref name=groen/> * [[Helen Burns]], ''[[Today I Am a Fountain Pen]]''<ref name=nominees/> * [[Sonja Smits]], ''[[War Brides (1980 film)|War Brides]]''<ref name=nominees/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best New Performer ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best TV Variety Performance |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Lally Cadeau]], ''[[For the Record (Canadian TV series)|Harvest]]'''''<ref name=groen/> * [[Wendy Crewson]], ''[[War Brides (1980 film)|War Brides]]''<ref name=nominees/> * [[Allan Levson]], ''[[Today I Am a Fountain Pen]]''<ref name=nominees/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Dinah Christie]], ''D.C. and Friends'''''<ref name=groen/> * [[Jeff Hyslop]], ''Dancin' Man''<ref name=nominees/> * [[Johnny Wayne]] and [[Frank Shuster]], ''[[Wayne and Shuster|Wayne and Shuster Superspecial]]''<ref name=nominees/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Television Host or Interviewer ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Writing, Television Drama |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Patrick Watson (journalist)|Patrick Watson]], ''[[The Canadian Establishment (TV series)|The Canadian Establishment]]'': "Store Wars"'''<ref name=groen/> * [[Eric Malling]], ''[[The Fifth Estate (TV program)|The Fifth Estate]]''<ref name=nominees/> * [[Sherv Shragge]], ''Shragge's Journal''<ref name=nominees/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Grahame Woods]], ''[[War Brides (1980 film)|War Brides]]'''''<ref name=groen/> * [[Rob Forsyth]], ''[[For the Record (Canadian TV series)|Harvest]]''<ref name=nominees/> * [[Tony Sheer]], ''[[For the Record (Canadian TV series)|Maintain the Right]]''<ref name=nominees/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Writing, Television Comedy/Variety ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Writing, Television Public Affairs |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Roger Abbott]], [[Dave Broadfoot]], [[Don Ferguson (actor)|Don Ferguson]], [[Gord Holtam]], [[John Morgan (comedian)|John Morgan]] and [[Rick Olsen]], ''[[Royal Canadian Air Farce]]'''''<ref name=groen/> * [[Ted Barris]] and [[Alex Barris]], ''A Little Part of Canada''<ref name=nominees/> * Charles Weir, Guy Shulman, Mark Shekter and Robert Sandler, ''Dancin' Man''<ref name=nominees/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Ted Remerowski]], ''[[The Canadian Establishment (TV series)|The Canadian Establishment]]'': "Store Wars"'''<ref name=groen/> * [[Les Nirenberg]], ''[[Man Alive (Canadian TV program)|Man Alive]]'': "City of Love"<ref name=nominees/> * [[Peter Pearson (director)|Peter Pearson]], ''[[The Canadian Establishment (TV series)|The Canadian Establishment]]'': "The Chairman"<ref name=nominees/> |}
==Radio== {| class=wikitable width="100%" |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Radio Program ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Radio Host |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''''[[Sunday Morning (radio program)|Sunday Morning]]'''''<ref name=groen/> * ''Africa Week''<ref name=nominees/> * ''[[Morningside (radio program)|Morningside]]'': "War Measures"<ref name=nominees/> * ''A Salzburg Diary''<ref name=nominees/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Bronwyn Drainie]] and [[Patrick Martin (journalist)|Patrick Martin]], ''[[Sunday Morning (radio program)|Sunday Morning]]'''''<ref name=groen/> * [[Don Harron]], ''[[Morningside (radio program)|Morningside]]''<ref name=nominees/> * [[Jacqueline Toupin]], ''[[CBKA-FM|Keewatin Country]]''<ref name=nominees/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Radio Actor ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Radio Variety Performance |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Zoe Caldwell]], ''[[Fifth Business]]'''''<ref name=groen/> * [[Douglas Campbell (actor)|Douglas Campbell]], ''The Life of Galileo''<ref name=nominees/> * [[Martha Henry]], ''Memoir''<ref name=nominees/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Linden Soles]], ''60 Minutes with a Bullet: The Decade'''''<ref name=groen/> * Bill Buck, Norm Grohmann, Marla Gropper and Bill Reiter, ''[[Dr. Bundolo's Pandemonium Medicine Show]]''<ref name=nominees/> * [[Gene Di Novi]], ''[[Morningside (radio program)|Morningside]]'': "Cole Porter"<ref name=nominees/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Writing, Radio Drama ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Writing, Radio Variety |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Sharon Pollock]], ''Sweet Land of Liberty'''''<ref name=groen/> * [[John Murrell (playwright)|John Murrell]], ''Memoir''<ref name=nominees/> * [[Jim Nichol]], ''Biko''<ref name=nominees/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Linden Soles]], ''60 Minutes with a Bullet: The Decade'''''<ref name=groen/> * [[Erika Ritter]], ''[[Morningside (radio program)|Morningside]]'': "Invasion of the Stewardesses"<ref name=nominees/> * [[Dan Thatchuk]], ''[[Dr. Bundolo's Pandemonium Medicine Show]]''<ref name=nominees/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Writing, Radio Public Affairs |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Harry Rasky]], ''Africa Week'''''<ref name=groen/> * [[Naomi Diamond]], ''Open Circuit: The Handicapped Child''<ref name=nominees/> * [[Lilian Garson]], ''Growing Up in the Coke Ovens''<ref name=nominees/> |}
==Journalism and special awards== {| class=wikitable width="100%" |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Gordon Sinclair Award]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[ACTRA Foster Hewitt Award|Foster Hewitt Award]] |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Eric Malling]]'''<ref name=groen/> * [[Harry J. Boyle]]<ref name=nominees/> * [[Charles Templeton]]<ref name=nominees/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Jim Robson]]'''<ref name=groen/> * [[Dave Hodge]]<ref name=nominees/> * [[Bernie Pascall]]<ref name=nominees/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[John Drainie Award]] |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Frances Hyland]]'''<ref name=groen/> |}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Canadian Screen Awards}}
[[Category:1981 in Canadian television]] [[Category:1981 television awards|ACTRA]] [[Category:ACTRA Awards]]