{{Short description|Canadian television awards ceremony}} {{Infobox award | name = 11th ACTRA Awards | image = | date = May 12, 1982 | location = | host = [[Jim Carrey]], [[Dixie Seatle]] | most_awards = | most_nominations = | award1_type = Best TV Program | award1_winner = ''[[Just Another Missing Kid]]'' | award2_type = Best Radio Program | award2_winner = ''This Year in Jerusalem'' | network = [[CBC Television]] | producer = | previous = [[10th ACTRA Awards|10th]] | main = [[ACTRA Awards]] | next = [[12th ACTRA Awards|12th]] }} The '''11th ACTRA Awards''' were presented on May 12, 1982.<ref name=musselwhite>Bill Musselwhite, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105901786/calgary-herald/ "ACTRA awards homey, fun and typically Canadian"]. ''[[Calgary Herald]]'', May 13, 1982.</ref> The ceremony was hosted by [[Jim Carrey]] and [[Dixie Seatle]].<ref name=musselwhite/>
The [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]], as the broadcaster of the ceremony, had originally proposed [[Dan Aykroyd]] as host,<ref>Sid Adilman, "Aykroyd willing to host show". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', April 12, 1982.</ref> but he was rejected by ACTRA on the grounds that he was working in the United States and not an active ACTRA member.<ref>Sid Adilman, "'Thanks a lot, ACTRA,' angry Aykroyd says". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', April 15, 1982.</ref>
==Television== {| class=wikitable width="100%" |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Television Program ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Children's Television Program |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''''[[Just Another Missing Kid]]'''''<ref name=musselwhite/> * ''[[Cambodia: Tragedy in Eden]]''<ref name=nominees>"ACTRA award nominees". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', April 26, 1982.</ref> * ''[[On Guard For Thee]]'': "The Most Dangerous Spy"<ref name=nominees/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''''[[Switchback (TV series)|Switchback]]'''''<ref name=musselwhite/> * ''[[The Olden Days Coat]]''<ref name=nominees/> * ''[[Polka Dot Door]]''<ref name=nominees/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Television Actor ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best New Performer |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Lally Cadeau]], ''[[You've Come a Long Way, Katie]]'''''<ref name=musselwhite/> * [[Mary Ann McDonald]], ''[[For the Record (Canadian TV series)|A Far Cry from Home]]''<ref name=nominees/> * [[Chuck Shamata]], ''[[The Running Man (1981 film)|The Running Man]]''<ref name=nominees/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Leslie Toth]], ''Once'''''<ref name=musselwhite/> * [[Colm Feore]], ''[[The Running Man (1981 film)|The Running Man]]''<ref name=nominees/> * [[Cecily Thomson]], ''[[For the Record (Canadian TV series)|Snowbirds]]''<ref name=nominees/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Supporting TV Performance ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best TV Variety Performance |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Ken James (Canadian actor)|Ken James]], ''[[You've Come a Long Way, Katie]]'''''<ref name=musselwhite/> * [[Robert Christie (actor)|Robert Christie]], ''[[For the Record (Canadian TV series)|Snowbirds]]''<ref name=nominees/> * [[Richard Monette]], ''[[For the Record (Canadian TV series)|A Far Cry from Home]]''<ref name=nominees/> * [[Vivian Reis]], ''Talk Show''<ref name=nominees/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Evelyn Hart]] and [[David Peregrine]], ''Belong'''''<ref name=musselwhite/> * [[Roger Abbott]], [[Dave Broadfoot]], [[Don Ferguson (actor)|Don Ferguson]], [[Luba Goy]] and [[John Morgan (comedian)|John Morgan]], ''[[Royal Canadian Air Farce]]''<ref name=nominees/> * [[John Candy]], [[Joe Flaherty]], [[Eugene Levy]], [[Andrea Martin]], [[Rick Moranis]], [[Catherine O'Hara]] and [[Dave Thomas (actor)|Dave Thomas]], ''[[Second City Television|SCTV]]''<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}} '''[[Adrienne Clarkson]], ''[[The Fifth Estate (TV program)|The Fifth Estate]]'': "Hebron"'''<ref name=musselwhite/> * Ian Parker, ''[[Just Another Missing Kid]]''<ref name=nominees/> * [[Patrick Watson (producer)|Patrick Watson]], ''[[Titans (Canadian TV series)|Titans]]''<ref name=nominees/> * [[Elwy Yost]], ''[[Saturday Night at the Movies]]''<ref name=nominees/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Tony Sheer]], ''[[Final Edition]]'''''<ref name=musselwhite/> * [[Louis Del Grande]] and David Barlow, ''[[Seeing Things (TV series)|Seeing Things]]'': "I May Be Seeing Things, But I'm Not Crazy"<ref name=nominees/> * [[Rob Forsyth]], ''Takeover''<ref name=nominees/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Writing, Television Comedy/Variety ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Writihg, 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=musselwhite/> * [[Dick Blasucci]], [[Paul Flaherty (director)|Paul Flaherty]], [[Andrea Martin]], [[Rick Moranis]] and [[Catherine O'Hara]], ''[[Second City Television|SCTV]]'': "The Libby Wolfson Wraparound"<ref name=nominees/> * [[Alden Nowlan]], ''[[Christmas at King's Landing]]'' | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Donald Brittain]], ''[[On Guard For Thee]]'': "The Most Dangerous Spy"'''<ref name=musselwhite/> * Ian Parker and [[John Zaritsky]], ''[[Just Another Missing Kid]]''<ref name=nominees/> * [[Wendy Strazdine]], ''[[Pacific Report]]'': "The People vs. Policy"<ref name=nominees/> |}
==Radio== {| class=wikitable width="100%" |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Radio Program ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Radio Host or Interviewer |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''''This Year in Jerusalem'''''<ref name=musselwhite/> * ''On Golden Pond''<ref name=nominees/> * ''[[Sunday Morning (radio program)|Sunday Morning]]'': "Under the Olive Tree"<ref name=nominees/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Don Harron]], ''[[Morningside (radio program)|Morningside]]'''''<ref name=musselwhite/> * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Jay Ingram]], ''[[Quirks & Quarks]]'''''<ref name=musselwhite/> * [[Peter Gzowski]], ''[[Morningside (radio program)|Morningside]]''<ref name=nominees/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Radio Actor ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Radio Variety Performance |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Mary Pirie (actress)|Mary Pirie]], ''Sunday Matinee'': "Party Girl"'''<ref name=musselwhite/> * [[Douglas Campbell (actor)|Douglas Campbell]], ''[[Nightfall (radio series)|Nightfall]]'': "The Appetite of Mr. Lucraft"<ref name=nominees/> * [[Len Cariou]], ''Cyrano de Bergerac''<ref name=nominees/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Roger Abbott]], [[Dave Broadfoot]], [[Don Ferguson (actor)|Don Ferguson]], [[Luba Goy]] and [[John Morgan (comedian)|John Morgan]], ''[[Royal Canadian Air Farce]]'''''<ref name=musselwhite/> * Bill Buck, Norm Grohmann, Maria Gropper and Bill Reiter, ''Mr. Bundolo''<ref name=nominees/> * [[Nancy White (singer-songwriter)|Nancy White]], ''[[Morningside (radio program)|Morningside]]''<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}} '''[[Erika Ritter]], ''Automatic Pilot'''''<ref name=musselwhite/> * [[Michael Mercer (writer)|Michael Mercer]], ''Hope: The Colours of Time''<ref name=nominees/> * [[John Murrell (playwright)|John Murrell]], ''Waiting for the Parade''<ref name=nominees/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Philip Bedard]], [[Glen Davis (writer)|Glen Davis]] and [[Larry Lalonde (writer)|Larry Lalonde]], ''The Continuing Adventures of John Locke, Private Eye'''''<ref name=musselwhite/> * [[Paul Chato]], [[Rick Green (comedian)|Rick Green]], [[Peter Wildman]] and [[Dan Redican]], ''[[The Frantics (comedy)|Frantic Times]]''<ref name=nominees/> * [[Maynard Collins]], ''[[Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave]]''<ref name=nominees/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Writing, Radio Documentary |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Jurgen Hesse]], ''Leon Trotsky in Exile'''''<ref name=musselwhite/> * [[Wendy Lill]], ''Who Is George Forest?''<ref name=nominees/> * [[Barbara Nichol]], ''[[Ideas (radio program)|Ideas]]'': "Televangelism"<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}} '''[[Stephen Lewis]]'''<ref name=musselwhite/> * [[Elizabeth Gray (broadcaster)|Elizabeth Gray]]<ref name=nominees/> * [[Joan Watson (journalist)|Joan Watson]]<ref name=nominees/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Brian Williams (sportscaster)|Brian Williams]]'''<ref name=musselwhite/> * [[Mike Anscombe]]<ref name=nominees/> * [[Dave Hodge]]<ref name=nominees/> * [[Pat Marsden]]<ref name=nominees/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[John Drainie Award]] |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Mavor Moore]]'''<ref name=musselwhite/> |}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Canadian Screen Awards}}
[[Category:1982 in Canadian television|ACTRA]] [[Category:1982 television awards|ACTRA]] [[Category:ACTRA Awards]]