{{Short description|Canadian television awards ceremony}} {{Infobox award | name = 12th ACTRA Awards | image = | date = April 16, 1983 | location = | host = [[Don Harron]] | most_awards = | most_nominations = | award1_type = Best TV Program | award1_winner = ''[[Billy Bishop Goes to War]]'' | award2_type = Best Radio Program | award2_winner = ''Scales of Justice'': "Fruit of the Poisoned Tree" | network = [[CBC Television]] | producer = | previous = [[11th ACTRA Awards|11th]] | main = [[ACTRA Awards]] | next = [[13th ACTRA Awards|13th]] }}
The '''12th ACTRA Awards''' were presented on April 16, 1983. The ceremony was hosted by [[Don Harron]].<ref name=harrison>Jane Harrison, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105793101/ "Billy Bishop best TV show"]. ''[[Owen Sound Sun-Times]]'', April 18, 1983.</ref>
Prime Minister [[Pierre Trudeau]] presented the top award for Best Television Program, and jokingly added [[Question Period]] as a fourth nominee in the category.<ref name=harrison/>
==Television== {| class=wikitable width="100%" |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Television Program ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Earle Grey Award]] |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''''[[Billy Bishop Goes to War]]'''''<ref name=groen>Rick Groen, "Air Farce, Billy Bishop big ACTRA winners". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', April 18, 1983.</ref> * ''[[For the Record (Canadian TV series)|Blind Faith]]''<ref name=nominations>"Awards show will be telecast on April 16 on CBC Finalists for ACTRA awards announced". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', March 31, 1983.</ref> * ''[[Strawberry Ice]]''<ref name=nominations/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Rosemary Dunsmore]], ''[[For the Record (Canadian TV series)|Blind Faith]]'''''<ref name=groen/> * [[Chapelle Jaffe]], ''Born to Love''<ref name=nominations/> * [[Eric Peterson]], ''[[Billy Bishop Goes to War]]''<ref name=nominations/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Continuing TV Performance ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Supporting TV Performance |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Louis Del Grande]], ''[[Seeing Things (TV series)|Seeing Things]]'''''<ref name=groen/> * [[Bruno Gerussi]], ''[[The Beachcombers]]''<ref name=nominations/> * [[Gerard Parkes]], ''[[Home Fires (Canadian TV series)|Home Fires]]''<ref name=nominations/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Budd Knapp]], ''[[A Choice of Two]]'''''<ref name=groen/> * [[Marigold Charlesworth]], ''Judge''<ref name=nominations/> * [[Ed McNamara]], ''Judge''<ref name=nominations/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best New Performer ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best TV Variety Performance |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Allan Katz (actor)|Allan Katz]], ''[[Home Fires (Canadian TV series)|Home Fires]]'''''<ref name=groen/> * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Judah Katz]], ''[[Hangin' In]]'''''<ref name=groen/> * [[Yanna McIntosh]], ''[[Hangin' In]]''<ref name=nominations/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Toller Cranston]], ''[[Strawberry Ice]]'''''<ref name=groen/> * [[Tom Harvey (actor)|Tom Harvey]], ''[[Bizarre (TV series)|Bizarre]]''<ref name=nominations/> * [[Jeff Hyslop]], ''[[1982 Dora Mavor Moore Awards]]''<ref name=nominations/> * [[Catherine O'Hara]], ''[[Second City Television|SCTV]]''<ref name=nominations/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Television Host or Interviewer ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Children's Television Program |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Eric Malling]], ''[[The Fifth Estate (TV program)|The Fifth Estate]]'''''<ref name=groen/> * [[Harry Brown (journalist)|Harry Brown]], ''Speaking Out''<ref name=nominations/> * [[Morton Shulman]], ''[[The Shulman File]]''<ref name=nominations/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''''On My Own'''''<ref name=groen/> * ''[[Mr. Dressup]]''<ref name=nominations/> * ''[[What's New (Canadian TV series)|What's New]]''<ref name=nominations/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Writing, Television Drama ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Writing, Television Comedy/Variety |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Sheldon Chad]], ''[[Seeing Things (TV series)|Seeing Things]]'': "Seeing Double"'''<ref name=groen/> * David McLaren, ''[[For the Record (Canadian TV series)|By Reason of Insanity]]''<ref name=nominations/> * [[Anna Sandor]] and [[Bill Gough (screenwriter)|Bill Gough]], ''[[Seeing Things (TV series)|Seeing Things]]'': "Looking Back"<ref name=nominations/> | 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/> * [[Toller Cranston]], ''[[Strawberry Ice]]''<ref name=nominations/> * [[Johnny Wayne]], [[Frank Shuster]], [[Robert Cormier]], [[Kate Lonsdale]] and [[Ted Lonsdale]], ''[[Wayne and Shuster]]''<ref name=nominations/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Writing, Television Public Affairs |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Peter Kent]], ''[[The Journal (Canadian TV program)|The Journal]]'': "Struggle for Poland"'''<ref name=groen/> * [[Allan Bailey]], ''[[The Nature of Things]]'': "The Super Achievers"<ref name=nominations/> * [[Bob Lower]], ''[[After the Big One]]''<ref name=nominations/> |}
==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}} '''''Scales of Justice'': "Fruit of the Poisoned Tree"'''<ref name=groen/> * ''Bloodflowers''<ref name=nominations/> * ''Nuclear Peace''<ref name=nominations/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Peter Gzowski]], ''[[Morningside (radio program)|Morningside]]'''''<ref name=groen/> * [[Vicki Gabereau]], ''[[Variety Tonight]]''<ref name=nominations/> * [[Elizabeth Gray (broadcaster)|Elizabeth Gray]], ''[[As It Happens]]''<ref name=nominations/> * [[Jay Ingram]], ''[[Quirks & Quarks]]''<ref name=nominations/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Radio Actor ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Radio Variety Performance |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Gerard Parkes]], ''1,000 Years of the Nights'''''<ref name=groen/> * [[Nonnie Griffin]], ''Our Town''<ref name=nominations/> * [[Barney O'Sullivan]], ''From Failing Hands''<ref name=nominations/> | 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=groen/> * [[Édith Butler]], ''[[Morningside (radio program)|Morningside]]''<ref name=nominations/> * [[Paul Chato]], [[Rick Green (comedian)|Rick Green]], [[Dan Redican]], Carolyn Scott and [[Peter Wildman]], ''[[The Frantics (comedy)|Frantic Times]]''<ref name=nominations/> * [[Cal Dodd]], ''[[The Entertainers (radio program)|The Entertainers]]''<ref name=nominations/> * [[Calla Krause]], ''La voix humaine''<ref name=nominations/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Writing, Radio Drama ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Writing, Radio Variety |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''Michael Riordan, ''Quiet in the Hills'''''<ref name=groen/> * [[Mavor Moore]], ''Catch My Death''<ref name=nominations/> * [[Linda Zwicker]], ''The Eighth Wonder''<ref name=nominations/> | 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/> * [[Paul Chato]], [[Rick Green (comedian)|Rick Green]], [[Dan Redican]] and [[Peter Wildman]], ''[[The Frantics (comedy)|Frantic Times]]''<ref name=nominations/> * [[David Tarnow]], ''[[The Entertainers (radio program)|The Entertainers]]''<ref name=nominations/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Writing, Radio Documentary |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Diane Silverman]], ''How Shall I Live Without You'''''<ref name=groen/> * [[Elizabeth Hay (novelist)|Elizabeth Hay]], ''[[Sunday Morning (radio program)|Sunday Morning]]'': "Sally Ann in Newfoundland"<ref name=nominations/> * [[Jurgen Hesse]], ''[[Ideas (radio program)|Ideas]]'': "Witch Hunts"<ref name=nominations/> |}
==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}} '''[[Laurier LaPierre]]'''<ref name=groen/> * [[Bill Cameron (journalist)|Bill Cameron]]<ref name=nominations/> * [[Peter Kent]]<ref name=nominations/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Steve Armitage]]'''<ref name=groen/> * [[George Athans]]<ref name=nominations/> * [[Dave Hodge]]<ref name=nominations/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[John Drainie Award]] |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Lucio Agostini]]'''<ref name=groen/> |}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Canadian Screen Awards}}
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