{{Short description|Canadian television awards ceremony}} {{Infobox award | name = 15th ACTRA Awards | image = | date = April 2, 1986 | location = | host = [[Don Harron]], [[Pierre Berton]], [[Barbara Frum]], [[Gordon Pinsent]], [[Dave Broadfoot]], [[Ann Mortifee]] | most_awards = | most_nominations = | award1_type = Best TV Program | award1_winner = ''[[Charlie Grant's War]]'' | award2_type = Best Radio Program | award2_winner = ''Glenn Gould: The Well-Tempered Polymath'' | network = [[CBC Television]] | producer = | previous = [[14th ACTRA Awards|14th]] | main = [[ACTRA Awards]] | next = [[1st Gemini Awards|1st Gemini]] }}
The '''15th ACTRA Awards''' were presented on April 2, 1986 to honour achievements in [[Canada|Canadian]] television production in 1985.<ref>Jim Bawden, "Old familiar faces clean up at final ACTRA ceremony". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', April 3, 1986.</ref> 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]];<ref>Sid Adilman, "Canada's new TV award makes debut". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', April 22, 1986.</ref> 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]].<ref>"ACTRA co-hosts announced". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', March 6, 1986.</ref>
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.<ref>Bill Taylor, "Producer may boycott Geminis". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', June 17, 1986.</ref>
==Television== {| class=wikitable width="100%" |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Television Program ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Direction in a Television Program |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''''[[Charlie Grant's War]]'''''<ref name=freedman>Adele Freedman, "Charlie Grant's War is ACTRA's top show of the year: Nellie makes last stand brisk but chummy". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', April 4, 1986.</ref> * ''[[Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks]]''<ref name=nominations>"ACTRA nominations for 15th annual Nellie Awards on April 2". ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', March 18, 1986.</ref> * ''[[Final Offer]]''<ref name=nominations/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Donald Brittain]], ''[[Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks]]'''''<ref name=freedman/> * [[Allan Kroeker]], ''[[Tramp at the Door]]''<ref name=nominations/> * [[Martin Lavut]], ''[[Charlie Grant's War]]''<ref name=nominations/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Television Actor ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Television Actress |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Maury Chaykin]], ''[[Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks]]'''''<ref name=freedman/> * [[Douglas Campbell (actor)|Douglas Campbell]], ''Tartuffe''<ref name=nominations/> * [[Albert Millaire]], ''[[The Celestial Bicycle]]''<ref name=nominations/> * [[R. H. Thomson]], ''[[Charlie Grant's War]]''<ref name=nominations/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Leueen Willoughby]], ''The Other Kingdom'''''<ref name=freedman/> * [[Megan Follows]], ''[[Hockey Night (1984 film)|Hockey Night]]''<ref name=nominations/> * [[Patricia Phillips]], ''[[Bayo (film)|Bayo]]''<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}} '''[[Martha Gibson]], ''[[Seeing Things (TV series)|Seeing Things]]'''''<ref name=freedman/> * [[Dinah Christie]], ''[[Check It Out! (Canadian TV series)|Check It Out!]]''<ref name=nominations/> * [[Louis Del Grande]], ''[[Seeing Things (TV series)|Seeing Things]]''<ref name=nominations/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Douglas Rain]], ''[[Love and Larceny (1985 film)|Love and Larceny]]'''''<ref name=freedman/> * [[Peter Boretski]], ''[[Charlie Grant's War]]''<ref name=nominations/> * [[Jan Rubeš]], ''[[Charlie Grant's War]]''<ref name=nominations/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best TV Variety Performance ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Television Host |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Anne Murray]], ''Sounds of London'''''<ref name=freedman/> * [[Dave Broadfoot]], ''[[Royal Canadian Air Farce (TV series)|Royal Canadian Air Farce]]''<ref name=nominations/> * [[Murray McLauchlan]], ''Floating Over Canada''<ref name=nominations/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Eric Malling]], ''[[The Fifth Estate (TV program)|The Fifth Estate]]'''''<ref name=freedman/> * [[Hana Gartner]], ''[[The Fifth Estate (TV program)|The Fifth Estate]]''<ref name=nominations/> * [[David Suzuki]], ''[[A Planet for the Taking]]''<ref name=nominations/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Children's Television Program ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Television Score |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''''[[A Good Tree]]'''''<ref name=freedman/> * ''[[The Cap]]''<ref name=nominations/> * ''[[Hockey Night (1984 film)|Hockey Night]]''<ref name=nominations/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Michael Conway Baker]], ''[[A Planet for the Taking]]'''''<ref name=freedman/> * [[Bruce Lee (composer)|Bruce Lee]], ''[[Marionettes Inc.]]''<ref name=nominations/> * [[Alex Pauk]], ''[[Blackberry Subway Jam]]''<ref name=nominations/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Writing, Original Television Drama ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Writing, Adapted Television Drama |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Anna Sandor]], ''[[Charlie Grant's War]]'''''<ref name=freedman/> * [[Douglas Bowie]], ''[[Love and Larceny (1985 film)|Love and Larceny]]''<ref name=nominations/> * [[Donald Brittain]] and [[Richard Nielsen (writer)|Richard Nielsen]], ''[[Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks]]''<ref name=nominations/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Ed Thomason]], ''[[Gentle Sinners]]'''''<ref name=freedman/> * [[John MacLachlan Gray]], ''[[The King of Friday Night]]''<ref name=nominations/> * [[Allan Kroeker]], ''[[Tramp at the Door]]''<ref name=nominations/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Writing, Television Comedy/Variety ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Writing, Television Public Affairs |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Peter Thurling]], ''Floating Over Canada'''''<ref name=freedman/> * [[Rod Coneybeare]] and [[Wilson Coneybeare]], ''[[Check It Out! (Canadian TV series)|Check It Out!]]''<ref name=nominations/> * [[Suzette Couture]] and [[Chas Lawther]], ''Joined at the Hip''<ref name=nominations/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Eric Malling]] and [[Brian McKenna]], ''[[The Fifth Estate (TV program)|The Fifth Estate]]'''''<ref name=freedman/> * [[Terence McKenna]], ''[[The Journal (Canadian TV program)|The Journal]]''<ref name=nominations/> * [[Vincent Tovell]] and [[Eric Till]], ''[[Glenn Gould: A Portrait]]''<ref name=nominations/> |}
==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}} '''''Glenn Gould: The Well-Tempered Polymath'''''<ref name=freedman/> * ''A Celebration of Genius: The 300th Anniversary of Johann Sebastian Bach''<ref name=nominations/> * ''[[Ideas (radio program)|Ideas]]'': "Journey Through the Volcano"<ref name=nominations/> * ''Scales of Justice'': "I'm Not Living Like This Anymore"<ref name=nominations/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Vicki Gabereau]], ''Gabereau'': "Interview with [[Margaret Atwood]]"'''<ref name=freedman/> * [[Elizabeth Gray (broadcaster)|Elizabeth Gray]], ''[[As It Happens]]''<ref name=nominations/> * [[Peter Gzowski]], ''[[Morningside (radio program)|Morningside]]''<ref name=nominations/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Radio Actor ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Radio Actress |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Bill Meilen]], ''[[The Legend of Old Charlie]]'''''<ref name=freedman/> * [[John Colicos]], ''Hanging Judge''<ref name=nominations/> * [[Sean Mulcahy]], ''Philadelphia Here I Come''<ref name=nominations/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Lenore Zann]], ''[[Salt-Water Moon]]'''''<ref name=freedman/> * [[Jackie Burroughs]], ''Miranda''<ref name=nominations/> * [[Nicky Guadagni]], ''Scales of Justice'': "I'm Not Living Like This Anymore"<ref name=nominations/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Radio Variety Performance ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Writing, Original Radio Drama |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Édith Butler]], ''Arts National'''''<ref name=freedman/> * [[Len Carlson]], [[Gay Claitman]], Frank Daley, [[Cathy Gallant]], [[Tim Hoey]], [[Ray Landry]] and [[Paul K. Willis]], ''If You Love This Government''<ref name=nominations/> * [[Ann Mortifee]], ''Arts National''<ref name=nominations/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Linda Zwicker]], ''Grey Pearls'''''<ref name=freedman/> * John Douglas, ''Attack of the Killer Mouse''<ref name=nominations/> * Michael Tait, ''The Victims''<ref name=nominations/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Writing, Adapted Radio Drama ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Writing, Radio Variety |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Sean Mulcahy]], ''Philadelphia Here I Come'''''<ref name=freedman/> * Urjo Kareda, ''[[Salt-Water Moon]]''<ref name=nominations/> * Bill Williams, ''Dragonwings''<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=freedman/> * [[Michael Boncoeur]] and [[Paul K. Willis]], ''The Year of Living Obnoxiously''<ref name=nominations/> * [[Andy Jones (comedian)|Andy Jones]], [[Greg Malone (actor)|Greg Malone]], [[Tommy Sexton]] and [[Mary Walsh (actress)|Mary Walsh]], ''Concepts''<ref name=nominations/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Writing, Radio Public Affairs |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[David Gollob]], ''[[Ideas (radio program)|Ideas]]'': "Journey Through the Volcano"'''<ref name=freedman/> * Fiona McHugh, ''One Mortal Woman''<ref name=nominations/> * Christopher Thomas, ''This England''<ref name=nominations/> |}
==Journalism and special awards== {| class=wikitable width="100%" |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Gordon Sinclair Award]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Live Television Reporting |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Roy Bonisteel]], ''[[Man Alive (Canadian TV program)|Man Alive]]'''''<ref name=freedman/> * [[Peter Gzowski]] and [[Stuart McLean]], ''[[Morningside (radio program)|Morningside]]''<ref name=nominations/> * [[Eric Malling]], ''[[The Fifth Estate (TV program)|The Fifth Estate]]''<ref name=nominations/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Mike Duffy]], [[1985 Turkish embassy attack in Ottawa]]'''<ref name=freedman/> * Ruth Anderson and Dick Gordon, [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta leadership elections#1985 leadership convention|1985 Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership convention]]<ref name=nominations/> * Peter Miller, [[1985 Newfoundland general election]]<ref name=nominations/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[ACTRA Foster Hewitt Award|Foster Hewitt Award]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[John Drainie Award]] |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Ernie Nairn]]'''<ref name=freedman/> * [[Rae Hull]]<ref name=nominations/> * [[Mark Lee (sportscaster)|Mark Lee]]<ref name=nominations/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Bernard Cowan]]''' |}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Canadian Screen Awards}}
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