{{Short description|Canadian television awards ceremony}} {{Infobox award | name = 8th ACTRA Awards | image = | date = April 4, 1979 | location = | host = [[Gordon Pinsent]], [[Don Harron]] | most_awards = | most_nominations = | award1_type = Best TV Program | award1_winner = ''[[A Gift to Last]]'' | award2_type = Best Radio Program | award2_winner = ''The Other Self'' | network = [[CBC Television]] | producer = | previous = [[7th ACTRA Awards|7th]] | main = [[ACTRA Awards]] | next = [[9th ACTRA Awards|9th]] }}
The '''8th ACTRA Awards''' were presented on April 4, 1979.<ref name=sweep>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105776047/ "CBC sweeps ACTRA Awards"]. ''[[North Bay Nugget]]'', April 5, 1979.</ref> The ceremony was hosted by [[Gordon Pinsent]] for television categories, and [[Don Harron]] for radio categories.<ref name=sweep/>
==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}} '''''[[A Gift to Last]]'''''<ref name=winners>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105770327/ "List of winners"]. ''[[North Bay Nugget]]'', April 5, 1979.</ref> * ''[[The Champions (miniseries)|The Champions]]''<ref name=nominees>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105768127/ "Front-runners picked for ACTRA Awards"]. ''[[Montreal Star]]'', March 24, 1979.</ref> * ''[[Tyler (film)|Tyler]]''<ref name=nominees/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Helen Burns]], ''[[Catsplay (1978 film)|Catsplay]]'''''<ref name=winners/> * [[Robin Gammell]], ''[[The Jesus Trial]]''<ref name=nominees/> * [[R. H. Thomson]], ''[[Tyler (film)|Tyler]]''<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}} '''[[Gordon Pinsent]], ''[[A Gift to Last]]'''''<ref name=winners/> * [[Ruth Springford]], ''[[A Gift to Last]]''<ref name=nominees/> * [[Al Waxman]], ''[[King of Kensington]]''<ref name=nominees/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Murray Westgate]], ''[[Tyler (film)|Tyler]]'''''<ref name=winners/> * [[Donald Davis (actor)|Donald Davis]], ''[[The Newcomers (miniseries)|The Newcomers]]'': "1832"<ref name=nominees/> * [[Moya Fenwick]], ''[[Catsplay (1978 film)|Catsplay]]''<ref name=nominees/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best TV Variety Performance ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Television Host |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''Brian McKay, ''Clowns'''''<ref name=winners/> * [[Patsy Gallant]], ''[[The Patsy Gallant Show]]''<ref name=nominees/> * [[Rich Little]], ''[[Rich Little's Christmas Carol]]''<ref name=nominees/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Roy Bonisteel]], ''[[Man Alive (Canadian TV program)|Man Alive]]'''''<ref name=winners/> * [[Hana Gartner]], ''[[Take 30]]''<ref name=nominees/> * [[Brian Linehan]], ''[[City Lights (1973 TV series)|City Lights]]''<ref name=nominees/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Television Public Affairs Broadcaster ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Children's Television Program |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Eric Malling]], ''[[The Fifth Estate (TV program)|The Fifth Estate]]'': "Law for Sale"'''<ref name=winners/> * [[Roy Bonisteel]], ''[[Man Alive (Canadian TV program)|Man Alive]]''<ref name=nominees/> * [[Adrienne Clarkson]], ''[[The Fifth Estate (TV program)|The Fifth Estate]]''<ref name=nominees/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''''[[Pencil Box]]'''''<ref name=winners/> * ''[[Encounter with Orion]]''<ref name=nominees/> * ''[[The Friendly Giant]]''<ref>The initial Canadian Press article reporting the winners erroneously identified ''The Friendly Giant'' as a co-winner in this category alongside ''Pencil Box''; however, a [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105771117/ correction] was subsequently published indicating that ''Pencil Box'' was the sole winner.</ref> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Writing, Television Drama ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Writing, Television Comedy/Variety |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Roy MacGregor]], ''[[Tyler (film)|Tyler]]'''''<ref name=winners/> * [[Carol Bolt]], ''[[One Night Stand (1978 film)|One Night Stand]]''<ref name=nominees/> * [[Charles Israel]] and [[George Ryga]], ''[[The Newcomers (miniseries)|The Newcomers]]'': "1927"<ref name=nominees/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Jeri Craden]], [[Rob Iscove]] and [[Peter Mann (writer)|Peter Mann]], ''Clowns'''''<ref name=winners/> * [[Benjamin Gordon (writer)|Benjamin Gordon]] and [[Lorne Frohman]], ''The Rimshots''<ref name=nominees/> * [[Johnny Wayne]], [[Frank Shuster]], [[Ted Lonsdale]] and [[Kate Lonsdale]], ''[[Wayne and Shuster]]''<ref name=nominees/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Writing, Documentary |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[John Kastner (filmmaker)|John Kastner]], ''[[The Fifth Estate (TV program)|The Fifth Estate]]'': "Four Women"'''<ref name=winners/> * [[Eric Malling]], ''[[The Fifth Estate (TV program)|The Fifth Estate]]''<ref name=nominees/> * [[Harry Rasky]], ''The Peking Man''<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}} '''''[[The Other Self]]'''''<ref name=winners/> * ''Signature'': "McCarthyism and the Arts"<ref name=nominees/> * ''[[Sunday Morning (radio program)|Sunday Morning]]'': "Operation White Knight"<ref name=nominees/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Warren Davis (broadcaster)|Warren Davis]], ''Panning for Gold'''''<ref name=winners/> * [[Don Harron]], ''[[Morningside (radio program)|Morningside]]''<ref name=nominees/> * [[Betty Kennedy]], ''[[The Betty Kennedy Show]]''<ref name=nominees/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Radio Actor ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Radio Variety Performance |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Ruth Springford]], ''[[The Other Self]]'''''<ref name=winners/> * [[Marilyn Lightstone]], ''[[The Other Self]]''<ref name=nominees/> * [[Florence Paterson]], ''[[A Place to Come Back To]]''<ref name=nominees/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Gay Claitman]], Robert Cameron and [[Nancy White (singer-songwriter)|Nancy White]], ''Lies My Mother Told Me'''''<ref name=winners/> * [[Dave Broadfoot]], ''[[Royal Canadian Air Farce]]''<ref name=nominees/> * [[Nancy White (singer-songwriter)|Nancy White]], ''[[Sunday Morning (radio program)|Sunday Morning]]''<ref name=nominees/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Radio Public Affairs Broadcaster ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Writing, Radio Drama |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Terence McKenna (film producer)|Terence McKenna]], ''[[Sunday Morning (radio program)|Sunday Morning]]'': "Regina v Roberts"'''<ref name=winners/> * Arthur Cole, [[Gordon Sinclair]] and [[Betty Kennedy]], ''Let's Discuss It''<ref name=nominees/> * [[Barbara Frum]] and [[Alan Maitland]], ''[[As It Happens]]''<ref name=nominees/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Tom Gallant]], ''Darlin' Dolly'''''<ref name=winners/> * [[Margaret Atwood]], ''Estelle''<ref name=nominees/> * [[Marian Waldman]], ''Beth and Rosamund''<ref name=nominees/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Writing, Radio Variety ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Writing, Radio Documentary |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Gay Claitman]] and [[Nancy White (singer-songwriter)|Nancy White]], ''Lies My Mother Told Me'''''<ref name=winners/> * [[Roger Abbott]], [[Dave Broadfoot]], [[Martin Bronstein]], [[Don Ferguson (actor)|Don Ferguson]] and [[John Morgan (comedian)|John Morgan]], ''[[Royal Canadian Air Farce]]''<ref name=nominees/> * [[W.O. Mitchell]], ''Live at the St. Lawrence''<ref name=nominees/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Terence McKenna (film producer)|Terence McKenna]] and [[Stuart McLean]], ''[[Sunday Morning (radio program)|Sunday Morning]]'': "Operation White Knight"'''<ref name=winners/> * Robert Harris and [[Bob McKeown]], ''Muhammad Ali''<ref name=nominees/> * [[Rob Lucy]] and [[Jay Mowat]], ''Albert Establishment''<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}} '''[[Barbara Frum]], ''[[As It Happens]]'''''<ref name=winners/> * Robert Cooper, ''[[Ombudsman (TV series)|Ombudsman]]''<ref name=nominees/> * John Robertson and Mike Allder, ''24 Hours''<ref name=nominees/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Brian Williams (sportscaster)|Brian Williams]]'''<ref name=winners/> * [[Ernie Afaganis]]<ref name=nominees/> * [[Dave Hodge]]<ref name=nominees/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[John Drainie Award]] |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Ruth Springford]]'''<ref name=winners/> |}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Canadian Screen Awards}}
[[Category:1979 in Canadian television|ACTRA]] [[Category:1979 television awards|ACTRA]] [[Category:ACTRA Awards]]