| 15th ACTRA Awards | |
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| Date | April 2, 1986 |
| Hosted by | Don Harron, Pierre Berton, Barbara Frum, Gordon Pinsent, Dave Broadfoot, Ann Mortifee |
| Highlights | |
| Best TV Program | Charlie Grant's War |
| Best Radio Program | Glenn Gould: The Well-Tempered Polymath |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | CBC Television |
The 15th ACTRA Awards were presented on April 2, 1986 to honour achievements in Canadian television production in 1985. [1] 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; [2] 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. [3]
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. [4]
| Best Television Program | Best Direction in a Television Program |
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| Best Television Actor | Best Television Actress |
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| Best Continuing TV Performance | Best Supporting TV Performance |
| Best TV Variety Performance | Best Television Host |
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| Best Children's Television Program | Best Television Score |
| Best Writing, Original Television Drama | Best Writing, Adapted Television Drama |
| Best Writing, Television Comedy/Variety | Best Writing, Television Public Affairs |
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| Best Radio Program | Best Radio Host |
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| Best Radio Actor | Best Radio Actress |
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| Best Radio Variety Performance | Best Writing, Original Radio Drama |
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| Best Writing, Adapted Radio Drama | Best Writing, Radio Variety |
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| Best Writing, Radio Public Affairs | |
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| Gordon Sinclair Award | Best Live Television Reporting |
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| Foster Hewitt Award | John Drainie Award |
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