6th ACTRA Awards

6th ACTRA Awards
Date	April 14, 1977
Hosted by	Pierre Berton
Highlights
Best TV Program	Beaverbrook: Life and Times of Max Aitken
Best Radio Program	The Assassination of Christopher Marlowe
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBC Television
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The 6th ACTRA Awards were presented on April 14, 1977. ^[1]

Winners

Best Television Program	Best Radio Program
Beaverbrook: Life and Times of Max Aitken [1] Of the Fields, Lately [2] Sarah [2]	The Assassination of Christopher Marlowe [1] Eye Witness to the Gold Rush [2] A Touch of the Poet [2]
Best Television Actor	Best Radio Actor
Sean Sullivan, Of the Fields, Lately [1] John Colicos, Beaverbrook: Life and Times of Max Aitken [2] Jane Mallett, The Larsens [2] Gerard Parkes, As Loved Our Fathers [2]	Maureen Fitzgerald, A Touch of the Poet [1] Chris Wiggins, A Touch of the Poet [2] Jack Scott, Crabdance [2]
Best Continuing TV Performance	Best Public Affairs Broadcaster
Robert Clothier, The Beachcombers [1] Bruno Gerussi, The Beachcombers [2] Fiona Reid, King of Kensington [2]	Patrick Watson, The Last Nazi [1] Roy Bonisteel, Man Alive [2] Adrienne Clarkson, The Fifth Estate [2]
Best Television Variety Performance	Best Radio Variety Performance
Diane Stapley, The Diane Stapley Show [1] Julie Amato, The Julie Show [2] The Irish Rovers [2]	Roger Abbott, Dave Broadfoot, Don Ferguson, Luba Goy and John Morgan, Royal Canadian Air Farce [1] Bill Buck, Donna Christie, Norm Grohman and Bill Reiter, Dr. Bundolo's Pandemonium Medicine Show [2] Mary Nelson, Jazz Radio Canada [2]
Best News Broadcaster	Best Sports Broadcaster
Peter Desbarats [1] Peter Kent [2] Terri Stacey [2]	Ernie Afaganis [1] Ted Reynolds [2] Don Wittman [2]
Best Writing, Television or Film Drama	Best Writing, Radio Drama
Peter Pearson and Norman Hartley, The Insurance Man from Ingersoll [1] David French, Of the Fields, Lately [2] Gordon Pinsent, A Gift to Last [2]	Michael Mercer, Freydis of Greenland [1] Len Peterson, Étienne Brûlé [2] Marian Waldman, Palindrome [2]
Best Writing, Television Documentary	Best Writing, Radio Documentary
Adrienne Clarkson and Brian McKenna, The Fifth Estate : "The Olympic Connection" [1] Donald Brittain, Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry [2] Steve Hyde, Rodeo [2]	Brenda Rabkin, Adolescent Suicide [1] Malka Himel, The Holocaust [2] George R. Robertson, The Lost Patrol [2]
Gordon Sinclair Award	John Drainie Award
Judy LaMarsh, The Government We Deserve [1] Adrienne Clarkson and David Gerrard, The Fifth Estate : "Dioxin" Adrienne Clarkson, Michael Smedley and Gerard McAuliffe, The Fifth Estate : "Citizen McCain"	John Reeves [1]

References

1. Keith Ashford, "ACTRA awards not pretentious, anyway". Ottawa Citizen , April 15, 1977.
2. "Non-CBC performers in ACTRA line-up". The Globe and Mail , April 6, 1977.