7th ACTRA Awards

7th ACTRA Awards
Date	March 22, 1978
Hosted by	Gordon Pinsent
Highlights
Best TV Program	Aberfan
Best Radio Program	A Bite of the Big Apple
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBC Television
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The 7th ACTRA Awards were presented on March 22, 1978. ^[1] The ceremony was hosted by Gordon Pinsent. ^[2]

Winners and nominees

Best Television Program	Best Radio Program
Aberfan [1] Bethune [3] Connections: An Investigation into Organized Crime in Canada [3]	A Bite of the Big Apple [1] As It Happens [3] Journey to a Still Point in the Turning Earth [3]
Best Television Actor	Best Radio Actor
Donald Sutherland, Bethune [1] Anne Anglin, Ada [3] Jan Rubeš, The Day My Granddad Died [3]	Joan Gregson, The Path [1] Terence Labrosse, The Outsider [3] Florence Paterson, John and the Missus [3]
Best Supporting TV Performance	Best Children's Television Program
Les Carlson, Raku Fire [1] Jayne Eastwood, Ada [3] Joan Karasevich, The Day My Granddad Died [3]	Mr. Dressup [1] Homemade TV [3] Pencil Box [3]
Best Television Public Affairs Broadcaster	Best Radio Public Affairs Broadcaster
Jack McGaw and Ruth Fremes, The Failing Strategy [1] Linden MacIntyre, The MacIntyre Report [3] Eric Malling, The Fifth Estate [3]	Pierre Berton and Charles Templeton, Dialogue [1] Don Harron, Morningside [3] Warner Troyer, Sunday Morning [3]
Best TV Variety Performance	Best Radio Variety Performance
John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Catherine O'Hara, Harold Ramis and Dave Thomas, Second City Television [1] Julie Amato, The Julie Show [3] Karen Kain, Karen Kain Ballerina [3]	Nancy White, Sunday Morning [1] Roger Abbott, Dave Broadfoot, Don Ferguson, Luba Goy and John Morgan, Royal Canadian Air Farce [3] Gene Di Novi, Mostly Music [3]
Best Writing, Television Drama	Best Writing, Radio Drama
Tony Sheer, The Fighting Men [1] Rita Greer Allen, Raku Fire [3] Peter Rowe, Horse Latitudes [3]	Rod Coneybeare, The Man Who Hated Dogs [1] Rod Langley, Bethune [3] Gordon Pinsent, John and the Missus [3]
Best Writing, Television Public Affairs	Best Writing, Radio Public Affairs
Martyn Burke and Bill Macadam, Connections: An Investigation into Organized Crime in Canada [1] Harry Rasky, Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love [3] George Salverson, The Disappearing Land [3]	Jim Winter, Berthed Swiler [1] Susan Lumsden, René Lévesque: The Man, His Politics [3] Malka Marom, A Bite of the Big Apple [3]
Gordon Sinclair Award	Foster Hewitt Award
Linden MacIntyre, The MacIntyre Report [1] Martyn Burke, Bill Macadam and Richard Nielson, Connections: An Investigation into Organized Crime in Canada [3] John Robertson and Mike Allder, 24 Hours [3]	Don Wittman [1] Danny Gallivan [3] Jim Robson [3]
John Drainie Award
Wayne and Shuster [1]

References

1. "CBC stars, programs sweep ACTRA Awards". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix , March 23, 1978.
2. Blaik Kirby, "Opera surprise winner". The Globe and Mail , March 23, 1978.
3. Bill Musselwhite, "Radio and television: Nellies". Calgary Herald , March 22, 1978.