5th ACTRA Awards explained

5th ACTRA Awards
Date:	April 21, 1976
Host:	Pierre Berton
Award1 Type:	Best TV Program
Award1 Winner:	Emily Carr
Award2 Type:	Best Radio Program
Award2 Winner:	Pro Nobis Peccatoribus
Network:	CBC Television
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The 5th ACTRA Awards were presented on April 21, 1976.^[1] The ceremony was hosted by Pierre Berton.^[1]

Winners

Best Television Program	Best Radio Program
Emily Carr^[2]	Pro Nobis Peccatoribus
Best Television Actor	Best Radio Actor
Jayne Eastwood, The Last of the Four Letter Words	Chris Wiggins, The Apple Cart
Best Continuing TV Performance	Best Radio Variety Performance
Al Waxman, King of Kensington	Max Ferguson and Allan McFee, The Max Ferguson Show
Best TV Public Affairs Broadcaster	Best Radio Public Affairs Broadcaster
John Harvard, A Winnipeg Report on the Eyeglass Industry	Harry Brown, Metro Morning
Best News Broadcaster	Best Sports Broadcaster
Peter Kent	Fred Sgambati
Best Writing, Television or Film Drama	Best Writing, Radio Drama
Ted Allan, Lies My Father Told Me	Harry Bruce, Word from an Ambassador of Dreams
Best Writing, Television Documentary	Best Writing, Radio Documentary
Warner Troyer, The Fifth Estate: "Minimata"	Elizabeth Gray, The Supreme Court of Canada
Gordon Sinclair Award	John Drainie Award
Warner Troyer and Adrienne Clarkson, The Fifth Estate	Jane Mallett

Notes and References

1. Blaik Kirby, "CBC dominates ACTRA Awards, but show itself slips". The Globe and Mail, April 22, 1976.
2. "The ACTRA winners' list". Toronto Star, April 22, 1976.