2nd ACTRA Awards

Date

April 30, 1973

Hosted by

Pierre Berton

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The 2nd ACTRA Awards were presented on April 30, 1973 to honour achievements in Canadian television in 1972.^[1] The ceremony was hosted by Pierre Berton, and featured several new categories which had not been presented at the 1st ACTRA Awards the previous year.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Earle Grey Award	Gordon Sinclair Award
Gordon Pinsent, The Rowdyman^[1] Jon Granik, Islam^[2] Dawn Greenhalgh, Psychiatrist^[2] Michael Kane, The Disposable Man^[2] Henry Ramer, Here Come the Seventies^[2] Deborah Turnbull, Peace of Utrecht^[2]	Max Ferguson^[1] Barbara Frum^[2] Michael Magee^[2]
Best Variety Performer	Best Public Affairs Broadcaster
Anne Murray^[1] Julie Amato and Jack Duffy, Half the George Kirby Comedy Hour^[2] Laurie Bower, The Laurie Bower Singers^[2] Barbara Hamilton, Inside from the Outside^[2] Wayne and Shuster^[2]	Peter Gzowski, This Country in the Morning^[1] Pierre Berton^[2] Barbara Frum, As It Happens^[2] Jack McGaw^[2] Carole Taylor^[2] Warner Troyer^[2]
Best Dramatic Writer	Best Documentary Writer
Len Peterson, Trouble with Giants^[1] Ron Kelly, Springhill^[1] Grahame Woods, Strike^[1]	Neil Copeland, Titanic: Six Decades of Controversy and The Oak Island Mystery: Fact or Fiction?^[1] John David Hamilton, York-Scarboro Revisited 1972^[1] William Whitehead, The Nature of Things^[1]
John Drainie Award
Rupert Caplan^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "Murray, Pinsent win ACTRA awards". Red Deer Advocate, May 1, 1973.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p Ron Base, "Words of love". Windsor Star, April 28, 1973.
^ Jack Kapica, "Rupert Caplan loves radio". Montreal Gazette, May 1, 1973.

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