Hoax call to Queen
- Title
- Hoax call to Queen
- Genre
- Interview; Special
- TX Date
- 28 Oct 1995
- Year of production
- 1995
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- Duration
- 00:03:59
- Description
- Excerpt from an edited recording of a hoax phone conversation between Queen Elizabeth II and a Canadian broadcaster (for Radio CKOI) and comedian called Pierre Brassard, posing as Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien. During the conversation Brassard asks the Queen to make a broadcast on Canadian television in a bid to woo voters in the referendum on Quebec’s independence.
- Contributors
- Queen Elizabeth II
- Keywords
- Referenda; Canada; Queen Elizabeth II; Monarchy; Royal family; Heads of state; Broadcasters; Royalty; Independence; Comedians; Quebec; Pierre Brassard
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