One of the most fondly-remembered came in BBC One's Saturday morning children's show Saturday Superstore. Buckingham Palace has also been targeted by a text message hoax recently where people were urged to call the number and ask for 'Liz'. The prime minister spotted the spoof when he was called 'Tony' and was offered a free Cher exercise video. ![]() He chatted to the Queen for 15 minutes on air - eliciting a promise that she would try to influence Quebec's referendum on proposals to break away from Canada - and she never realised it was a hoax.īuckingham Palace later described the incident as "irritating and regrettable".Ī similar call by Brassard to the Pope was rumbled when he asked the pontiff if he had ever thought of fixing a toy propeller to his cap. Radio DJ Steve Penk famously called Tony Blair pretending to be then Conservative leader William Hague. In 1995, Canadian DJ Pierre Brassard got through to Buckingham Palace pretending to be Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien. He was later furious.Ĭhris Morris is possibly matched for savagery only by Victor Lewis-Smith.Įarly in the 90s Lewis-Smith famously tried to coax Vatican Radio into giving him a job, saying he had experience as a Top Shop DJ who could pull in an audience "as far as boxer shorts". ![]() Gummer agreed to attack Labour policy over Europe.
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