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2 unusual facts about An Audience with


The Millennium Prayer

Richard performed the song exclusively on An Audience with... Cliff Richard, before a video had been made for it.

Wes Butters

As a voice-over, Wes has been heard on An Audience with Take That, An Audience with Lionel Ritchie and The Brit Awards, as well as the Top of the Pops rundown and ads for Asda.


Ray Weston

On leaving in 1993, he continued work as a session player and joined the house bands for Viva Cabaret with Tom Jones, The Jack Dee Show, The Paul Merton Show and An Audience with... Freddie Starr.


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Allan Maclean of Torloisk

Wanting to return to active service he eventually secured an audience with the Secretary at War, William Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington who refused his resignation to enable him to join the East India Company because the Crown needed officers with experience in the American colonies where trouble was expected over the Townshend Acts and the Stamp Act.

Anderl Heckmair

The reception included an audience with Adolf Hitler (whom Heckmair had met before after working with Leni Riefenstahl).

Andries Pretorius

Pretorius went to Grahamstown to seek an audience with the governor, Sir Henry Pottinger, but he refused to see Pretorius or receive any communication from him.

Before the Fantastic Four: Reed Richards

Ko-Gar transports Fisher to Latveria for an audience with von Doom, who hopes to use the magic of the Claw of Bast to repair his face.

Bersih

After being granted an audience with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to discuss the issue, Bersih subsequently agreed on 5 July 2011 to move the rally from the streets to Stadium Merdeka.

British Marine Federation

After an audience with then Chancellor Denis Healey, the following year the rate was halved and eventually returned to the standard rate.

Edward Wotton, 1st Baron Wotton

In May 1579 Wotton was sent to congratulate Henry, the new king of Portugal, on his accession, and on his way back had an audience with Philip II of Spain at Segovia.

J. Frank Norris

In September 1947, while on a tour of Europe, Norris secured an audience with Pope Pius XII and declared that the pope was "the last Gibraltar in Europe against Communism."

Letter of Piha-walwi

Piha-walwi complains to King Ibiranu of Ugarit, that he had not sought an audience with the Hittite king, presumably Tudhaliya IV, asking him to rectify this immediately and to send messengers with gifts for the king and for Piha-walwi himself.

Maria Pearson

Pearson protested to Gov. Robert D. Ray, finally gaining an audience with him after sitting outside his office in traditional attire.

Minnesota Amendment 1

In March 2012, Minnesota's Roman Catholic bishops had an audience with Pope Benedict XVI, who told them that preserving the traditional definition of marriage was a priority.

Serbian State Guard

Nedić had threatened to resign several times previously for similar reasons, but on this occasion the Germans took it more seriously and offered him an audience with Adolf Hitler.

Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane

It wasn't until creator Gy Waldron realized that he had found an audience with children that the character was toned down to the more comedic and bumbling persona for which he is best known; something that James Best himself had large input on, insisting that, while Rosco technically was corrupt, he was driven mostly by playful childlike naivety, he never wanted children viewing to feel afraid to go up to a lawman in the street or when in need.

Teenage Zombies

When they are safely back on the mainland, it is implied that the teens will receive a reward for discovering the island, and will have an audience with the President of the United States.

Treaty of Schönbrunn

A 17-year-old German patriot, Friedrich Staps, demanded an audience with Napoleon to present a petition, but was refused by the emperor's aide Jean Rapp.