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1 online resource (streaming video file) (1 hr. 58 min. 36 sec.) ; 717024396 bytes |
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*Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the followoing program may contain images and voices of people who have died*A Royal Romance is a 55 minute documentary, introduced by Tony Jones and followed by a national debate. A Royal Romance explores our unique relationship to Queen Elizabeth via interviews with three former Australian Prime Ministers; ordinary Australians who cheered her on the streets of their cities and towns; and those close to the Queen in her royal household. There are some exceptional Australian icons; Germaine Greer shows how well she can curtsy, Rolf Harris plays 'Waltzing Matilda' as he did on the streets of London during Elizabeth's coronation, and former republican Prime Minister Paul Keating reveals his fond admiration for a monarch he wanted to sack. Through the prism of Elizabeth's 15 royal tours, Australia's changing attitudes to the monarchy are unfurled. Long ago we abandoned singing 'God Save the Queen' and began to question the relevance of the monarchy to our daily lives, but many Australians perhaps even a majority find it hard to let go of a Head of State who wears a crown half a world away.A Royal Romance delves into the emotional flash points the Whitlam dismissal by the Governor General in 1975, where the fires for constitutional change were lit, the failed 1999 republican referendum, the impact of royal marriage scandals and then asks what will happen after Elizabeth? Will her heir, Prince Charles, see the end of the monarchy in Australia?Panellists include: Nick Minchin - Howard Government Minister and Monarchist, Amanda Vanstone - Howard Government Minister and Republican, Marcia Langton - Academic and Aboriginal Activist, Bob Carr - Labor Premier of NSW and Republican, Angela Bishop - Entertainment Reporter and Monarchist, Aron Paul - Commentator and Historian and Craig Reucassel - Chaser comedian and rejected Royal Wedding commentator. PRODUCTION DETAILSProduced by Electric Pictures with the assistance of Screen Australia, ScreenWest and ABC Television. Producer and Executive Producer: Andrew Ogilvie. Writer and Director: Trevor Graham |
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Broadcast 2011-04-28 at 20:30:00 |
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Classification: G |
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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, 1982-.
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Monarchy -- Social aspects.
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Royal weddings.
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William, Prince, Duke of Cambridge, 1982-.
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Australia.
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Streaming video
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Ballard Jnr, Cecil, contributor
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Bishop, Angela, contributor
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Buttrose, Ita, contributor
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Carr, Bob, contributor
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Greer, Germaine, contributor
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Harris, Rolf, contributor
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Henderson, Heather, contributor
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Heseltine, William, contributor
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Howard, John, contributor
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Jephson, Patrick, contributor
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Jones, Tony, host
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Keating, Paul, contributor
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Kirby, Michael, contributor
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Lacey, Robert, contributor
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Langton, Marcia, contributor
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Minchin, Nick, contributor
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Osborne, John, contributor
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Sanderson, Heather, contributor
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Tougher, Margaret, contributor
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Vanstone, Amanda, contributor
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Walsh, Richard, contributor
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Whitlam, Gough, contributor
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