Oscar Kightley has explained the cunning way he got Prince Charles to guest voice a part in Bro'Town, with a little help from Helen Clark.
Speaking to Simon Barnett and Phil Gifford on Newstalk ZB this afternoon, Kightley recalled the time Prince Charles, alongside then-Prime Minister Helen Clark, attended a play Kightley had co-written.
Knowing he'd get to meet Prince Charles backstage, he got someone to plant a microphone in the dressing room.
When Helen Clark and Prince Charles came around for a brief meeting, Kightley didn't waste time. "We're doing this cartoon, is it cool if we do a voice?" he asked the royal.