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'''''V.I.P.''''' ('''''Very Interesting People''''') is a Canadian [[talk show]] that aired from 1973 to 1983, generally during the Canadian summer months. [[Lorraine Thomson]] was host/interviewer.

Guests included:
* [[Group of Seven (artists)|Group of Seven]] artist [[A. J. Casson]] [http://www.bravo.ca/schedule/index.asp?date=3/25/2002]
* actress [[Nanette Fabray]] [http://www.bravo.ca/schedule/index.asp?date=11-20-1998]
* actor [[John Forsythe]] [http://www.bravo.ca/schedule/index.asp?date=12-22-1998]
* musician [[André Gagnon]] [http://www.bravo.ca/schedule/index.asp?date=12-22-1998]
* actor [[Lorne Greene]] [http://www.bravo.ca/schedule/index.asp?date=4-3-2000]
* British Prime Minister [[Edward Heath]]
* astronaut [[James Irwin]] [http://www.bravo.ca/schedule/index.asp?date=4-3-2000]
* actor [[George McFarland|George "Spanky" McFarland]] of ''[[Our Gang]]'' [http://www.bravo.ca/schedule/index.asp?date=2/5/2001]
* British actress [[Anna Russell]] [http://www.bravo.ca/schedule/index.asp?date=2-26-2001]
* hockey player [[Darryl Sittler]]

Episodes from this series were rebroadcast on Canadian cable network [[Bravo! Canada|Bravo]] from 1998 to 2002.

== External links ==
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* [http://www.queensu.ca/filmandmedia/sites/webpublish.queensu.ca.fmwww/files/files/CBC%20Television%20Linked%20Listings.pdf Queen's University Directory of CBC Television Series] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150114080148/http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/V.html#vip ''VIP'' archived listing link] via archive.org)

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[[Category:CBC Television original programming]]
[[Category:1973 Canadian television series debuts]]
[[Category:1983 Canadian television series endings]]
[[Category:1970s Canadian television talk shows]]
[[Category:1980s Canadian television talk shows]]


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