Terry Wogan
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Wogan
Season 5
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Episode 135 min1985-02-18
Series 5, Show 1
The first edition of thrice-weekly TV show live from the Television Theatre on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Tonight's guests include: Elton John, Wendy Richard, Rory Bremner, Tina Turner.
Episode 235 min1985-02-20
Series 5, Show 2
Guests: David Cassidy, Sue Cooke, Kathy Flower, Samantha Fox, Joanna Lumley, Ian McKellern. Samantha Fox grants interview about her future career plans as a topless model.
Episode 335 min1985-02-22
Series 5, Show 3
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Episode 435 min1985-02-25
Series 5, Show 4
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Episode 535 min1985-02-27
Series 5, Show 5
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Episode 635 min1985-03-01
Series 5, Show 6
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Episode 735 min1985-03-04
Series 5, Show 7
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Episode 835 min1985-03-06
Series 5, Show 8
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Episode 935 min1985-03-08
Series 5, Show 9
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Episode 1035 min1985-03-11
Series 5, Show 10
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Episode 1135 min1985-03-13
Series 5, Show 11
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Episode 1235 min1985-03-15
Series 5, Show 12
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Episode 1335 min1985-03-18
Series 5, Show 13
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Episode 1435 min1985-03-20
Series 5, Show 14
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Episode 1535 min1985-03-22
Series 5, Show 15
Including an interview with HRH The Princess Anne (Mrs Mark Phillips that time). The British band Frankie Goes to Hollywood performs "Welcome to the Pleasuredome".
Episode 1635 min1985-03-25
Series 5, Show 16
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Episode 1735 min1985-03-27
Series 5, Show 17
Join Terry and guests live from the Television Theatre, with a chance to see two of the entries for A Song for Europe.
Episode 1835 min1985-03-29
Series 5, Show 18
Join Terry and guests live from the Television Theatre, with a chance to see two of the entries for A Song for Europe.
Episode 1935 min1985-04-01
Series 5, Show 19
Join the old fool on April Fool's Day for a foolish 40 minutes of tomfoolery. With a chance to see two of the entries for A Song for Europe.
Episode 2035 min1985-04-03
Series 5, Show 20
Join Terry and guests live from the Television Theatre, with a chance to see two of the entries for A Song for Europe.
Episode 2135 min1985-04-08
Series 5, Show 21
Join Terry and his guests live from the Television Theatre for a Bank Holiday miscellany. Guests include: Tammy Wynette
Episode 2235 min1985-04-10
Series 5, Show 22
Join Terry and his guests live from the Television Theatre, London for the Wednesday wingwing.
Episode 2335 min1985-04-12
Series 5, Show 23
Join Terry and his guests live from the Television Theatre, London for the Friday farrago.
Episode 2435 min1985-04-15
Series 5, Show 24
Terry says "Willkommen Pet" as Jimmy Nail joins him tonight for a Lumpschenkeln comparison.
Episode 2535 min1985-04-17
Series 5, Show 25
Join Terry and his guests for impromptu knee-squeezing and ever-spontaneous events.
Episode 2635 min1985-04-19
Series 5, Show 26
Join Terry and his guests as he flexes his thews.
Episode 2735 min1985-04-22
Series 5, Show 27
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Episode 2835 min1985-04-24
Series 5, Show 28
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Episode 2935 min1985-04-26
Series 5, Show 29
Rams, black sheep and sacrificial lambs shepherded into the Television Theatre to entertain ewe.
Episode 3035 min1985-04-29
Series 5, Show 30
Terry exercises his masseter, temporalis and pterygoid muscles in conversation with tonight's guests: Gregory Hines, Patrick Macnee, Miriam Margolyes, Major Pat Reid.
Episode 3135 min1985-05-01
Series 5, Show 31
Terry puts his gluteus maximus to maximum use.
Episode 3235 min1985-05-03
Series 5, Show 32
Terry exercises his gastrocnemii leaping about the Television Theatre.
Episode 3335 min1985-05-06
Series 5, Show 33
Phil Collins performs "One More Night" at the piano and chats to Terry about his busy schedule, including his recent tour in Japan, getting offered a part in Miami Vice (1984) and his experience at the Oscars.
Episode 3435 min1985-05-08
Series 5, Show 34
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Episode 3535 min1985-05-10
Series 5, Show 35
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Episode 3635 min1985-05-13
Series 5, Show 36
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Episode 3735 min1985-05-15
Series 5, Show 37
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Episode 3835 min1985-05-17
Series 5, Show 38
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Episode 3935 min1985-05-20
Series 5, Show 39
Marillion make their Wogan debut and perform their new single "Kayleigh".
Episode 4035 min1985-05-22
Series 5, Show 40
Semi-finalist Terry Wogan from Ireland goes on live to meet tonight's guests in a no-punches-pulled rapfest. Winner to be announced on Friday.
Episode 4135 min1985-05-24
Series 5, Show 41
Dilettante and wandering baritone Terry Wogan from Surrey, England, is the finalist in tonight's live Wogan.
Episode 4235 min1985-05-27
Series 5, Show 42
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Episode 4335 min1985-05-29
Series 5, Show 43
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Episode 4435 min1985-05-31
Series 5, Show 44
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Episode 4535 min1985-06-03
Series 5, Show 45
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Episode 4635 min1985-06-05
Series 5, Show 46
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Episode 4735 min1985-06-07
Series 5, Show 47
The fast and furious Friday farrago live from fragrant Shepherd's Bush Green.
Episode 4835 min1985-06-10
Series 5, Show 48
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Episode 4935 min1985-06-12
Series 5, Show 49
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Episode 5035 min1985-06-14
Series 5, Show 50
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Episode 5135 min1985-06-17
Series 5, Show 51
Pamela Bellwood, Chris Evert, John Lloyd, Aled Jones, pop band Dead or Alive (as Musical Guest)
Episode 5235 min1985-06-19
Series 5, Show 52
Guests include: John Forsythe
Episode 5335 min1985-06-21
Series 5, Show 53
A little live lobbing from County Limerick's best-known tennis player, who despite many requests, will not be wearing shorts.
Episode 5435 min1985-06-24
Series 5, Show 54
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Episode 5535 min1985-06-26
Series 5, Show 55
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Episode 5635 min1985-06-28
Series 5, Show 56
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Episode 5735 min1985-07-01
Series 5, Show 57
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Episode 5835 min1985-07-03
Series 5, Show 58
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Episode 5935 min1985-07-05
Series 5, Show 59
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Episode 6035 min1985-07-08
Series 5, Show 60
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Episode 6135 min1985-07-10
Series 5, Show 61
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Episode 6235 min1985-07-12
Series 5, Show 62
Prior to the next day's Live Aid (1985) concerts, Terry is joined by Bob Geldof and Nik Kershaw in the studio and Spandau Ballet via satellite link from their rehearsals at Wembley Stadium.
Episode 6335 min1985-07-15
Series 5, Show 63
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Episode 6435 min1985-07-17
Series 5, Show 64
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Episode 6535 min1985-07-19
Series 5, Show 65
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Episode 6635 min1985-07-22
Series 5, Show 66
Guests include: John Gordon Sinclair, Ulick O'Connor, Elizabeth Welch
Episode 6735 min1985-07-24
Series 5, Show 67
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Episode 6835 min1985-07-26
Series 5, Show 68
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Episode 6935 min1985-07-29
Series 5, Show 69
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Episode 7035 min1985-07-31
Series 5, Show 70
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Episode 7135 min1985-08-02
Series 5, Show 71
Tonight's guest: the American rock band"Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show"
Episode 7235 min1985-08-05
Series 5, Show 72
This week sees the 31st birthday of spare but still vigorous Terry Wogan. As he casts that simple mind back over his halcyon days of broadcasting, he may well bear in mind what the Leo horoscope for today reads: "With Saturn rising up Uranus, be careful of female digital contact with the lower extremities". Words of wisdom that will be heeded as the galaxy of stars are wheeled in for 40 minutes of live conversation. Kate Bush performs "Running Up That Hill".
Episode 7335 min1985-08-07
Series 5, Show 73 (Compilation)
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Episode 7435 min1985-08-09
Series 5, Show 74
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Episode 7535 min1985-08-12
Series 5, Show 75
Can Terry ever escape from the culture palace on Shepherd's Bush Green? Is Wittgenstein just another German gag-writer? Watch and all will be revealed.
Episode 7635 min1985-08-14
Series 5, Show 76
Surrealism, the Bauhaus, modernism, and now Wogan. Is art imitating life or has the cat got your tongue sandwich?
Episode 7735 min1985-08-16
Series 5, Show 77
Can the cultural revolution turn on Shepherd's Bush? How many surrealists does it take to unscrew a light bulb?
Episode 7835 min1985-08-19
Series 5, Show 78
Reflecting on his idyllic childhood at the mercy of the Jesuits, Terry recalls: "Talking was often forbidden, and so it was at that ripe and tender age that I knew I wanted to talk to people and to have them beat my knees rather than the backs of my hands".
Episode 7935 min1985-08-21
Series 5, Show 79
Terry, who's never been averse to a slap on the wrist — from a lovely woman — squirms and fidgets in his chair as he parries with his guests live at the Television Theatre.
Episode 8035 min1985-08-23
Series 5, Show 80
Terry's was a lonely life at the bank in Dublin. Sometimes he would conduct question-and-answer sessions with himself. Many erstwhile scholars cite this as the reason for his incessant chattering today. Make your own mind up tonight.
Episode 8135 min1985-08-26
Series 5, Show 81
Cliff Richard performs 'I Still Believe In You'.
Episode 8235 min1985-08-28
Series 5, Show 82
Terry propounds the second premise which follows inexorably upon the first as Wednesday follows Monday.
Episode 8335 min1985-08-30
Series 5, Show 83
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Episode 8435 min1985-09-02
Series 5, Show 84
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Episode 8535 min1985-09-04
Series 5, Show 85
Tonight: conversation and the art of Motorcycle maintenance.
Episode 8635 min1985-09-06
Series 5, Show 86
Terry shows off his new 'back-to-school' collection of ready-to-wear satchels, pencil cases, felt pens, and rubbers. In between, he may chat to the odd visiting megastar.
Episode 8735 min1985-09-09
Series 5, Show 87
As he puts on his galoshes and trudges through the puddles on Shepherd's Bush Green to the day job, Terry wonders two things: will the rain ever stop, and will there be an Indian summer? That leads to a third question: what is an Indian summer?
Episode 8835 min1985-09-11
Series 5, Show 88
As he shakes the rain from his trusty and impermeable umbrella, Terry ponders whether he made a mistake when he trusted the bit of seaweed he brought back from Turnberry. When it comes to forecasting the weather, it's as much use as a concrete lettuce.
Episode 8935 min1985-09-13
Series 5, Show 89
As the rain trickles down his neck from his yellow sou'wester, it dawns on Terry with mounting horror that he hasn't seen a patch of blue sky all week. But his little heart is cheered as he realises that inside the Television Theatre all is sunshine and stars.
Episode 9035 min1985-09-16
Series 5, Show 90
Guests include: John Inman, Demis Roussos, Diane Simpson
Episode 9135 min1985-09-18
Series 5, Show 91
It was in Vichy that the great Gertrude Stein said: 'A talk show is a talk show is a talk show', and was then pelted with garlic. French enlightenment or a display of envy that Wogan is not screened in France?
Episode 9235 min1985-09-20
Series 5, Show 92
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Episode 9335 min1985-09-23
Series 5, Show 93
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Episode 9435 min1985-09-25
Series 5, Show 94
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Episode 9535 min1985-09-27
Series 5, Show 95
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Episode 9635 min1985-09-30
Series 5, Show 96
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Episode 9735 min1985-10-02
Series 5, Show 97
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Episode 9835 min1985-10-04
Series 5, Show 98
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Episode 9935 min1985-10-07
Series 5, Show 99
Selina Scott presents the guests: Les Dawson, Prue Leith, Alain Prost
Episode 10035 min1985-10-09
Series 5, Show 100
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Episode 10135 min1985-10-11
Series 5, Show 101
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Episode 10235 min1985-10-14
Series 5, Show 102
Terry returns from lying down in a darkened room to celebrate the 100th edition of the thrice-weekly charivaria.
Episode 10335 min1985-10-16
Series 5, Show 103
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Episode 10435 min1985-10-18
Series 5, Show 104
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Episode 10535 min1985-10-21
Series 5, Show 105
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Episode 10635 min1985-10-23
Series 5, Show 106
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Episode 10735 min1985-10-25
Series 5, Show 107
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Episode 10835 min1985-10-28
Series 5, Show 108
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Episode 10935 min1985-10-30
Series 5, Show 109
A veritable Milky Way of megastars shine down on Terry for the Wednesday charivari.
Episode 11035 min1985-11-01
Series 5, Show 110
Guests include: Steve Cram, David Rappaport, Kenneth Williams, Prefab Sprout as performer
Episode 11135 min1985-11-04
Series 5, Show 111
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Episode 11235 min1985-11-06
Series 5, Show 112
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Episode 11335 min1985-11-08
Series 5, Show 113
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Episode 11435 min1985-11-11
Series 5, Show 114
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Episode 11535 min1985-11-13
Series 5, Show 115
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Episode 11635 min1985-11-15
Series 5, Show 116
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Episode 11735 min1985-11-18
Series 5, Show 117
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Episode 11835 min1985-11-20
Series 5, Show 118
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Episode 11935 min1985-11-25
Series 5, Show 119
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Episode 12035 min1985-11-27
Series 5, Show 120
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Episode 12135 min1985-11-29
Series 5, Show 121
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Episode 12235 min1985-12-02
Series 5, Show 122
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Episode 12335 min1985-12-04
Series 5, Show 123
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Episode 12435 min1985-12-06
Series 5, Show 124
Jim Henson (Kermit the Frog), Michael Barrymore
Episode 12535 min1985-12-09
Series 5, Show 125
Guests: John Cleese, Delia Smith, Whitney Houston as performer
Episode 12635 min1985-12-11
Series 5, Show 126
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Episode 12735 min1985-12-13
Series 5, Show 127
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Episode 12835 min1985-12-16
Series 5, Show 128
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Episode 12935 min1985-12-18
Series 5, Show 129
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Episode 13035 min1985-12-20
Series 5, Show 130
Terry dips a tentative toe into the pool of exciting television programmes lined up on BBC1 for your delectation over the Christmas holiday, and talks to some of the stars who will be taking part.
Episode 13135 min1985-12-23
Series 5, Show 131
Guests: Cliff Richard, Hank B. Marvin, John Parr, Jimmy Savile, Loretta Swit. The show opens with John Parr singing "Bachelor Boy" partly, Cliff performs "It's In Everyone Of Us" and then the chat follows with Terry Wogan and Hank Marvin.
Episode 13235 min1985-12-25
Series 5, Show 132
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Episode 13335 min1985-12-27
Series 5, Show 133
"You saw it first on Wogan" — among Terry's guests tonight are Andrew Lloyd Webber, with the first television performance of his musical The Phantom of the Opera.
Episode 13435 min1985-12-31
Series 5, Show 134
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