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Season 1

  • S01E01 Aug. 14, 1987

    • August 14, 1987
    • BBC One

  • S01E02 Nov. 09,1987

    • November 9, 1987
    • BBC One

    First transmitted in 1987, Terry Wogan presents another edition of his chat show. Guests Charlton Heston and Roy Kinnear appear in costume before going o n stage to perform 'A Man for all Seasons', Boy George performs his new single in a distinctive outfit of his own, and singer-songwriter Roger Cook talks about his new career in Nashville, Tennessee.

  • S01E03 Feb. 18, 1984

    • February 18, 1984
    • BBC One

    First transmitted in 1984, Terry Wogan talks to Larry Grayson about his approach to comedy and prima ballerina Lesley Collier shares anecdotes of her life at the Royal Ballet and dancing with Nureyev. The show ends with a one-off performance from 'Wogan and Brooks' as the interview with film director and comedian Mel Brooks turns into one long comic routine. The Manhattan Transfer are the musical guests.

  • S01E04 Dec. 25, 1984

    • December 25, 1984
    • BBC One

    First transmitted in 1984. Terry Wogan's Christmas Day guests include comedian Freddie Starr, Kiri Te Kanawa talking about her singing career and Maori background, and Elton John making his first appearance on the show. Victoria Principal appears in a feisty and hugely entertaining satellite interview, with Wogan gently mocking her television series Dallas, and Principal teasing Wogan at every opportunity, frequently reducing herself to tears of laughter in the process.

  • S01E05 Oct. 27, 1989

    • October 27, 1989
    • BBC One

    First transmitted in 1989, Terry Wogan has one chat show guest in this edition (show thrice weekly between 1982 and 1992) - Neil Diamond.

Season 3

Season 4

  • S04E01 David Jason, Jennifer d'Abo, Rock Hudson

    • September 22, 1984
    • BBC One

    Terry Wogan in conversation with David Jason, Jennifer d'Abo and Rock Hudson.

  • S04E05 Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Terry Jones, Sophia Loren

    • October 20, 1984
    • BBC One

    Sophia Loren talks about plastic surgery, her time in prison and how she was offered a lead role in "Dynasty". Also chatting to Terry are Terry Jones and writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais.

  • S04E13 Victoria Principal, Kiri Te Kanawa, Freddie Starr, Elton John

    • December 25, 1984
    • BBC One

    Terry Wogan's Christmas Day guests include comedian Freddie Starr, Kiri Te Kanawa talking about her singing career and Maori background, and Elton John making his first appearance on the show. Victoria Principal appears in a feisty and hugely entertaining satellite interview, with Wogan gently mocking her television series Dallas, and Principal teasing Wogan at every opportunity, frequently reducing herself to tears of laughter in the process.

Season 5

  • S05E01 Episode 1

    • February 18, 1985
    • BBC One

    Join Terry and his guests for the first edition of his new series live from the Television Theatre.

  • S05E72 Episode 72

    • August 5, 1985
    • BBC One

    A packed show sees Terry chat to actors Donald Pleasance and Martin Shaw, along with writer Alan Bleasdale and actress Debbie Rennard. Music comes from Kate Bush and pianist Steve Ross.

  • S05E73 Episode 73

    • August 7, 1985
    • BBC One

    A BBC strike pulls Wogan off the air for the evening, with the scheduled show replaced by a highlights package. Guests revisited include Patrick Duffy and Omar Sharif, while clips are introduced with all-new linking material from Terry.

Season 6

  • S06E01 Episode 1

    • January 3, 1986
    • BBC One

    How long is the Christmas holiday going on for? Sated with food, fed up with old movies on the box, struggling with the hangover from New Year's Eve and Hogmanay? Then you'll know how Terry feels. Join him for a dyspeptic digression live from the Television Theatre.

  • S06E02 Episode 2

    • January 6, 1986
    • BBC One

    Guest host Ronnie Corbett Terry leaves the show in the more than capable and perfectly proportioned hands of the smaller Ronnie while he goes on holiday. This could be the start of something big! (Sorry)

  • S06E03 Episode 3

    • January 8, 1986
    • BBC One

    Guest host: Ronnie Corbett It's good evening from him and good evening from his guests live from Shepherd's Bush Green. Ronnie promises tall guests, small guests, tall stories and big names, with no jokes about absent Irishmen or people's height.

  • S06E04 Episode 4

    • January 10, 1986
    • BBC One

    Guest host: Ronnie Corbett Ronnie packs his bags and prepares to join his other half tomorrow night. But not before he's packed bags full of entertainment into tonight s live show.

  • S06E05 Paul Eddington, Glenys Kinnock, Ian McCaskill, Michael Wood, A-ha

    • January 13, 1986
    • BBC One

    Felicity Kendal steps in as guest host, and her guests include former Good Life colleague Paul Eddington, who talks about Yes, Prime Minister and his dream of being an artist.

  • S06E06 Episode 6

    • January 15, 1986
    • BBC One

    Felicity Kendal didn't realise that watering the plants in Terry's dressing-room could take most of the day

  • S06E07 Episode 7

    • January 17, 1986
    • BBC One

    Part three of a short series of unpredictable dramas in which our Terryfied heroine (Felicity Kendal) promises a cliff-hanger ending.

  • S06E08 Episode 8

    • January 20, 1986
    • BBC One

    Bronzed and fit after two weeks' absence far, far away from Shepherd's Bush, Terry returns to amaze and delight you.

  • S06E09 Episode 9

    • January 22, 1986
    • BBC One

    Bronzed he might be, but fit? Fit for what? Another fantastic fandango live from the Television Theatre.

  • S06E10 Episode 10

    • January 24, 1986
    • BBC One

    Are his knees as sunburnt as his nose? It's the end of the first week back from the hollies, and we still don't know the answers. Join Terry tonight for the Friday farrago, live from the Television Theatre.

  • S06E11 Episode 11

    • January 27, 1986
    • BBC One

    Another week of Irish blarney and tongue-in-cheek attitudinising live from the Television Theatre.

  • S06E12 Episode 12

    • January 29, 1986
    • BBC One

    Forty minutes of badinage and calumny hurled at anyone the BBC commissionaires can find waiting outside the stage door of the Television Theatre.

  • S06E13 Episode 13

    • January 31, 1986
    • BBC One

    More blarney and banter as Terry dodges the brickbats live on stage at the Television Theatre.

  • S06E51 Michael Douglas, Glen Campbell, Jean Muir, Tom Hulce

    • April 30, 1986
    • BBC One

    Terry Wogan in conversation with actor and producer Michael Douglas, country music singer Glen Campbell, dress designer Jean Muir and actor Tom Hulce.

  • S06E130 Gene Hackman, Erno Rubik, Frankie Howerd

    • November 3, 1986
    • BBC One

    Terry Wogan's chat show guests are actor Gene Hackman, designer Erno Rubik, comedian Frankie Howerd and the UK's tallest landlord and his wife. With music from Jermaine Stewart.

  • S06E146 Jane Goodall, Adrian Edmondson, Eurythmics

    • December 12, 1986
    • BBC One

    In a particularly frivolous, pre-Christmas episode of Wogan, Terry chats to Parker from Thunderbirds via Transatlantic link, and has Adrian Edmondson threaten to blow him up with dynamite if he asks any boring questions.

Season 7

  • S07E93 Episode 93 (Wogan on Follies)

    • August 7, 1987
    • BBC One

    Terry Wogan is joined by singing duo Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson, who sing Rain on the Roof, composer Stephen Sondheim and actresses Julia McKenzie, Diana Rigg and Dolores Gray.

  • S07E115 Episode 115 (20 Years of Radio 1 Special)

    • September 28, 1987
    • BBC One

    A show celebrating the 20th anniversary of Radio 1, broadcast simultaneously on the station. Guests sharing their reminisces include DJs Tony Blackburn, John Peel and Janice Long, while music comes from Johnny Hates Jazz and Carl Wayne.

  • S07E133 Episode 133

    • November 9, 1987
    • BBC One

    Terry Wogan presents another edition of his chat show. Guests Charlton Heston and Roy Kinnear appear in costume before going on stage to perform 'A Man for all Seasons', Boy George performs his new single in a distinctive outfit of his own, and singer-songwriter Roger Cook talks about his new career in Nashville, Tennessee.

Season 8

  • S08E01 Episode 1 (Comic Relief Launch)

    • January 1, 1988
    • BBC One

    On the evening after the night before, there'll be red noses all round in the Wogan studio - as Terry invites Dawn French, Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie , among others, to launch Comic Relief, the aid charity supported by many of the country's top comedians.

  • S08E02 Episode 2

    • January 4, 1988
    • BBC One

  • S08E03 Episode 3

    • January 6, 1988
    • BBC One

  • S08E04 Episode 4

    • January 8, 1988
    • BBC One

  • S08E05 Episode 5

    • January 11, 1988
    • BBC One

  • S08E06 Episode 6

    • January 13, 1988
    • BBC One

  • S08E07 Episode 7

    • January 15, 1988
    • BBC One

  • S08E08 Episode 8

    • January 18, 1988
    • BBC One

  • S08E09 Episode 8

    • January 20, 1988
    • BBC One

  • S08E10 Episode 10

    • January 22, 1988
    • BBC One

  • S08E11 Episode 11

    • January 25, 1988
    • BBC One

  • S08E12 Episode 12

    • January 27, 1988
    • BBC One

  • S08E13 Episode 13

    • January 29, 1988
    • BBC One

  • S08E14 Episode 14

    • February 1, 1988
    • BBC One

  • S08E15 Episode 15

    • February 3, 1988
    • BBC One

  • S08E16 Episode 16

    • February 5, 1988
    • BBC One

  • S08E17 Episode 17

    • February 8, 1988
    • BBC One

  • S08E18 Episode 18

    • February 10, 1988
    • BBC One

  • S08E19 Episode 19

    • February 12, 1988
    • BBC One

  • S08E20 Episode 20

    • February 15, 1988
    • BBC One

  • S08E21 Episode 21

    • February 17, 1988
    • BBC One

  • S08E22 Episode 22

    • February 19, 1988
    • BBC One

  • S08E23 Eastenders Stars, Joan Baez, Yousuf Karsh and Daniel O'Donnell

    • February 22, 1988
    • BBC One

    Terry Wogan chats with singer-songwriter Joan Baez, photographer Yousuf Karsh and EastEnders stars Michael Cashman, Letitia Dean, Gillian Taylforth and Susan Tully. Singer Daniel O'Donnell performs I Need You.

  • S08E24 Episode 24

    • February 24, 1988
    • BBC One

  • S08E25 Episode 25

    • February 26, 1988
    • BBC One

  • S08E26 Episode 26

    • February 29, 1988
    • BBC One

    Sue Lawley steps in for her fourth stint as a guest host. With Terry on holiday, her first guests are Ruth Madoc, Tony Bennett, Faith Brown and Anita Roddick.

  • S08E27 Episode 27

    • March 2, 1988
    • BBC One

    Sue Lawley welcomes Clare Francis, Douglas Hurd and Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards.

  • S08E28 Episode 28

    • March 4, 1988
    • BBC One

    Sue Lawley has an unusual array of guests to interview, as she exchanges words with Englebert Humperdinck, two agony aunts and an otter. Providing the music is Wet Wet Wet, but lead singer Marti Pellow can't avoid the microphone.

  • S08E29 Episode 29

    • March 7, 1988
    • BBC One

    Sue Lawley's guests include Robert Maxwell, Art Garfunkel and Glyn Worsnip. Yet Sue is required to issue a legal statement on behalf of the BBC after Maxwell discusses biographies about him that are the subject of sub judice.

  • S08E30 Episode 30

    • March 9, 1988
    • BBC One

    Sue Lawley has been guest hosting so often that Robert Hardy jokingly refers to Terry as "the fella who stands in for you when you're not doing this show". Among the other guests is athetoid spastic Alison French, plus music from A-Ha.

  • S08E31 Episode 31

    • March 11, 1988
    • BBC One

    Sue Lawley introduces what she hopes to be an evening dedicated to style and fashion. But when Vivienne Westwood's avant garde designs get laughed at by the studio audience and mocked by Russell Harty, the atmosphere turns sour.

  • S08E32 Episode 32

    • March 14, 1988
    • BBC One

    Terry returns from his break to talk to Edna Healey, wife of the former Chancellor of the Exchequer. Also on the show are actress Susan Hampshire and faith healer Doris Collins. Music comes from Whitney Houston.

  • S08E33 Episode 33

    • March 16, 1988
    • BBC One

    It's Song For Europe time again, as Terry presents the first two of eight possible songs to represent the UK at the year's Eurovision Song Contest. Also on the show are guests including Ken Kercheval and Sir David Napley.

  • S08E34 Episode 34

    • March 18, 1988
    • BBC One

    Terry's guests are Alice Faye and Van Johnson, while performed on the show are another two songs hoping to represent the UK at Eurovision.

  • S08E35 Episode 35

    • March 21, 1988
    • BBC One

    With Dr. Haing S. Ngor, the Oscar-winning star of "The Killing Fields", and boxer Barry McGuigan. There's also two more entries for the "Song For Europe" bid.

  • S08E36 Episode 36

    • March 23, 1988
    • BBC One

    With rugby star Jonathan Davies, pop star Samantha Fox and author and critic Robert Hughes. Also featured are the final two entries in the bid to find the UK's entry for the "Song For Europe".

  • S08E37 Episode 37

    • March 28, 1988
    • BBC One

    Terry has a difficult time trying to get a straight answer from the cast of stage play "The Common Pursuit", while there's also an update on the latest Comic Relief total. Among the other guests is country singer Crystal Gayle.

  • S08E38 Episode 38

    • March 30, 1988
    • BBC One

    The Reverend Awdry explains not only how he got the inspiration for his "Thomas The Tank Engine" books, but also how he has to make them appeal to parents as well as children. Among the other guests are Lord Plumb and the Pet Shop Boys.

  • S08E39 Episode 39

    • April 1, 1988
    • BBC One

    Terry reunites Cher with Meat Loaf to talk about their duet "Dead Ringer for Love". Also on the show is US comedian Kelly Monteith.

  • S08E40 Episode 40

    • April 4, 1988
    • BBC One

    Jane Rossington discusses the upcoming end of "Crossroads", and remembers some unforgettable moments, such as being "pregnant" for 11 months. Included among the other guests are Jason Donovan, Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards and Bros.

  • S08E41 Episode 41

    • April 6, 1988
    • BBC One

    With explorer Ranulph Fiennes, snooker player Allison Fisher and writer "Henry Root", otherwise known as William Donaldson.

  • S08E42 Episode 42

    • April 8, 1988
    • BBC One

    Terry welcomes viewers to the "final frontier" - Shepherd's Bush - for an interview with Patrick Stewart about his new Star Trek series. Also on the show are Michael Winner, Jenny Seagrove and sexologist Margaret Kent.

  • S08E43 Episode 43

    • April 11, 1988
    • BBC One

    Tommy Docherty jokes about his time as manager of Notts Forest, claiming he was unwell and his doctor advised him "get as far away from football as you possibly can". Included among the other guests is former judge Alan King-Hamilton.

  • S08E44 Episode 44

    • April 13, 1988
    • BBC One

    Peter Ustinov explains his love for the absurdity of the character of Poirot, and how Poirot is "so different from me". Among Terry's others guests is director David Lean.

  • S08E45 Episode 45

    • April 15, 1988
    • BBC One

    Spike Milligan is in a jokingly disruptive mood as he celebrates his 70th birthday with fellow soldiers from the war, and a cake supplied by Bill Wyman. Also appearing are the reporters behind a new BBC documentary, "Black and White".

  • S08E46 Episode 46

    • April 18, 1988
    • BBC One

    Terry's guests are Anthony Perkins, Tim Sebastian and Lord Lichfield, while music comes from Danny Wilson.

  • S08E47 Episode 47

    • April 20, 1988
    • BBC One

    With John Mortimer, Maya Angelou and Lord Whitelaw.

  • S08E48 Episode 48

    • April 22, 1988
    • BBC One

    Terry and some chosen audience members get involved in a rope trick and some sleight-of-hand with cheeky magician Harry Blackstone, while in a more serious sequence, Desmond Tutu is one of Terry's interviewees.

  • S08E49 Episode 49

    • April 25, 1988
    • BBC One

    Terry spends the week celebrating what is claimed to be 500 editions of Wogan. Joining him are Linda Davidson, Peter O'Brien, Gwen Ffrangcon Davies and Trio Bulgarka, while highlights of the previous shows are repeated.

  • S08E50 Episode 50

    • April 27, 1988
    • BBC One

    Terry continues the celebrations with more old clips of previous episodes, along with fresh chat with guests Christopher Reeve, David Puttnam and the Lord Mayor of Dublin.

  • S08E51 Episode 51

    • April 29, 1988
    • BBC One

    With Michael Douglas, Mel and Kim, Scritti Politti and the Moscow State Circus.

  • S08E52 Episode 52

    • May 4, 1988
    • BBC One

    Sue Lawley covers for Terry again, though he shouldn't be missed too much, as Rory Bremner is on hand to impersonate the man. Also on the show are Prefab Sprout, the Duchess of Kent, and "Young Musician of the Year", David Pyatt.

  • S08E53 Episode 53

    • May 6, 1988
    • BBC One

    Sue Lawley's guests include Ned Sherrin, Harry Enfield, milliner Stephen Jones and the cast of Ziegfeld. Music comes from Climie Fisher.

  • S08E54 Episode 54

    • May 9, 1988
    • BBC One

    Jasper Carrott breaks his rule about never appearing on chat shows to plug "Jane and the Lost City", while also appearing is Glen Campbell.

  • S08E55 Episode 55

    • May 11, 1988
    • BBC One

    Sue Lawley and guests provide a different take on children's innocence in the modern age: "When a 7-year-old knows what a condom is, and a 10-year-old can give you chapter and verse on AIDS, haven't they stopped being children already?"

  • S08E56 Episode 56

    • May 13, 1988
    • BBC One

    In the last of her shows covering for Terry, Sue Lawley's guests include Robert Robinson discussing the Kingman Report on literacy. Sue would return as a guest host in September.

  • S08E57 Episode 57

    • May 16, 1988
    • BBC One

    With Peter Howitt, transplant patients Robin Aboody and Amanda Walklett, and Going Live's "Young Entertainer of the Year" winner, Natalie Robb.

  • S08E58 Episode 58

    • May 18, 1988
    • BBC One

    Guests include Anthony Burgess, Dr. Alan Maryon-Davis and "Mr. Iceland". However, commanding the most attention are the England football squad, producing one of the most excruciating moments in Wogan history as they mime to their new song.

  • S08E59 Episode 59

    • May 20, 1988
    • BBC One

    Germaine Greer and Rod Stewart make an odd combination on the sofa, as she describes Rod as "magnificent" but also questions the "blonde girls" he's been with. Among the other guests is the head of the Equal Opportunities Commission.

  • S08E60 Episode 60

    • May 23, 1988
    • BBC One

    This edition offers the bizarre sight of Donald Trump and his wife Ivana sharing the sofa with Dame Edna Everage. Providing the music is Sade.

  • S08E61 Episode 61

    • May 25, 1988
    • BBC One

    Terry's guests include Viscount Linley, Shadow Chancellor John Smith and singer Debbie Gibson.

  • S08E62 Episode 62

    • May 27, 1988
    • BBC One

    Terry meets members of the Harlem Globe Trotters, including their first female member, as well as Robert Lawrence, the real life inspiration for drama "Tumbledown". Also appearing are Max Bygraves and Five Star.

  • S08E63 Episode 63

    • May 30, 1988
    • BBC One

    Due to an asbestos scare in some of the BBC studios, Terry has to entertain guests in the BBC's reception. Among those being rehomed are Russian poet Irina Ratushinskaya, and a man very much with a golden gun, Christopher Lee.

  • S08E64 Episode 64

    • June 1, 1988
    • BBC One

    Bob Monkhouse comes along to celebrate his 60th birthday, while there's also chat with Pat Coombs, Denis Nordern and Denis Quilley.

  • S08E65 Episode 65

    • June 3, 1988
    • BBC One

    Ian McKellen discusses his protests against Section 28 and the censorship dangers of the law. Also appearing are Dame Ninette de Valois and Telly Savalas.

  • S08E66 Episode 66

    • June 6, 1988
    • BBC One

    With the Criminal Justice Bill reaching its report stage, Terry talks to Judge John Pickles, Lord Elwyn-Jones, retired WPC Margaret Rowland and reformed prisoner Willie Shellito. Music comes from the Communards.

  • S08E67 Episode 67

    • June 8, 1988
    • BBC One

    Guests include Howard Keel, and Stephen Venables, the man who climbed Everest without the aid of oxygen.

  • S08E68 Episode 68

    • June 10, 1988
    • BBC One

    Audrey Hepburn talks to Terry about her earliest days in the movie industry, and how much she learned from William Wyler. Also talking to Terry are David Steel and his wife Judy.

  • S08E69 Episode 69

    • June 13, 1988
    • BBC One

    "What do you do for the odd giggle?" asks Terry when Philip Michael Thomas tells him he doesn't drink, smoke, eat meat or take drugs. Also on the show are Ivan Lendl, Beryl Reid, Jill Gascoigne, Vivienne Martin and Dilys Laye.

  • S08E70 Episode 70

    • June 15, 1988
    • BBC One

    Terry's guests are Dolph Lungren, comic double act Curtis and Ishmael, and Sam King, the first black mayor of Southwark. Providing music is Randy Travis.

  • S08E71 Episode 71

    • June 17, 1988
    • BBC One

    "Cast Iron" Caswell Martin and "Bear Man" John Elijah demonstrate their wrestling prowess, with comment from Mick McManus. Also appearing are Millicent Martin and Dennis Lillee, plus a song from Eartha Kitt.

  • S08E72 Episode 72

    • June 20, 1988
    • BBC One

    Terry chats to Paul Hogan and Patricia Neal, while Henry Mancini is in the studio to play a medley of his movie compositions.

  • S08E73 Episode 73

    • June 24, 1988
    • BBC One

    Terry's guests include adventurer brothers Lawrence and Lorne Blair, plus Cyril Fletcher and Jilly Cooper.

  • S08E74 Episode 74

    • June 27, 1988
    • BBC One

    Terry's guests are Brooke Shields, Ray McAnally and Kristin Scott Thomas, while Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark feature with their new single, "Dreaming".

  • S08E75 Episode 75

    • June 29, 1988
    • BBC One

    Stratford Johns and Michael Barrymore are two of the guests, while Blue Peter head Biddy Baxter is joined by some of the Blue Peter presenters.

  • S08E76 Episode 76

    • July 1, 1988
    • BBC One

    With comedians Mort Sahl and Frankie Howerd, plus one-legged sailor Tristan Jones. Music comes from Jaki Graham.

Season 9

  • S09E150 The Very Best of Wogan 1989

    • December 29, 1989
    • BBC One

    A galaxy of international stars from the world of entertainment return to Shepherd's Bush tonight as Terry recalls some very special moments from Wogan in 1989. Guests include: Debbie Reynolds Gene Wilder Gregory Peck , George Burns Sammy Davis Jr, Liza Minnelli , Jack Lemmon Walter Matthau , Bob Hoskins Catherine Deneuve, Shirley Temple Black Don Johnson , Yves Montand Richard Dreyfuss Zsa Zsa Gabor and Nancy Reagan.

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