Wogan

Season 5

134 episodes · premiered Feb 18, 1985

Where to watch Wogan

  1. E1 Series 5, Show 1

    Feb 18, 1985 · 35m

    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.

  2. E2 Series 5, Show 2

    Feb 20, 1985 · 35m

    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.

  3. E3 Series 5, Show 3

    Feb 22, 1985 · 35m

  4. E4 Series 5, Show 4

    Feb 25, 1985 · 35m

  5. E5 Series 5, Show 5

    Feb 27, 1985 · 35m

  6. E6 Series 5, Show 6

    Mar 1, 1985 · 35m

  7. E7 Series 5, Show 7

    Mar 4, 1985 · 35m

  8. E8 Series 5, Show 8

    Mar 6, 1985 · 35m

  9. E9 Series 5, Show 9

    Mar 8, 1985 · 35m

  10. E10 Series 5, Show 10

    Mar 11, 1985 · 35m

  11. E11 Series 5, Show 11

    Mar 13, 1985 · 35m

  12. E12 Series 5, Show 12

    Mar 15, 1985 · 35m

  13. E13 Series 5, Show 13

    Mar 18, 1985 · 35m

  14. E14 Series 5, Show 14

    Mar 20, 1985 · 35m

  15. E15 Series 5, Show 15

    Mar 22, 1985 · 35m

    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".

  16. E16 Series 5, Show 16

    Mar 25, 1985 · 35m

  17. E17 Series 5, Show 17

    Mar 27, 1985 · 35m

    Join Terry and guests live from the Television Theatre, with a chance to see two of the entries for A Song for Europe.

  18. E18 Series 5, Show 18

    Mar 29, 1985 · 35m

    Join Terry and guests live from the Television Theatre, with a chance to see two of the entries for A Song for Europe.

  19. E19 Series 5, Show 19

    Apr 1, 1985 · 35m

    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.

  20. E20 Series 5, Show 20

    Apr 3, 1985 · 35m

    Join Terry and guests live from the Television Theatre, with a chance to see two of the entries for A Song for Europe.

  21. E21 Series 5, Show 21

    Apr 8, 1985 · 35m

    Join Terry and his guests live from the Television Theatre for a Bank Holiday miscellany. Guests include: Tammy Wynette

  22. E22 Series 5, Show 22

    Apr 10, 1985 · 35m

    Join Terry and his guests live from the Television Theatre, London for the Wednesday wingwing.

  23. E23 Series 5, Show 23

    Apr 12, 1985 · 35m

    Join Terry and his guests live from the Television Theatre, London for the Friday farrago.

  24. E24 Series 5, Show 24

    Apr 15, 1985 · 35m

    Terry says "Willkommen Pet" as Jimmy Nail joins him tonight for a Lumpschenkeln comparison.

  25. E25 Series 5, Show 25

    Apr 17, 1985 · 35m

    Join Terry and his guests for impromptu knee-squeezing and ever-spontaneous events.

  26. E26 Series 5, Show 26

    Apr 19, 1985 · 35m

    Join Terry and his guests as he flexes his thews.

  27. E27 Series 5, Show 27

    Apr 22, 1985 · 35m

  28. E28 Series 5, Show 28

    Apr 24, 1985 · 35m

  29. E29 Series 5, Show 29

    Apr 26, 1985 · 35m

    Rams, black sheep and sacrificial lambs shepherded into the Television Theatre to entertain ewe.

  30. E30 Series 5, Show 30

    Apr 29, 1985 · 35m

    Terry exercises his masseter, temporalis and pterygoid muscles in conversation with tonight's guests: Gregory Hines, Patrick Macnee, Miriam Margolyes, Major Pat Reid.

  31. E31 Series 5, Show 31

    May 1, 1985 · 35m

    Terry puts his gluteus maximus to maximum use.

  32. E32 Series 5, Show 32

    May 3, 1985 · 35m

    Terry exercises his gastrocnemii leaping about the Television Theatre.

  33. E33 Series 5, Show 33

    May 6, 1985 · 35m

    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.

  34. E34 Series 5, Show 34

    May 8, 1985 · 35m

  35. E35 Series 5, Show 35

    May 10, 1985 · 35m

  36. E36 Series 5, Show 36

    May 13, 1985 · 35m

  37. E37 Series 5, Show 37

    May 15, 1985 · 35m

  38. E38 Series 5, Show 38

    May 17, 1985 · 35m

  39. E39 Series 5, Show 39

    May 20, 1985 · 35m

    Marillion make their Wogan debut and perform their new single "Kayleigh".

  40. E40 Series 5, Show 40

    May 22, 1985 · 35m

    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.

  41. E41 Series 5, Show 41

    May 24, 1985 · 35m

    Dilettante and wandering baritone Terry Wogan from Surrey, England, is the finalist in tonight's live Wogan.

  42. E42 Series 5, Show 42

    May 27, 1985 · 35m

  43. E43 Series 5, Show 43

    May 29, 1985 · 35m

  44. E44 Series 5, Show 44

    May 31, 1985 · 35m

  45. E45 Series 5, Show 45

    Jun 3, 1985 · 35m

  46. E46 Series 5, Show 46

    Jun 5, 1985 · 35m

  47. E47 Series 5, Show 47

    Jun 7, 1985 · 35m

    The fast and furious Friday farrago live from fragrant Shepherd's Bush Green.

  48. E48 Series 5, Show 48

    Jun 10, 1985 · 35m

  49. E49 Series 5, Show 49

    Jun 12, 1985 · 35m

  50. E50 Series 5, Show 50

    Jun 14, 1985 · 35m

  51. E51 Series 5, Show 51

    Jun 17, 1985 · 35m

    Pamela Bellwood, Chris Evert, John Lloyd, Aled Jones, pop band Dead or Alive (as Musical Guest)

  52. E52 Series 5, Show 52

    Jun 19, 1985 · 35m

    Guests include: John Forsythe

  53. E53 Series 5, Show 53

    Jun 21, 1985 · 35m

    A little live lobbing from County Limerick's best-known tennis player, who despite many requests, will not be wearing shorts.

  54. E54 Series 5, Show 54

    Jun 24, 1985 · 35m

  55. E55 Series 5, Show 55

    Jun 26, 1985 · 35m

  56. E56 Series 5, Show 56

    Jun 28, 1985 · 35m

  57. E57 Series 5, Show 57

    Jul 1, 1985 · 35m

  58. E58 Series 5, Show 58

    Jul 3, 1985 · 35m

  59. E59 Series 5, Show 59

    Jul 5, 1985 · 35m

  60. E60 Series 5, Show 60

    Jul 8, 1985 · 35m

  61. E61 Series 5, Show 61

    Jul 10, 1985 · 35m

  62. E62 Series 5, Show 62

    Jul 12, 1985 · 35m

    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.

  63. E63 Series 5, Show 63

    Jul 15, 1985 · 35m

  64. E64 Series 5, Show 64

    Jul 17, 1985 · 35m

  65. E65 Series 5, Show 65

    Jul 19, 1985 · 35m

  66. E66 Series 5, Show 66

    Jul 22, 1985 · 35m

    Guests include: John Gordon Sinclair, Ulick O'Connor, Elizabeth Welch

  67. E67 Series 5, Show 67

    Jul 24, 1985 · 35m

  68. E68 Series 5, Show 68

    Jul 26, 1985 · 35m

  69. E69 Series 5, Show 69

    Jul 29, 1985 · 35m

  70. E70 Series 5, Show 70

    Jul 31, 1985 · 35m

  71. E71 Series 5, Show 71

    Aug 2, 1985 · 35m

    Tonight's guest: the American rock band"Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show"

  72. E72 Series 5, Show 72

    Aug 5, 1985 · 35m

    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".

  73. E73 Series 5, Show 73 (Compilation)

    Aug 7, 1985 · 35m

  74. E74 Series 5, Show 74

    Aug 9, 1985 · 35m

  75. E75 Series 5, Show 75

    Aug 12, 1985 · 35m

    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.

  76. E76 Series 5, Show 76

    Aug 14, 1985 · 35m

    Surrealism, the Bauhaus, modernism, and now Wogan. Is art imitating life or has the cat got your tongue sandwich?

  77. E77 Series 5, Show 77

    Aug 16, 1985 · 35m

    Can the cultural revolution turn on Shepherd's Bush? How many surrealists does it take to unscrew a light bulb?

  78. E78 Series 5, Show 78

    Aug 19, 1985 · 35m

    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".

  79. E79 Series 5, Show 79

    Aug 21, 1985 · 35m

    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.

  80. E80 Series 5, Show 80

    Aug 23, 1985 · 35m

    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.

  81. E81 Series 5, Show 81

    Aug 26, 1985 · 35m

    Cliff Richard performs 'I Still Believe In You'.

  82. E82 Series 5, Show 82

    Aug 28, 1985 · 35m

    Terry propounds the second premise which follows inexorably upon the first as Wednesday follows Monday.

  83. E83 Series 5, Show 83

    Aug 30, 1985 · 35m

  84. E84 Series 5, Show 84

    Sep 2, 1985 · 35m

  85. E85 Series 5, Show 85

    Sep 4, 1985 · 35m

    Tonight: conversation and the art of Motorcycle maintenance.

  86. E86 Series 5, Show 86

    Sep 6, 1985 · 35m

    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.

  87. E87 Series 5, Show 87

    Sep 9, 1985 · 35m

    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?

  88. E88 Series 5, Show 88

    Sep 11, 1985 · 35m

    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.

  89. E89 Series 5, Show 89

    Sep 13, 1985 · 35m

    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.

  90. E90 Series 5, Show 90

    Sep 16, 1985 · 35m

    Guests include: John Inman, Demis Roussos, Diane Simpson

  91. E91 Series 5, Show 91

    Sep 18, 1985 · 35m

    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?

  92. E92 Series 5, Show 92

    Sep 20, 1985 · 35m

  93. E93 Series 5, Show 93

    Sep 23, 1985 · 35m

  94. E94 Series 5, Show 94

    Sep 25, 1985 · 35m

  95. E95 Series 5, Show 95

    Sep 27, 1985 · 35m

  96. E96 Series 5, Show 96

    Sep 30, 1985 · 35m

  97. E97 Series 5, Show 97

    Oct 2, 1985 · 35m

  98. E98 Series 5, Show 98

    Oct 4, 1985 · 35m

  99. E99 Series 5, Show 99

    Oct 7, 1985 · 35m

    Selina Scott presents the guests: Les Dawson, Prue Leith, Alain Prost

  100. E100 Series 5, Show 100

    Oct 9, 1985 · 35m

  101. E101 Series 5, Show 101

    Oct 11, 1985 · 35m

  102. E102 Series 5, Show 102

    Oct 14, 1985 · 35m

    Terry returns from lying down in a darkened room to celebrate the 100th edition of the thrice-weekly charivaria.

  103. E103 Series 5, Show 103

    Oct 16, 1985 · 35m

  104. E104 Series 5, Show 104

    Oct 18, 1985 · 35m

  105. E105 Series 5, Show 105

    Oct 21, 1985 · 35m

  106. E106 Series 5, Show 106

    Oct 23, 1985 · 35m

  107. E107 Series 5, Show 107

    Oct 25, 1985 · 35m

  108. E108 Series 5, Show 108

    Oct 28, 1985 · 35m

  109. E109 Series 5, Show 109

    Oct 30, 1985 · 35m

    A veritable Milky Way of megastars shine down on Terry for the Wednesday charivari.

  110. E110 Series 5, Show 110

    Nov 1, 1985 · 35m

    Guests include: Steve Cram, David Rappaport, Kenneth Williams, Prefab Sprout as performer

  111. E111 Series 5, Show 111

    Nov 4, 1985 · 35m

  112. E112 Series 5, Show 112

    Nov 6, 1985 · 35m

  113. E113 Series 5, Show 113

    Nov 8, 1985 · 35m

  114. E114 Series 5, Show 114

    Nov 11, 1985 · 35m

  115. E115 Series 5, Show 115

    Nov 13, 1985 · 35m

  116. E116 Series 5, Show 116

    Nov 15, 1985 · 35m

  117. E117 Series 5, Show 117

    Nov 18, 1985 · 35m

  118. E118 Series 5, Show 118

    Nov 20, 1985 · 35m

  119. E119 Series 5, Show 119

    Nov 25, 1985 · 35m

  120. E120 Series 5, Show 120

    Nov 27, 1985 · 35m

  121. E121 Series 5, Show 121

    Nov 29, 1985 · 35m

  122. E122 Series 5, Show 122

    Dec 2, 1985 · 35m

  123. E123 Series 5, Show 123

    Dec 4, 1985 · 35m

  124. E124 Series 5, Show 124

    Dec 6, 1985 · 35m

    Jim Henson (Kermit the Frog), Michael Barrymore

  125. E125 Series 5, Show 125

    Dec 9, 1985 · 35m

    Guests: John Cleese, Delia Smith, Whitney Houston as performer

  126. E126 Series 5, Show 126

    Dec 11, 1985 · 35m

  127. E127 Series 5, Show 127

    Dec 13, 1985 · 35m

  128. E128 Series 5, Show 128

    Dec 16, 1985 · 35m

  129. E129 Series 5, Show 129

    Dec 18, 1985 · 35m

  130. E130 Series 5, Show 130

    Dec 20, 1985 · 35m

    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.

  131. E131 Series 5, Show 131

    Dec 23, 1985 · 35m

    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.

  132. E132 Series 5, Show 132

    Dec 25, 1985 · 35m

  133. E133 Series 5, Show 133

    Dec 27, 1985 · 35m

    "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.

  134. E134 Series 5, Show 134

    Dec 31, 1985 · 35m