Episodes
1. Series 5, Show 1
February 18, 1985
35 min
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.
Guest Stars:
Wendy Richard, Elton John, Tina Turner, Rory Bremner
2. Series 5, Show 2
February 20, 1985
35 min
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.
Guest Stars:
David Cassidy, Samantha Fox, Joanna Lumley
15. Series 5, Show 15
March 22, 1985
35 min
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".
Guest Stars:
Holly Johnson, Anne, Princess Royal
17. Series 5, Show 17
March 27, 1985
35 min
Join Terry and guests live from the Television Theatre, with a chance to see two of the entries for A Song for Europe.
18. Series 5, Show 18
March 29, 1985
35 min
Join Terry and guests live from the Television Theatre, with a chance to see two of the entries for A Song for Europe.
19. Series 5, Show 19
April 1, 1985
35 min
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. Series 5, Show 20
April 3, 1985
35 min
Join Terry and guests live from the Television Theatre, with a chance to see two of the entries for A Song for Europe.
21. Series 5, Show 21
April 8, 1985
35 min
Join Terry and his guests live from the Television Theatre for a Bank Holiday miscellany. Guests include: Tammy Wynette
Guest Stars:
Tammy Wynette
22. Series 5, Show 22
April 10, 1985
35 min
Join Terry and his guests live from the Television Theatre, London for the Wednesday wingwing.
23. Series 5, Show 23
April 12, 1985
35 min
Join Terry and his guests live from the Television Theatre, London for the Friday farrago.
24. Series 5, Show 24
April 15, 1985
35 min
Terry says "Willkommen Pet" as Jimmy Nail joins him tonight for a Lumpschenkeln comparison.
Guest Stars:
Jimmy Nail
25. Series 5, Show 25
April 17, 1985
35 min
Join Terry and his guests for impromptu knee-squeezing and ever-spontaneous events.
29. Series 5, Show 29
April 26, 1985
35 min
Rams, black sheep and sacrificial lambs shepherded into the Television Theatre to entertain ewe.
Guest Stars:
Mike Harding
30. Series 5, Show 30
April 29, 1985
35 min
Terry exercises his masseter, temporalis and pterygoid muscles in conversation with tonight's guests: Gregory Hines, Patrick Macnee, Miriam Margolyes, Major Pat Reid.
Guest Stars:
Gregory Hines, Miriam Margolyes, Patrick Macnee
32. Series 5, Show 32
May 3, 1985
35 min
Terry exercises his gastrocnemii leaping about the Television Theatre.
33. Series 5, Show 33
May 6, 1985
35 min
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.
Guest Stars:
Phil Collins
39. Series 5, Show 39
May 20, 1985
35 min
Marillion make their Wogan debut and perform their new single "Kayleigh".
Guest Stars:
Michael Praed, Mark Kelly, Ian Mosley, Steve Rothery, Pete Trewavas
40. Series 5, Show 40
May 22, 1985
35 min
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. Series 5, Show 41
May 24, 1985
35 min
Dilettante and wandering baritone Terry Wogan from Surrey, England, is the finalist in tonight's live Wogan.
47. Series 5, Show 47
June 7, 1985
35 min
The fast and furious Friday farrago live from fragrant Shepherd's Bush Green.
51. Series 5, Show 51
June 17, 1985
35 min
Pamela Bellwood, Chris Evert, John Lloyd, Aled Jones, pop band Dead or Alive (as Musical Guest)
Guest Stars:
Pamela Bellwood, John Lloyd, Aled Jones, Pete Burns, Chris Evert
53. Series 5, Show 53
June 21, 1985
35 min
A little live lobbing from County Limerick's best-known tennis player, who despite many requests, will not be wearing shorts.
62. Series 5, Show 62
July 12, 1985
35 min
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.
Guest Stars:
Bob Geldof, Nik Kershaw, Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp, John Keeble
66. Series 5, Show 66
July 22, 1985
35 min
Guests include: John Gordon Sinclair, Ulick O'Connor, Elizabeth Welch
Guest Stars:
John Gordon Sinclair
71. Series 5, Show 71
August 2, 1985
35 min
Tonight's guest: the American rock band"Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show"
72. Series 5, Show 72
August 5, 1985
35 min
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".
Guest Stars:
Kate Bush, Donald Pleasence, Martin Shaw
75. Series 5, Show 75
August 12, 1985
35 min
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. Series 5, Show 76
August 14, 1985
35 min
Surrealism, the Bauhaus, modernism, and now Wogan. Is art imitating life or has the cat got your tongue sandwich?
77. Series 5, Show 77
August 16, 1985
35 min
Can the cultural revolution turn on Shepherd's Bush? How many surrealists does it take to unscrew a light bulb?
78. Series 5, Show 78
August 19, 1985
35 min
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. Series 5, Show 79
August 21, 1985
35 min
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. Series 5, Show 80
August 23, 1985
35 min
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. Series 5, Show 81
August 26, 1985
35 min
Cliff Richard performs 'I Still Believe In You'.
Guest Stars:
Cliff Richard
82. Series 5, Show 82
August 28, 1985
35 min
Terry propounds the second premise which follows inexorably upon the first as Wednesday follows Monday.
83. Series 5, Show 83
August 30, 1985
35 min
Guest Stars:
Roy Kinnear, Joanna Lumley, Gloria Gaynor, Mel Gibson, Mike Winters
85. Series 5, Show 85
September 4, 1985
35 min
Tonight: conversation and the art of Motorcycle maintenance.
86. Series 5, Show 86
September 6, 1985
35 min
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. Series 5, Show 87
September 9, 1985
35 min
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. Series 5, Show 88
September 11, 1985
35 min
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. Series 5, Show 89
September 13, 1985
35 min
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.
Guest Stars:
Kenneth Williams, Jackie Collins, Penelope Keith
90. Series 5, Show 90
September 16, 1985
35 min
Guests include: John Inman, Demis Roussos, Diane Simpson
Guest Stars:
John Inman, Demis Roussos
91. Series 5, Show 91
September 18, 1985
35 min
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?
99. Series 5, Show 99
October 7, 1985
35 min
Selina Scott presents the guests: Les Dawson, Prue Leith, Alain Prost
Guest Stars:
Alain Prost, Prue Leith, Selina Scott, Les Dawson
102. Series 5, Show 102
October 14, 1985
35 min
Terry returns from lying down in a darkened room to celebrate the 100th edition of the thrice-weekly charivaria.
109. Series 5, Show 109
October 30, 1985
35 min
A veritable Milky Way of megastars shine down on Terry for the Wednesday charivari.
110. Series 5, Show 110
November 1, 1985
35 min
Guests include: Steve Cram, David Rappaport, Kenneth Williams, Prefab Sprout as performer
Guest Stars:
Kenneth Williams, Steve Cram, David Rappaport
119. Series 5, Show 119
November 25, 1985
35 min
Guest Stars:
Madhur Jaffrey, Emlyn Williams, Sheena Easton
124. Series 5, Show 124
December 6, 1985
35 min
Jim Henson (Kermit the Frog), Michael Barrymore
Guest Stars:
Jim Henson, Michael Barrymore, Drew Barrymore
125. Series 5, Show 125
December 9, 1985
35 min
Guests: John Cleese, Delia Smith, Whitney Houston as performer
Guest Stars:
Delia Smith, John Cleese, Whitney Houston
130. Series 5, Show 130
December 20, 1985
35 min
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. Series 5, Show 131
December 23, 1985
35 min
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.
Guest Stars:
Cliff Richard, Hank Marvin, Jimmy Savile, Loretta Swit
133. Series 5, Show 133
December 27, 1985
35 min
"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.
Guest Stars:
Andrew Lloyd Webber
