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Season 5

1985 · 134 episodes

  1. 1. Series 5, Show 1

    1985-02-18 · 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. 2. Series 5, Show 2

    1985-02-20 · 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. 3. Series 5, Show 3

    1985-02-22 · 35m

  4. 4. Series 5, Show 4

    1985-02-25 · 35m

  5. 5. Series 5, Show 5

    1985-02-27 · 35m

  6. 6. Series 5, Show 6

    1985-03-01 · 35m

  7. 7. Series 5, Show 7

    1985-03-04 · 35m

  8. 8. Series 5, Show 8

    1985-03-06 · 35m

  9. 9. Series 5, Show 9

    1985-03-08 · 35m

  10. 10. Series 5, Show 10

    1985-03-11 · 35m

  11. 11. Series 5, Show 11

    1985-03-13 · 35m

  12. 12. Series 5, Show 12

    1985-03-15 · 35m

  13. 13. Series 5, Show 13

    1985-03-18 · 35m

  14. 14. Series 5, Show 14

    1985-03-20 · 35m

  15. 15. Series 5, Show 15

    1985-03-22 · 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. 16. Series 5, Show 16

    1985-03-25 · 35m

  17. 17. Series 5, Show 17

    1985-03-27 · 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. 18. Series 5, Show 18

    1985-03-29 · 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. 19. Series 5, Show 19

    1985-04-01 · 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. 20. Series 5, Show 20

    1985-04-03 · 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. 21. Series 5, Show 21

    1985-04-08 · 35m

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

  22. 22. Series 5, Show 22

    1985-04-10 · 35m

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

  23. 23. Series 5, Show 23

    1985-04-12 · 35m

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

  24. 24. Series 5, Show 24

    1985-04-15 · 35m

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

  25. 25. Series 5, Show 25

    1985-04-17 · 35m

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

  26. 26. Series 5, Show 26

    1985-04-19 · 35m

    Join Terry and his guests as he flexes his thews.

  27. 27. Series 5, Show 27

    1985-04-22 · 35m

  28. 28. Series 5, Show 28

    1985-04-24 · 35m

  29. 29. Series 5, Show 29

    1985-04-26 · 35m

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

  30. 30. Series 5, Show 30

    1985-04-29 · 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. 31. Series 5, Show 31

    1985-05-01 · 35m

    Terry puts his gluteus maximus to maximum use.

  32. 32. Series 5, Show 32

    1985-05-03 · 35m

    Terry exercises his gastrocnemii leaping about the Television Theatre.

  33. 33. Series 5, Show 33

    1985-05-06 · 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. 34. Series 5, Show 34

    1985-05-08 · 35m

  35. 35. Series 5, Show 35

    1985-05-10 · 35m

  36. 36. Series 5, Show 36

    1985-05-13 · 35m

  37. 37. Series 5, Show 37

    1985-05-15 · 35m

  38. 38. Series 5, Show 38

    1985-05-17 · 35m

  39. 39. Series 5, Show 39

    1985-05-20 · 35m

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

  40. 40. Series 5, Show 40

    1985-05-22 · 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. 41. Series 5, Show 41

    1985-05-24 · 35m

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

  42. 42. Series 5, Show 42

    1985-05-27 · 35m

  43. 43. Series 5, Show 43

    1985-05-29 · 35m

  44. 44. Series 5, Show 44

    1985-05-31 · 35m

  45. 45. Series 5, Show 45

    1985-06-03 · 35m

  46. 46. Series 5, Show 46

    1985-06-05 · 35m

  47. 47. Series 5, Show 47

    1985-06-07 · 35m

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

  48. 48. Series 5, Show 48

    1985-06-10 · 35m

  49. 49. Series 5, Show 49

    1985-06-12 · 35m

  50. 50. Series 5, Show 50

    1985-06-14 · 35m

  51. 51. Series 5, Show 51

    1985-06-17 · 35m

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

  52. 52. Series 5, Show 52

    1985-06-19 · 35m

    Guests include: John Forsythe

  53. 53. Series 5, Show 53

    1985-06-21 · 35m

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

  54. 54. Series 5, Show 54

    1985-06-24 · 35m

  55. 55. Series 5, Show 55

    1985-06-26 · 35m

  56. 56. Series 5, Show 56

    1985-06-28 · 35m

  57. 57. Series 5, Show 57

    1985-07-01 · 35m

  58. 58. Series 5, Show 58

    1985-07-03 · 35m

  59. 59. Series 5, Show 59

    1985-07-05 · 35m

  60. 60. Series 5, Show 60

    1985-07-08 · 35m

  61. 61. Series 5, Show 61

    1985-07-10 · 35m

  62. 62. Series 5, Show 62

    1985-07-12 · 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. 63. Series 5, Show 63

    1985-07-15 · 35m

  64. 64. Series 5, Show 64

    1985-07-17 · 35m

  65. 65. Series 5, Show 65

    1985-07-19 · 35m

  66. 66. Series 5, Show 66

    1985-07-22 · 35m

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

  67. 67. Series 5, Show 67

    1985-07-24 · 35m

  68. 68. Series 5, Show 68

    1985-07-26 · 35m

  69. 69. Series 5, Show 69

    1985-07-29 · 35m

  70. 70. Series 5, Show 70

    1985-07-31 · 35m

  71. 71. Series 5, Show 71

    1985-08-02 · 35m

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

  72. 72. Series 5, Show 72

    1985-08-05 · 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. 73. Series 5, Show 73 (Compilation)

    1985-08-07 · 35m

  74. 74. Series 5, Show 74

    1985-08-09 · 35m

  75. 75. Series 5, Show 75

    1985-08-12 · 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. 76. Series 5, Show 76

    1985-08-14 · 35m

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

  77. 77. Series 5, Show 77

    1985-08-16 · 35m

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

  78. 78. Series 5, Show 78

    1985-08-19 · 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. 79. Series 5, Show 79

    1985-08-21 · 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. 80. Series 5, Show 80

    1985-08-23 · 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. 81. Series 5, Show 81

    1985-08-26 · 35m

    Cliff Richard performs 'I Still Believe In You'.

  82. 82. Series 5, Show 82

    1985-08-28 · 35m

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

  83. 83. Series 5, Show 83

    1985-08-30 · 35m

  84. 84. Series 5, Show 84

    1985-09-02 · 35m

  85. 85. Series 5, Show 85

    1985-09-04 · 35m

    Tonight: conversation and the art of Motorcycle maintenance.

  86. 86. Series 5, Show 86

    1985-09-06 · 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. 87. Series 5, Show 87

    1985-09-09 · 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. 88. Series 5, Show 88

    1985-09-11 · 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. 89. Series 5, Show 89

    1985-09-13 · 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. 90. Series 5, Show 90

    1985-09-16 · 35m

    Guests include: John Inman, Demis Roussos, Diane Simpson

  91. 91. Series 5, Show 91

    1985-09-18 · 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. 92. Series 5, Show 92

    1985-09-20 · 35m

  93. 93. Series 5, Show 93

    1985-09-23 · 35m

  94. 94. Series 5, Show 94

    1985-09-25 · 35m

  95. 95. Series 5, Show 95

    1985-09-27 · 35m

  96. 96. Series 5, Show 96

    1985-09-30 · 35m

  97. 97. Series 5, Show 97

    1985-10-02 · 35m

  98. 98. Series 5, Show 98

    1985-10-04 · 35m

  99. 99. Series 5, Show 99

    1985-10-07 · 35m

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

  100. 100. Series 5, Show 100

    1985-10-09 · 35m

  101. 101. Series 5, Show 101

    1985-10-11 · 35m

  102. 102. Series 5, Show 102

    1985-10-14 · 35m

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

  103. 103. Series 5, Show 103

    1985-10-16 · 35m

  104. 104. Series 5, Show 104

    1985-10-18 · 35m

  105. 105. Series 5, Show 105

    1985-10-21 · 35m

  106. 106. Series 5, Show 106

    1985-10-23 · 35m

  107. 107. Series 5, Show 107

    1985-10-25 · 35m

  108. 108. Series 5, Show 108

    1985-10-28 · 35m

  109. 109. Series 5, Show 109

    1985-10-30 · 35m

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

  110. 110. Series 5, Show 110

    1985-11-01 · 35m

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

  111. 111. Series 5, Show 111

    1985-11-04 · 35m

  112. 112. Series 5, Show 112

    1985-11-06 · 35m

  113. 113. Series 5, Show 113

    1985-11-08 · 35m

  114. 114. Series 5, Show 114

    1985-11-11 · 35m

  115. 115. Series 5, Show 115

    1985-11-13 · 35m

  116. 116. Series 5, Show 116

    1985-11-15 · 35m

  117. 117. Series 5, Show 117

    1985-11-18 · 35m

  118. 118. Series 5, Show 118

    1985-11-20 · 35m

  119. 119. Series 5, Show 119

    1985-11-25 · 35m

  120. 120. Series 5, Show 120

    1985-11-27 · 35m

  121. 121. Series 5, Show 121

    1985-11-29 · 35m

  122. 122. Series 5, Show 122

    1985-12-02 · 35m

  123. 123. Series 5, Show 123

    1985-12-04 · 35m

  124. 124. Series 5, Show 124

    1985-12-06 · 35m

    Jim Henson (Kermit the Frog), Michael Barrymore

  125. 125. Series 5, Show 125

    1985-12-09 · 35m

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

  126. 126. Series 5, Show 126

    1985-12-11 · 35m

  127. 127. Series 5, Show 127

    1985-12-13 · 35m

  128. 128. Series 5, Show 128

    1985-12-16 · 35m

  129. 129. Series 5, Show 129

    1985-12-18 · 35m

  130. 130. Series 5, Show 130

    1985-12-20 · 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. 131. Series 5, Show 131

    1985-12-23 · 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. 132. Series 5, Show 132

    1985-12-25 · 35m

  133. 133. Series 5, Show 133

    1985-12-27 · 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. 134. Series 5, Show 134

    1985-12-31 · 35m

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