About this season
Chat show hosted by Terry Wogan, featuring live studio interviews with famous and notable personalities.
Episodes (134)
1. Series 5, Show 1
Aired 18 February 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.
2. Series 5, Show 2
Aired 20 February 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.
3. Series 5, Show 3
Aired 22 February 1985 • 35 min
4. Series 5, Show 4
Aired 25 February 1985 • 35 min
5. Series 5, Show 5
Aired 27 February 1985 • 35 min
6. Series 5, Show 6
Aired 1 March 1985 • 35 min
7. Series 5, Show 7
Aired 4 March 1985 • 35 min
8. Series 5, Show 8
Aired 6 March 1985 • 35 min
9. Series 5, Show 9
Aired 8 March 1985 • 35 min
10. Series 5, Show 10
Aired 11 March 1985 • 35 min
11. Series 5, Show 11
Aired 13 March 1985 • 35 min
12. Series 5, Show 12
Aired 15 March 1985 • 35 min
13. Series 5, Show 13
Aired 18 March 1985 • 35 min
14. Series 5, Show 14
Aired 20 March 1985 • 35 min
15. Series 5, Show 15
Aired 22 March 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".
16. Series 5, Show 16
Aired 25 March 1985 • 35 min
17. Series 5, Show 17
Aired 27 March 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
Aired 29 March 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
Aired 1 April 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
Aired 3 April 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
Aired 8 April 1985 • 35 min
Join Terry and his guests live from the Television Theatre for a Bank Holiday miscellany. Guests include: Tammy Wynette
22. Series 5, Show 22
Aired 10 April 1985 • 35 min
Join Terry and his guests live from the Television Theatre, London for the Wednesday wingwing.
23. Series 5, Show 23
Aired 12 April 1985 • 35 min
Join Terry and his guests live from the Television Theatre, London for the Friday farrago.
24. Series 5, Show 24
Aired 15 April 1985 • 35 min
Terry says "Willkommen Pet" as Jimmy Nail joins him tonight for a Lumpschenkeln comparison.
25. Series 5, Show 25
Aired 17 April 1985 • 35 min
Join Terry and his guests for impromptu knee-squeezing and ever-spontaneous events.
26. Series 5, Show 26
Aired 19 April 1985 • 35 min
Join Terry and his guests as he flexes his thews.
27. Series 5, Show 27
Aired 22 April 1985 • 35 min
28. Series 5, Show 28
Aired 24 April 1985 • 35 min
29. Series 5, Show 29
Aired 26 April 1985 • 35 min
Rams, black sheep and sacrificial lambs shepherded into the Television Theatre to entertain ewe.
30. Series 5, Show 30
Aired 29 April 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.
31. Series 5, Show 31
Aired 1 May 1985 • 35 min
Terry puts his gluteus maximus to maximum use.
32. Series 5, Show 32
Aired 3 May 1985 • 35 min
Terry exercises his gastrocnemii leaping about the Television Theatre.
33. Series 5, Show 33
Aired 6 May 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.
34. Series 5, Show 34
Aired 8 May 1985 • 35 min
35. Series 5, Show 35
Aired 10 May 1985 • 35 min
36. Series 5, Show 36
Aired 13 May 1985 • 35 min
37. Series 5, Show 37
Aired 15 May 1985 • 35 min
38. Series 5, Show 38
Aired 17 May 1985 • 35 min
39. Series 5, Show 39
Aired 20 May 1985 • 35 min
Marillion make their Wogan debut and perform their new single "Kayleigh".
40. Series 5, Show 40
Aired 22 May 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
Aired 24 May 1985 • 35 min
Dilettante and wandering baritone Terry Wogan from Surrey, England, is the finalist in tonight's live Wogan.
42. Series 5, Show 42
Aired 27 May 1985 • 35 min
43. Series 5, Show 43
Aired 29 May 1985 • 35 min
44. Series 5, Show 44
Aired 31 May 1985 • 35 min
45. Series 5, Show 45
Aired 3 June 1985 • 35 min
46. Series 5, Show 46
Aired 5 June 1985 • 35 min
47. Series 5, Show 47
Aired 7 June 1985 • 35 min
The fast and furious Friday farrago live from fragrant Shepherd's Bush Green.
48. Series 5, Show 48
Aired 10 June 1985 • 35 min
49. Series 5, Show 49
Aired 12 June 1985 • 35 min
50. Series 5, Show 50
Aired 14 June 1985 • 35 min
51. Series 5, Show 51
Aired 17 June 1985 • 35 min
Pamela Bellwood, Chris Evert, John Lloyd, Aled Jones, pop band Dead or Alive (as Musical Guest)
52. Series 5, Show 52
Aired 19 June 1985 • 35 min
Guests include: John Forsythe
53. Series 5, Show 53
Aired 21 June 1985 • 35 min
A little live lobbing from County Limerick's best-known tennis player, who despite many requests, will not be wearing shorts.
54. Series 5, Show 54
Aired 24 June 1985 • 35 min
55. Series 5, Show 55
Aired 26 June 1985 • 35 min
56. Series 5, Show 56
Aired 28 June 1985 • 35 min
57. Series 5, Show 57
Aired 1 July 1985 • 35 min
58. Series 5, Show 58
Aired 3 July 1985 • 35 min
59. Series 5, Show 59
Aired 5 July 1985 • 35 min
60. Series 5, Show 60
Aired 8 July 1985 • 35 min
61. Series 5, Show 61
Aired 10 July 1985 • 35 min
62. Series 5, Show 62
Aired 12 July 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.
63. Series 5, Show 63
Aired 15 July 1985 • 35 min
64. Series 5, Show 64
Aired 17 July 1985 • 35 min
65. Series 5, Show 65
Aired 19 July 1985 • 35 min
66. Series 5, Show 66
Aired 22 July 1985 • 35 min
Guests include: John Gordon Sinclair, Ulick O'Connor, Elizabeth Welch
67. Series 5, Show 67
Aired 24 July 1985 • 35 min
68. Series 5, Show 68
Aired 26 July 1985 • 35 min
69. Series 5, Show 69
Aired 29 July 1985 • 35 min
70. Series 5, Show 70
Aired 31 July 1985 • 35 min
71. Series 5, Show 71
Aired 2 August 1985 • 35 min
Tonight's guest: the American rock band"Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show"
72. Series 5, Show 72
Aired 5 August 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".
73. Series 5, Show 73 (Compilation)
Aired 7 August 1985 • 35 min
74. Series 5, Show 74
Aired 9 August 1985 • 35 min
75. Series 5, Show 75
Aired 12 August 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
Aired 14 August 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
Aired 16 August 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
Aired 19 August 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
Aired 21 August 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
Aired 23 August 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
Aired 26 August 1985 • 35 min
Cliff Richard performs 'I Still Believe In You'.
82. Series 5, Show 82
Aired 28 August 1985 • 35 min
Terry propounds the second premise which follows inexorably upon the first as Wednesday follows Monday.
83. Series 5, Show 83
Aired 30 August 1985 • 35 min
84. Series 5, Show 84
Aired 2 September 1985 • 35 min
85. Series 5, Show 85
Aired 4 September 1985 • 35 min
Tonight: conversation and the art of Motorcycle maintenance.
86. Series 5, Show 86
Aired 6 September 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
Aired 9 September 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
Aired 11 September 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
Aired 13 September 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.
90. Series 5, Show 90
Aired 16 September 1985 • 35 min
Guests include: John Inman, Demis Roussos, Diane Simpson
91. Series 5, Show 91
Aired 18 September 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?
92. Series 5, Show 92
Aired 20 September 1985 • 35 min
93. Series 5, Show 93
Aired 23 September 1985 • 35 min
94. Series 5, Show 94
Aired 25 September 1985 • 35 min
95. Series 5, Show 95
Aired 27 September 1985 • 35 min
96. Series 5, Show 96
Aired 30 September 1985 • 35 min
97. Series 5, Show 97
Aired 2 October 1985 • 35 min
98. Series 5, Show 98
Aired 4 October 1985 • 35 min
99. Series 5, Show 99
Aired 7 October 1985 • 35 min
Selina Scott presents the guests: Les Dawson, Prue Leith, Alain Prost
100. Series 5, Show 100
Aired 9 October 1985 • 35 min
101. Series 5, Show 101
Aired 11 October 1985 • 35 min
102. Series 5, Show 102
Aired 14 October 1985 • 35 min
Terry returns from lying down in a darkened room to celebrate the 100th edition of the thrice-weekly charivaria.
103. Series 5, Show 103
Aired 16 October 1985 • 35 min
104. Series 5, Show 104
Aired 18 October 1985 • 35 min
105. Series 5, Show 105
Aired 21 October 1985 • 35 min
106. Series 5, Show 106
Aired 23 October 1985 • 35 min
107. Series 5, Show 107
Aired 25 October 1985 • 35 min
108. Series 5, Show 108
Aired 28 October 1985 • 35 min
109. Series 5, Show 109
Aired 30 October 1985 • 35 min
A veritable Milky Way of megastars shine down on Terry for the Wednesday charivari.
110. Series 5, Show 110
Aired 1 November 1985 • 35 min
Guests include: Steve Cram, David Rappaport, Kenneth Williams, Prefab Sprout as performer
111. Series 5, Show 111
Aired 4 November 1985 • 35 min
112. Series 5, Show 112
Aired 6 November 1985 • 35 min
113. Series 5, Show 113
Aired 8 November 1985 • 35 min
114. Series 5, Show 114
Aired 11 November 1985 • 35 min
115. Series 5, Show 115
Aired 13 November 1985 • 35 min
116. Series 5, Show 116
Aired 15 November 1985 • 35 min
117. Series 5, Show 117
Aired 18 November 1985 • 35 min
118. Series 5, Show 118
Aired 20 November 1985 • 35 min
119. Series 5, Show 119
Aired 25 November 1985 • 35 min
120. Series 5, Show 120
Aired 27 November 1985 • 35 min
121. Series 5, Show 121
Aired 29 November 1985 • 35 min
122. Series 5, Show 122
Aired 2 December 1985 • 35 min
123. Series 5, Show 123
Aired 4 December 1985 • 35 min
124. Series 5, Show 124
Aired 6 December 1985 • 35 min
Jim Henson (Kermit the Frog), Michael Barrymore
125. Series 5, Show 125
Aired 9 December 1985 • 35 min
Guests: John Cleese, Delia Smith, Whitney Houston as performer
126. Series 5, Show 126
Aired 11 December 1985 • 35 min
127. Series 5, Show 127
Aired 13 December 1985 • 35 min
128. Series 5, Show 128
Aired 16 December 1985 • 35 min
129. Series 5, Show 129
Aired 18 December 1985 • 35 min
130. Series 5, Show 130
Aired 20 December 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
Aired 23 December 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.
132. Series 5, Show 132
Aired 25 December 1985 • 35 min
133. Series 5, Show 133
Aired 27 December 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.
134. Series 5, Show 134
Aired 31 December 1985 • 35 min