Episode guide
Wogan: Season 5
134 episodes · premiered Feb 18, 1985
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- Episode 1: 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…
- Episode 2: 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.
- Episode 3: Series 5, Show 3 Feb 22, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 4: Series 5, Show 4 Feb 25, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 5: Series 5, Show 5 Feb 27, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 6: Series 5, Show 6 Mar 1, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 7: Series 5, Show 7 Mar 4, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 8: Series 5, Show 8 Mar 6, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 9: Series 5, Show 9 Mar 8, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 10: Series 5, Show 10 Mar 11, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 11: Series 5, Show 11 Mar 13, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 12: Series 5, Show 12 Mar 15, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 13: Series 5, Show 13 Mar 18, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 14: Series 5, Show 14 Mar 20, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 15: 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".
- Episode 16: Series 5, Show 16 Mar 25, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 17: 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.
- Episode 18: 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.
- Episode 19: 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.
- Episode 20: 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.
- Episode 21: 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
- Episode 22: Series 5, Show 22 Apr 10, 1985 · 35m Join Terry and his guests live from the Television Theatre, London for the Wednesday wingwing.
- Episode 23: Series 5, Show 23 Apr 12, 1985 · 35m Join Terry and his guests live from the Television Theatre, London for the Friday farrago.
- Episode 24: Series 5, Show 24 Apr 15, 1985 · 35m Terry says "Willkommen Pet" as Jimmy Nail joins him tonight for a Lumpschenkeln comparison.
- Episode 25: Series 5, Show 25 Apr 17, 1985 · 35m Join Terry and his guests for impromptu knee-squeezing and ever-spontaneous events.
- Episode 26: Series 5, Show 26 Apr 19, 1985 · 35m Join Terry and his guests as he flexes his thews.
- Episode 27: Series 5, Show 27 Apr 22, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 28: Series 5, Show 28 Apr 24, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 29: Series 5, Show 29 Apr 26, 1985 · 35m Rams, black sheep and sacrificial lambs shepherded into the Television Theatre to entertain ewe.
- Episode 30: 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.
- Episode 31: Series 5, Show 31 May 1, 1985 · 35m Terry puts his gluteus maximus to maximum use.
- Episode 32: Series 5, Show 32 May 3, 1985 · 35m Terry exercises his gastrocnemii leaping about the Television Theatre.
- Episode 33: 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…
- Episode 34: Series 5, Show 34 May 8, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 35: Series 5, Show 35 May 10, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 36: Series 5, Show 36 May 13, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 37: Series 5, Show 37 May 15, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 38: Series 5, Show 38 May 17, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 39: Series 5, Show 39 May 20, 1985 · 35m Marillion make their Wogan debut and perform their new single "Kayleigh".
- Episode 40: 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.
- Episode 41: 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.
- Episode 42: Series 5, Show 42 May 27, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 43: Series 5, Show 43 May 29, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 44: Series 5, Show 44 May 31, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 45: Series 5, Show 45 Jun 3, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 46: Series 5, Show 46 Jun 5, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 47: Series 5, Show 47 Jun 7, 1985 · 35m The fast and furious Friday farrago live from fragrant Shepherd's Bush Green.
- Episode 48: Series 5, Show 48 Jun 10, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 49: Series 5, Show 49 Jun 12, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 50: Series 5, Show 50 Jun 14, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 51: Series 5, Show 51 Jun 17, 1985 · 35m Pamela Bellwood, Chris Evert, John Lloyd, Aled Jones, pop band Dead or Alive (as Musical Guest)
- Episode 52: Series 5, Show 52 Jun 19, 1985 · 35m Guests include: John Forsythe
- Episode 53: 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.
- Episode 54: Series 5, Show 54 Jun 24, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 55: Series 5, Show 55 Jun 26, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 56: Series 5, Show 56 Jun 28, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 57: Series 5, Show 57 Jul 1, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 58: Series 5, Show 58 Jul 3, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 59: Series 5, Show 59 Jul 5, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 60: Series 5, Show 60 Jul 8, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 61: Series 5, Show 61 Jul 10, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 62: 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.
- Episode 63: Series 5, Show 63 Jul 15, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 64: Series 5, Show 64 Jul 17, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 65: Series 5, Show 65 Jul 19, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 66: Series 5, Show 66 Jul 22, 1985 · 35m Guests include: John Gordon Sinclair, Ulick O'Connor, Elizabeth Welch
- Episode 67: Series 5, Show 67 Jul 24, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 68: Series 5, Show 68 Jul 26, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 69: Series 5, Show 69 Jul 29, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 70: Series 5, Show 70 Jul 31, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 71: Series 5, Show 71 Aug 2, 1985 · 35m Tonight's guest: the American rock band"Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show"
- Episode 72: 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…
- Episode 73: Series 5, Show 73 (Compilation) Aug 7, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 74: Series 5, Show 74 Aug 9, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 75: 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.
- Episode 76: 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?
- Episode 77: 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?
- Episode 78: 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…
- Episode 79: 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.
- Episode 80: 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…
- Episode 81: Series 5, Show 81 Aug 26, 1985 · 35m Cliff Richard performs 'I Still Believe In You'.
- Episode 82: Series 5, Show 82 Aug 28, 1985 · 35m Terry propounds the second premise which follows inexorably upon the first as Wednesday follows Monday.
- Episode 83: Series 5, Show 83 Aug 30, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 84: Series 5, Show 84 Sep 2, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 85: Series 5, Show 85 Sep 4, 1985 · 35m Tonight: conversation and the art of Motorcycle maintenance.
- Episode 86: 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.
- Episode 87: 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?…
- Episode 88: 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…
- Episode 89: 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…
- Episode 90: Series 5, Show 90 Sep 16, 1985 · 35m Guests include: John Inman, Demis Roussos, Diane Simpson
- Episode 91: 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…
- Episode 92: Series 5, Show 92 Sep 20, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 93: Series 5, Show 93 Sep 23, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 94: Series 5, Show 94 Sep 25, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 95: Series 5, Show 95 Sep 27, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 96: Series 5, Show 96 Sep 30, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 97: Series 5, Show 97 Oct 2, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 98: Series 5, Show 98 Oct 4, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 99: Series 5, Show 99 Oct 7, 1985 · 35m Selina Scott presents the guests: Les Dawson, Prue Leith, Alain Prost
- Episode 100: Series 5, Show 100 Oct 9, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 101: Series 5, Show 101 Oct 11, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 102: 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.
- Episode 103: Series 5, Show 103 Oct 16, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 104: Series 5, Show 104 Oct 18, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 105: Series 5, Show 105 Oct 21, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 106: Series 5, Show 106 Oct 23, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 107: Series 5, Show 107 Oct 25, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 108: Series 5, Show 108 Oct 28, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 109: Series 5, Show 109 Oct 30, 1985 · 35m A veritable Milky Way of megastars shine down on Terry for the Wednesday charivari.
- Episode 110: Series 5, Show 110 Nov 1, 1985 · 35m Guests include: Steve Cram, David Rappaport, Kenneth Williams, Prefab Sprout as performer
- Episode 111: Series 5, Show 111 Nov 4, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 112: Series 5, Show 112 Nov 6, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 113: Series 5, Show 113 Nov 8, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 114: Series 5, Show 114 Nov 11, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 115: Series 5, Show 115 Nov 13, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 116: Series 5, Show 116 Nov 15, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 117: Series 5, Show 117 Nov 18, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 118: Series 5, Show 118 Nov 20, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 119: Series 5, Show 119 Nov 25, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 120: Series 5, Show 120 Nov 27, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 121: Series 5, Show 121 Nov 29, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 122: Series 5, Show 122 Dec 2, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 123: Series 5, Show 123 Dec 4, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 124: Series 5, Show 124 Dec 6, 1985 · 35m Jim Henson (Kermit the Frog), Michael Barrymore
- Episode 125: Series 5, Show 125 Dec 9, 1985 · 35m Guests: John Cleese, Delia Smith, Whitney Houston as performer
- Episode 126: Series 5, Show 126 Dec 11, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 127: Series 5, Show 127 Dec 13, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 128: Series 5, Show 128 Dec 16, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 129: Series 5, Show 129 Dec 18, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 130: 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…
- Episode 131: 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…
- Episode 132: Series 5, Show 132 Dec 25, 1985 · 35m
- Episode 133: 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.
- Episode 134: Series 5, Show 134 Dec 31, 1985 · 35m