Episode 134 - Series 5, Show 134
First Aired: December. 31,1985
Episode 133 - Series 5, Show 133
First Aired: December. 27,1985
"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 132 - Series 5, Show 132
First Aired: December. 25,1985
Episode 131 - Series 5, Show 131
First Aired: December. 23,1985
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.
Episode 130 - Series 5, Show 130
First Aired: December. 20,1985
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.
Episode 129 - Series 5, Show 129
First Aired: December. 18,1985
Episode 128 - Series 5, Show 128
First Aired: December. 16,1985
Episode 127 - Series 5, Show 127
First Aired: December. 13,1985
Episode 126 - Series 5, Show 126
First Aired: December. 11,1985
Episode 125 - Series 5, Show 125
First Aired: December. 09,1985
Guests: John Cleese, Delia Smith, Whitney Houston as performer
Episode 124 - Series 5, Show 124
First Aired: December. 06,1985
Jim Henson (Kermit the Frog), Michael Barrymore
Episode 123 - Series 5, Show 123
First Aired: December. 04,1985
Episode 122 - Series 5, Show 122
First Aired: December. 02,1985
Episode 121 - Series 5, Show 121
First Aired: November. 29,1985
Episode 120 - Series 5, Show 120
First Aired: November. 27,1985
Episode 119 - Series 5, Show 119
First Aired: November. 25,1985
Episode 118 - Series 5, Show 118
First Aired: November. 20,1985
Episode 117 - Series 5, Show 117
First Aired: November. 18,1985
Episode 116 - Series 5, Show 116
First Aired: November. 15,1985
Episode 115 - Series 5, Show 115
First Aired: November. 13,1985
Episode 114 - Series 5, Show 114
First Aired: November. 11,1985
Episode 113 - Series 5, Show 113
First Aired: November. 08,1985
Episode 112 - Series 5, Show 112
First Aired: November. 06,1985
Episode 111 - Series 5, Show 111
First Aired: November. 04,1985
Episode 110 - Series 5, Show 110
First Aired: November. 01,1985
Guests include: Steve Cram, David Rappaport, Kenneth Williams, Prefab Sprout as performer
Episode 109 - Series 5, Show 109
First Aired: October. 30,1985
A veritable Milky Way of megastars shine down on Terry for the Wednesday charivari.
Episode 108 - Series 5, Show 108
First Aired: October. 28,1985
Episode 107 - Series 5, Show 107
First Aired: October. 25,1985
Episode 106 - Series 5, Show 106
First Aired: October. 23,1985
Episode 105 - Series 5, Show 105
First Aired: October. 21,1985
Episode 104 - Series 5, Show 104
First Aired: October. 18,1985
Episode 103 - Series 5, Show 103
First Aired: October. 16,1985
Episode 102 - Series 5, Show 102
First Aired: October. 14,1985
Terry returns from lying down in a darkened room to celebrate the 100th edition of the thrice-weekly charivaria.
Episode 101 - Series 5, Show 101
First Aired: October. 11,1985
Episode 100 - Series 5, Show 100
First Aired: October. 09,1985
Episode 99 - Series 5, Show 99
First Aired: October. 07,1985
Selina Scott presents the guests: Les Dawson, Prue Leith, Alain Prost
Episode 98 - Series 5, Show 98
First Aired: October. 04,1985
Episode 97 - Series 5, Show 97
First Aired: October. 02,1985
Episode 96 - Series 5, Show 96
First Aired: September. 30,1985
Episode 95 - Series 5, Show 95
First Aired: September. 27,1985
Episode 94 - Series 5, Show 94
First Aired: September. 25,1985
Episode 93 - Series 5, Show 93
First Aired: September. 23,1985
Episode 92 - Series 5, Show 92
First Aired: September. 20,1985
Episode 91 - Series 5, Show 91
First Aired: September. 18,1985
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?
Episode 90 - Series 5, Show 90
First Aired: September. 16,1985
Guests include: John Inman, Demis Roussos, Diane Simpson
Episode 89 - Series 5, Show 89
First Aired: September. 13,1985
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.
Episode 88 - Series 5, Show 88
First Aired: September. 11,1985
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.
Episode 87 - Series 5, Show 87
First Aired: September. 09,1985
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?
Episode 86 - Series 5, Show 86
First Aired: September. 06,1985
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 85 - Series 5, Show 85
First Aired: September. 04,1985
Tonight: conversation and the art of Motorcycle maintenance.
Episode 84 - Series 5, Show 84
First Aired: September. 02,1985
Episode 83 - Series 5, Show 83
First Aired: August. 30,1985
Episode 82 - Series 5, Show 82
First Aired: August. 28,1985
Terry propounds the second premise which follows inexorably upon the first as Wednesday follows Monday.
Episode 81 - Series 5, Show 81
First Aired: August. 26,1985
Cliff Richard performs 'I Still Believe In You'.
Episode 80 - Series 5, Show 80
First Aired: August. 23,1985
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.
Episode 79 - Series 5, Show 79
First Aired: August. 21,1985
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 78 - Series 5, Show 78
First Aired: August. 19,1985
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".
Episode 77 - Series 5, Show 77
First Aired: August. 16,1985
Can the cultural revolution turn on Shepherd's Bush? How many surrealists does it take to unscrew a light bulb?
Episode 76 - Series 5, Show 76
First Aired: August. 14,1985
Surrealism, the Bauhaus, modernism, and now Wogan. Is art imitating life or has the cat got your tongue sandwich?
Episode 75 - Series 5, Show 75
First Aired: August. 12,1985
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 74 - Series 5, Show 74
First Aired: August. 09,1985
Episode 73 - Series 5, Show 73 (Compilation)
First Aired: August. 07,1985
Episode 72 - Series 5, Show 72
First Aired: August. 05,1985
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".
Episode 71 - Series 5, Show 71
First Aired: August. 02,1985
Tonight's guest: the American rock band"Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show"
Episode 70 - Series 5, Show 70
First Aired: July. 31,1985
Episode 69 - Series 5, Show 69
First Aired: July. 29,1985
Episode 68 - Series 5, Show 68
First Aired: July. 26,1985
Episode 67 - Series 5, Show 67
First Aired: July. 24,1985
Episode 66 - Series 5, Show 66
First Aired: July. 22,1985
Guests include: John Gordon Sinclair, Ulick O'Connor, Elizabeth Welch
Episode 65 - Series 5, Show 65
First Aired: July. 19,1985
Episode 64 - Series 5, Show 64
First Aired: July. 17,1985
Episode 63 - Series 5, Show 63
First Aired: July. 15,1985
Episode 62 - Series 5, Show 62
First Aired: July. 12,1985
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 61 - Series 5, Show 61
First Aired: July. 10,1985
Episode 60 - Series 5, Show 60
First Aired: July. 08,1985
Episode 59 - Series 5, Show 59
First Aired: July. 05,1985
Episode 58 - Series 5, Show 58
First Aired: July. 03,1985
Episode 57 - Series 5, Show 57
First Aired: July. 01,1985
Episode 56 - Series 5, Show 56
First Aired: June. 28,1985
Episode 55 - Series 5, Show 55
First Aired: June. 26,1985
Episode 54 - Series 5, Show 54
First Aired: June. 24,1985
Episode 53 - Series 5, Show 53
First Aired: June. 21,1985
A little live lobbing from County Limerick's best-known tennis player, who despite many requests, will not be wearing shorts.
Episode 52 - Series 5, Show 52
First Aired: June. 19,1985
Guests include: John Forsythe
Episode 51 - Series 5, Show 51
First Aired: June. 17,1985
Pamela Bellwood, Chris Evert, John Lloyd, Aled Jones, pop band Dead or Alive (as Musical Guest)
Episode 50 - Series 5, Show 50
First Aired: June. 14,1985
Episode 49 - Series 5, Show 49
First Aired: June. 12,1985
Episode 48 - Series 5, Show 48
First Aired: June. 10,1985
Episode 47 - Series 5, Show 47
First Aired: June. 07,1985
The fast and furious Friday farrago live from fragrant Shepherd's Bush Green.
Episode 46 - Series 5, Show 46
First Aired: June. 05,1985
Episode 45 - Series 5, Show 45
First Aired: June. 03,1985
Episode 44 - Series 5, Show 44
First Aired: May. 31,1985
Episode 43 - Series 5, Show 43
First Aired: May. 29,1985
Episode 42 - Series 5, Show 42
First Aired: May. 27,1985
Episode 41 - Series 5, Show 41
First Aired: May. 24,1985
Dilettante and wandering baritone Terry Wogan from Surrey, England, is the finalist in tonight's live Wogan.
Episode 40 - Series 5, Show 40
First Aired: May. 22,1985
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 39 - Series 5, Show 39
First Aired: May. 20,1985
Marillion make their Wogan debut and perform their new single "Kayleigh".
Episode 38 - Series 5, Show 38
First Aired: May. 17,1985
Episode 37 - Series 5, Show 37
First Aired: May. 15,1985
Episode 36 - Series 5, Show 36
First Aired: May. 13,1985
Episode 35 - Series 5, Show 35
First Aired: May. 10,1985
Episode 34 - Series 5, Show 34
First Aired: May. 08,1985
Episode 33 - Series 5, Show 33
First Aired: May. 06,1985
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.
Episode 32 - Series 5, Show 32
First Aired: May. 03,1985
Terry exercises his gastrocnemii leaping about the Television Theatre.
Episode 31 - Series 5, Show 31
First Aired: May. 01,1985
Terry puts his gluteus maximus to maximum use.
Episode 30 - Series 5, Show 30
First Aired: April. 29,1985
Terry exercises his masseter, temporalis and pterygoid muscles in conversation with tonight's guests: Gregory Hines, Patrick Macnee, Miriam Margolyes, Major Pat Reid.
Episode 29 - Series 5, Show 29
First Aired: April. 26,1985
Rams, black sheep and sacrificial lambs shepherded into the Television Theatre to entertain ewe.
Episode 28 - Series 5, Show 28
First Aired: April. 24,1985
Episode 27 - Series 5, Show 27
First Aired: April. 22,1985
Episode 26 - Series 5, Show 26
First Aired: April. 19,1985
Join Terry and his guests as he flexes his thews.
Episode 25 - Series 5, Show 25
First Aired: April. 17,1985
Join Terry and his guests for impromptu knee-squeezing and ever-spontaneous events.
Episode 24 - Series 5, Show 24
First Aired: April. 15,1985
Terry says "Willkommen Pet" as Jimmy Nail joins him tonight for a Lumpschenkeln comparison.
Episode 23 - Series 5, Show 23
First Aired: April. 12,1985
Join Terry and his guests live from the Television Theatre, London for the Friday farrago.
Episode 22 - Series 5, Show 22
First Aired: April. 10,1985
Join Terry and his guests live from the Television Theatre, London for the Wednesday wingwing.
Episode 21 - Series 5, Show 21
First Aired: April. 08,1985
Join Terry and his guests live from the Television Theatre for a Bank Holiday miscellany. Guests include: Tammy Wynette
Episode 20 - Series 5, Show 20
First Aired: April. 03,1985
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
First Aired: April. 01,1985
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 18 - Series 5, Show 18
First Aired: March. 29,1985
Join Terry and guests live from the Television Theatre, with a chance to see two of the entries for A Song for Europe.
Episode 17 - Series 5, Show 17
First Aired: March. 27,1985
Join Terry and guests live from the Television Theatre, with a chance to see two of the entries for A Song for Europe.
Episode 16 - Series 5, Show 16
First Aired: March. 25,1985
Episode 15 - Series 5, Show 15
First Aired: March. 22,1985
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 14 - Series 5, Show 14
First Aired: March. 20,1985
Episode 13 - Series 5, Show 13
First Aired: March. 18,1985
Episode 12 - Series 5, Show 12
First Aired: March. 15,1985
Episode 11 - Series 5, Show 11
First Aired: March. 13,1985
Episode 10 - Series 5, Show 10
First Aired: March. 11,1985
Episode 9 - Series 5, Show 9
First Aired: March. 08,1985
Episode 8 - Series 5, Show 8
First Aired: March. 06,1985
Episode 7 - Series 5, Show 7
First Aired: March. 04,1985
Episode 6 - Series 5, Show 6
First Aired: March. 01,1985
Episode 5 - Series 5, Show 5
First Aired: February. 27,1985
Episode 4 - Series 5, Show 4
First Aired: February. 25,1985
Episode 3 - Series 5, Show 3
First Aired: February. 22,1985
Episode 2 - Series 5, Show 2
First Aired: February. 20,1985
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 1 - Series 5, Show 1
First Aired: February. 18,1985
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.