Season 5
1985 · 134 episodes
Episodes
1. Series 5, Show 1
February 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 Turner.
2. Series 5, Show 2
February 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.
3. Series 5, Show 3
February 22, 1985 · 35m
4. Series 5, Show 4
February 25, 1985 · 35m
5. Series 5, Show 5
February 27, 1985 · 35m
6. Series 5, Show 6
March 1, 1985 · 35m
7. Series 5, Show 7
March 4, 1985 · 35m
8. Series 5, Show 8
March 6, 1985 · 35m
9. Series 5, Show 9
March 8, 1985 · 35m
10. Series 5, Show 10
March 11, 1985 · 35m
11. Series 5, Show 11
March 13, 1985 · 35m
12. Series 5, Show 12
March 15, 1985 · 35m
13. Series 5, Show 13
March 18, 1985 · 35m
14. Series 5, Show 14
March 20, 1985 · 35m
15. Series 5, Show 15
March 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".
16. Series 5, Show 16
March 25, 1985 · 35m
17. Series 5, Show 17
March 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.
18. Series 5, Show 18
March 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.
19. Series 5, Show 19
April 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.
20. Series 5, Show 20
April 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.
21. Series 5, Show 21
April 8, 1985 · 35m
Join Terry and his guests live from the Television Theatre for a Bank Holiday miscellany. Guests include: Tammy Wynette
22. Series 5, Show 22
April 10, 1985 · 35m
Join Terry and his guests live from the Television Theatre, London for the Wednesday wingwing.
23. Series 5, Show 23
April 12, 1985 · 35m
Join Terry and his guests live from the Television Theatre, London for the Friday farrago.
24. Series 5, Show 24
April 15, 1985 · 35m
Terry says "Willkommen Pet" as Jimmy Nail joins him tonight for a Lumpschenkeln comparison.
25. Series 5, Show 25
April 17, 1985 · 35m
Join Terry and his guests for impromptu knee-squeezing and ever-spontaneous events.
26. Series 5, Show 26
April 19, 1985 · 35m
Join Terry and his guests as he flexes his thews.
27. Series 5, Show 27
April 22, 1985 · 35m
28. Series 5, Show 28
April 24, 1985 · 35m
29. Series 5, Show 29
April 26, 1985 · 35m
Rams, black sheep and sacrificial lambs shepherded into the Television Theatre to entertain ewe.
30. Series 5, Show 30
April 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.
31. Series 5, Show 31
May 1, 1985 · 35m
Terry puts his gluteus maximus to maximum use.
32. Series 5, Show 32
May 3, 1985 · 35m
Terry exercises his gastrocnemii leaping about the Television Theatre.
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 experience at the Oscars.
34. Series 5, Show 34
May 8, 1985 · 35m
35. Series 5, Show 35
May 10, 1985 · 35m
36. Series 5, Show 36
May 13, 1985 · 35m
37. Series 5, Show 37
May 15, 1985 · 35m
38. Series 5, Show 38
May 17, 1985 · 35m
39. Series 5, Show 39
May 20, 1985 · 35m
Marillion make their Wogan debut and perform their new single "Kayleigh".
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.
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.
42. Series 5, Show 42
May 27, 1985 · 35m
43. Series 5, Show 43
May 29, 1985 · 35m
44. Series 5, Show 44
May 31, 1985 · 35m
45. Series 5, Show 45
June 3, 1985 · 35m
46. Series 5, Show 46
June 5, 1985 · 35m
47. Series 5, Show 47
June 7, 1985 · 35m
The fast and furious Friday farrago live from fragrant Shepherd's Bush Green.
48. Series 5, Show 48
June 10, 1985 · 35m
49. Series 5, Show 49
June 12, 1985 · 35m
50. Series 5, Show 50
June 14, 1985 · 35m
51. Series 5, Show 51
June 17, 1985 · 35m
Pamela Bellwood, Chris Evert, John Lloyd, Aled Jones, pop band Dead or Alive (as Musical Guest)
52. Series 5, Show 52
June 19, 1985 · 35m
Guests include: John Forsythe
53. Series 5, Show 53
June 21, 1985 · 35m
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
June 24, 1985 · 35m
55. Series 5, Show 55
June 26, 1985 · 35m
56. Series 5, Show 56
June 28, 1985 · 35m
57. Series 5, Show 57
July 1, 1985 · 35m
58. Series 5, Show 58
July 3, 1985 · 35m
59. Series 5, Show 59
July 5, 1985 · 35m
60. Series 5, Show 60
July 8, 1985 · 35m
61. Series 5, Show 61
July 10, 1985 · 35m
62. Series 5, Show 62
July 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.
63. Series 5, Show 63
July 15, 1985 · 35m
64. Series 5, Show 64
July 17, 1985 · 35m
65. Series 5, Show 65
July 19, 1985 · 35m
66. Series 5, Show 66
July 22, 1985 · 35m
Guests include: John Gordon Sinclair, Ulick O'Connor, Elizabeth Welch
67. Series 5, Show 67
July 24, 1985 · 35m
68. Series 5, Show 68
July 26, 1985 · 35m
69. Series 5, Show 69
July 29, 1985 · 35m
70. Series 5, Show 70
July 31, 1985 · 35m
71. Series 5, Show 71
August 2, 1985 · 35m
Tonight's guest: the American rock band"Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show"
72. Series 5, Show 72
August 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 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)
August 7, 1985 · 35m
74. Series 5, Show 74
August 9, 1985 · 35m
75. Series 5, Show 75
August 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.
76. Series 5, Show 76
August 14, 1985 · 35m
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 · 35m
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 · 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. Series 5, Show 79
August 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.
80. Series 5, Show 80
August 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 chattering today. Make your own mind up tonight.
81. Series 5, Show 81
August 26, 1985 · 35m
Cliff Richard performs 'I Still Believe In You'.
82. Series 5, Show 82
August 28, 1985 · 35m
Terry propounds the second premise which follows inexorably upon the first as Wednesday follows Monday.
83. Series 5, Show 83
August 30, 1985 · 35m
84. Series 5, Show 84
September 2, 1985 · 35m
85. Series 5, Show 85
September 4, 1985 · 35m
Tonight: conversation and the art of Motorcycle maintenance.
86. Series 5, Show 86
September 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.
87. Series 5, Show 87
September 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? That leads to a third question: what is an Indian summer?
88. Series 5, Show 88
September 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 forecasting the weather, it's as much use as a concrete lettuce.
89. Series 5, Show 89
September 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 he realises that inside the Television Theatre all is sunshine and stars.
90. Series 5, Show 90
September 16, 1985 · 35m
Guests include: John Inman, Demis Roussos, Diane Simpson
91. Series 5, Show 91
September 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 not screened in France?
92. Series 5, Show 92
September 20, 1985 · 35m
93. Series 5, Show 93
September 23, 1985 · 35m
94. Series 5, Show 94
September 25, 1985 · 35m
95. Series 5, Show 95
September 27, 1985 · 35m
96. Series 5, Show 96
September 30, 1985 · 35m
97. Series 5, Show 97
October 2, 1985 · 35m
98. Series 5, Show 98
October 4, 1985 · 35m
99. Series 5, Show 99
October 7, 1985 · 35m
Selina Scott presents the guests: Les Dawson, Prue Leith, Alain Prost
100. Series 5, Show 100
October 9, 1985 · 35m
101. Series 5, Show 101
October 11, 1985 · 35m
102. Series 5, Show 102
October 14, 1985 · 35m
Terry returns from lying down in a darkened room to celebrate the 100th edition of the thrice-weekly charivaria.
103. Series 5, Show 103
October 16, 1985 · 35m
104. Series 5, Show 104
October 18, 1985 · 35m
105. Series 5, Show 105
October 21, 1985 · 35m
106. Series 5, Show 106
October 23, 1985 · 35m
107. Series 5, Show 107
October 25, 1985 · 35m
108. Series 5, Show 108
October 28, 1985 · 35m
109. Series 5, Show 109
October 30, 1985 · 35m
A veritable Milky Way of megastars shine down on Terry for the Wednesday charivari.
110. Series 5, Show 110
November 1, 1985 · 35m
Guests include: Steve Cram, David Rappaport, Kenneth Williams, Prefab Sprout as performer
111. Series 5, Show 111
November 4, 1985 · 35m
112. Series 5, Show 112
November 6, 1985 · 35m
113. Series 5, Show 113
November 8, 1985 · 35m
114. Series 5, Show 114
November 11, 1985 · 35m
115. Series 5, Show 115
November 13, 1985 · 35m
116. Series 5, Show 116
November 15, 1985 · 35m
117. Series 5, Show 117
November 18, 1985 · 35m
118. Series 5, Show 118
November 20, 1985 · 35m
119. Series 5, Show 119
November 25, 1985 · 35m
120. Series 5, Show 120
November 27, 1985 · 35m
121. Series 5, Show 121
November 29, 1985 · 35m
122. Series 5, Show 122
December 2, 1985 · 35m
123. Series 5, Show 123
December 4, 1985 · 35m
124. Series 5, Show 124
December 6, 1985 · 35m
Jim Henson (Kermit the Frog), Michael Barrymore
125. Series 5, Show 125
December 9, 1985 · 35m
Guests: John Cleese, Delia Smith, Whitney Houston as performer
126. Series 5, Show 126
December 11, 1985 · 35m
127. Series 5, Show 127
December 13, 1985 · 35m
128. Series 5, Show 128
December 16, 1985 · 35m
129. Series 5, Show 129
December 18, 1985 · 35m
130. Series 5, Show 130
December 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 taking part.
131. Series 5, Show 131
December 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 the chat follows with Terry Wogan and Hank Marvin.
132. Series 5, Show 132
December 25, 1985 · 35m
133. Series 5, Show 133
December 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.
134. Series 5, Show 134
December 31, 1985 · 35m