Wogan
Wogan: Season 5

Air Date

February 18, 1985

Episodes

134 episodes

Wogan

Season 5

Episodes

1. Series 5, Show 1

February 18, 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

February 20, 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

February 22, 1985
35 min

4. Series 5, Show 4

February 25, 1985
35 min

5. Series 5, Show 5

February 27, 1985
35 min

6. Series 5, Show 6

March 1, 1985
35 min

7. Series 5, Show 7

March 4, 1985
35 min

8. Series 5, Show 8

March 6, 1985
35 min

9. Series 5, Show 9

March 8, 1985
35 min

10. Series 5, Show 10

March 11, 1985
35 min

11. Series 5, Show 11

March 13, 1985
35 min

12. Series 5, Show 12

March 15, 1985
35 min

13. Series 5, Show 13

March 18, 1985
35 min

14. Series 5, Show 14

March 20, 1985
35 min

15. Series 5, Show 15

March 22, 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

March 25, 1985
35 min

17. Series 5, Show 17

March 27, 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

March 29, 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

April 1, 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

April 3, 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

April 8, 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

April 10, 1985
35 min

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

23. Series 5, Show 23

April 12, 1985
35 min

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

24. Series 5, Show 24

April 15, 1985
35 min

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

25. Series 5, Show 25

April 17, 1985
35 min

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

26. Series 5, Show 26

April 19, 1985
35 min

Join Terry and his guests as he flexes his thews.

27. Series 5, Show 27

April 22, 1985
35 min

28. Series 5, Show 28

April 24, 1985
35 min

29. Series 5, Show 29

April 26, 1985
35 min

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

30. Series 5, Show 30

April 29, 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

May 1, 1985
35 min

Terry puts his gluteus maximus to maximum use.

32. Series 5, Show 32

May 3, 1985
35 min

Terry exercises his gastrocnemii leaping about the Television Theatre.

33. Series 5, Show 33

May 6, 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

May 8, 1985
35 min

35. Series 5, Show 35

May 10, 1985
35 min

36. Series 5, Show 36

May 13, 1985
35 min

37. Series 5, Show 37

May 15, 1985
35 min

38. Series 5, Show 38

May 17, 1985
35 min

39. Series 5, Show 39

May 20, 1985
35 min

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

40. Series 5, Show 40

May 22, 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

May 24, 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

May 27, 1985
35 min

43. Series 5, Show 43

May 29, 1985
35 min

44. Series 5, Show 44

May 31, 1985
35 min

45. Series 5, Show 45

June 3, 1985
35 min

46. Series 5, Show 46

June 5, 1985
35 min

47. Series 5, Show 47

June 7, 1985
35 min

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

48. Series 5, Show 48

June 10, 1985
35 min

49. Series 5, Show 49

June 12, 1985
35 min

50. Series 5, Show 50

June 14, 1985
35 min

51. Series 5, Show 51

June 17, 1985
35 min

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

52. Series 5, Show 52

June 19, 1985
35 min

Guests include: John Forsythe

53. Series 5, Show 53

June 21, 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

June 24, 1985
35 min

55. Series 5, Show 55

June 26, 1985
35 min

56. Series 5, Show 56

June 28, 1985
35 min

57. Series 5, Show 57

July 1, 1985
35 min

58. Series 5, Show 58

July 3, 1985
35 min

59. Series 5, Show 59

July 5, 1985
35 min

60. Series 5, Show 60

July 8, 1985
35 min

61. Series 5, Show 61

July 10, 1985
35 min

62. Series 5, Show 62

July 12, 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

July 15, 1985
35 min

64. Series 5, Show 64

July 17, 1985
35 min

65. Series 5, Show 65

July 19, 1985
35 min

66. Series 5, Show 66

July 22, 1985
35 min

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

67. Series 5, Show 67

July 24, 1985
35 min

68. Series 5, Show 68

July 26, 1985
35 min

69. Series 5, Show 69

July 29, 1985
35 min

70. Series 5, Show 70

July 31, 1985
35 min

71. Series 5, Show 71

August 2, 1985
35 min

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

72. Series 5, Show 72

August 5, 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)

August 7, 1985
35 min

74. Series 5, Show 74

August 9, 1985
35 min

75. Series 5, Show 75

August 12, 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

August 14, 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

August 16, 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

August 19, 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

August 21, 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

August 23, 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

August 26, 1985
35 min

Cliff Richard performs 'I Still Believe In You'.

82. Series 5, Show 82

August 28, 1985
35 min

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

83. Series 5, Show 83

August 30, 1985
35 min

84. Series 5, Show 84

September 2, 1985
35 min

85. Series 5, Show 85

September 4, 1985
35 min

Tonight: conversation and the art of Motorcycle maintenance.

86. Series 5, Show 86

September 6, 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

September 9, 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

September 11, 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

September 13, 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

September 16, 1985
35 min

Guests include: John Inman, Demis Roussos, Diane Simpson

91. Series 5, Show 91

September 18, 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

September 20, 1985
35 min

93. Series 5, Show 93

September 23, 1985
35 min

94. Series 5, Show 94

September 25, 1985
35 min

95. Series 5, Show 95

September 27, 1985
35 min

96. Series 5, Show 96

September 30, 1985
35 min

97. Series 5, Show 97

October 2, 1985
35 min

98. Series 5, Show 98

October 4, 1985
35 min

99. Series 5, Show 99

October 7, 1985
35 min

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

100. Series 5, Show 100

October 9, 1985
35 min

101. Series 5, Show 101

October 11, 1985
35 min

102. Series 5, Show 102

October 14, 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

October 16, 1985
35 min

104. Series 5, Show 104

October 18, 1985
35 min

105. Series 5, Show 105

October 21, 1985
35 min

106. Series 5, Show 106

October 23, 1985
35 min

107. Series 5, Show 107

October 25, 1985
35 min

108. Series 5, Show 108

October 28, 1985
35 min

109. Series 5, Show 109

October 30, 1985
35 min

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

110. Series 5, Show 110

November 1, 1985
35 min

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

111. Series 5, Show 111

November 4, 1985
35 min

112. Series 5, Show 112

November 6, 1985
35 min

113. Series 5, Show 113

November 8, 1985
35 min

114. Series 5, Show 114

November 11, 1985
35 min

115. Series 5, Show 115

November 13, 1985
35 min

116. Series 5, Show 116

November 15, 1985
35 min

117. Series 5, Show 117

November 18, 1985
35 min

118. Series 5, Show 118

November 20, 1985
35 min

119. Series 5, Show 119

November 25, 1985
35 min

120. Series 5, Show 120

November 27, 1985
35 min

121. Series 5, Show 121

November 29, 1985
35 min

122. Series 5, Show 122

December 2, 1985
35 min

123. Series 5, Show 123

December 4, 1985
35 min

124. Series 5, Show 124

December 6, 1985
35 min

Jim Henson (Kermit the Frog), Michael Barrymore

125. Series 5, Show 125

December 9, 1985
35 min

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

126. Series 5, Show 126

December 11, 1985
35 min

127. Series 5, Show 127

December 13, 1985
35 min

128. Series 5, Show 128

December 16, 1985
35 min

129. Series 5, Show 129

December 18, 1985
35 min

130. Series 5, Show 130

December 20, 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

December 23, 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

December 25, 1985
35 min

133. Series 5, Show 133

December 27, 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

December 31, 1985
35 min