Terry ends the second series with a highlights package, telling viewers that he wanted to call it "The Worst of Wogan", but the BBC don't have much of a sense of humour. Guests featured include Diana Rigg, Ronnie Barker and Pam Ayres.
Terry Wogan talks to Larry Grayson about his approach to comedy and prima ballerina Lesley Collier shares anecdotes of her life at the Royal Ballet and dancing with Nureyev. The show ends with a one-off performance from 'Wogan and Brooks' as the interview with film director and comedian Mel Brooks turns into one long comic routine. The Manhattan Transfer are the musical guests
Terry Wogan in conversation with David Jason, Jennifer d'Abo and Rock Hudson.
Terry Wogan's Christmas Day guests include comedian Freddie Starr, Kiri Te Kanawa talking about her singing career and Maori background, and Elton John making his first appearance on the show. Victoria Principal appears in a feisty and hugely entertaining satellite interview, with Wogan gently mocking her television series Dallas, and Principal teasing Wogan at every opportunity, frequently reducing herself to tears of laughter in the process.
Wogan changes from a post-watershed Saturday night show into a live, thrice-weekly series going out at prime time. Guests include Elton John and Tina Turner, but all eyes are on Terry as he slips and falls on the stage.
A packed show sees Terry chat to actors Donald Pleasance and Martin Shaw, along with writer Alan Bleasdale and actress Debbie Rennard. Music comes from Kate Bush and pianist Steve Ross.
A BBC strike pulls Wogan off the air for the evening, with the scheduled show replaced by a highlights package. Guests revisited include Patrick Duffy and Omar Sharif, while clips are introduced with all-new linking material from Terry.
A planned show with Priscilla Presley, Elleston Trevor and Grace Jones is cancelled and replaced with a Wogan highlights package after Terry gets ill with food poisoning.
A special late-night, hour-long edition of Wogan to celebrate its first year as a primetime series, and to see in the New Year. But Terry's guests are convinced that the BBC "champagne" is really ginger beer.
How long is the Christmas holiday going on for? Sated with food, fed up with old movies on the box, struggling with the hangover from New Year's Eve and Hogmanay? Then you'll know how Terry feels. Join him for a dyspeptic digression live from the Television Theatre.
Guest host Ronnie Corbett Terry leaves the show in the more than capable and perfectly proportioned hands of the smaller Ronnie while he goes on holiday. This could be the start of something big! (Sorry)
Guest host: Ronnie Corbett It's good evening from him and good evening from his guests live from Shepherd's Bush Green. Ronnie promises tall guests, small guests, tall stories and big names, with no jokes about absent Irishmen or people's height.
Guest host: Ronnie Corbett Ronnie packs his bags and prepares to join his other half tomorrow night. But not before he's packed bags full of entertainment into tonight s live show.
Felicity Kendal steps in as guest host, and her guests include former Good Life colleague Paul Eddington, who talks about Yes, Prime Minister and his dream of being an artist.
Felicity Kendal didn't realise that watering the plants in Terry's dressing-room could take most of the day
Part three of a short series of unpredictable dramas in which our Terryfied heroine (Felicity Kendal) promises a cliff-hanger ending.
Bronzed and fit after two weeks' absence far, far away from Shepherd's Bush, Terry returns to amaze and delight you.
Bronzed he might be, but fit? Fit for what? Another fantastic fandango live from the Television Theatre.
Are his knees as sunburnt as his nose? It's the end of the first week back from the hollies, and we still don't know the answers. Join Terry tonight for the Friday farrago, live from the Television Theatre.
Another week of Irish blarney and tongue-in-cheek attitudinising live from the Television Theatre.
Forty minutes of badinage and calumny hurled at anyone the BBC commissionaires can find waiting outside the stage door of the Television Theatre.
More blarney and banter as Terry dodges the brickbats live on stage at the Television Theatre.
A genuine Manic Monday for the Wogan show as The Bangles perform their new single, while Terry juggles interviews with Frances de la Tour, Egon Ronay and Joel Grey.
Terry chats with Jenny Pitman, and a man who would go on to take over as guest host during Terry's summer break - broadcaster Derek Jameson.
With Bryan Forbes, Barbara Kelly, Bernard Braden, Alan Bates and Leo Sayer.
Joanna Lumley comes into the studio to announce the final total of the "Children In Need" appeal, but must be quick, as she's starring in the West End that evening. Also on the show are Sue Cook, Clement Freud and Eli Wallach.
Terry meets Peter Birkett, the retired Reverend who went to the States to become a cowboy. Also on the show are Timothy West and Prunella Scales.
Romance is in the air for this Valentine's Day episode, with passion writers Barbara Cartland, Garrison Keillor and Pat Booth in the studio. Also appearing are Jason Connery and group Matt Bianco.
Terry meets Captain John Testrake, the pilot involved in the Beirut hi-jacking. Also on the show are Eva Gabor and professional ape impersonator Peter Elliott.
Terry welcomes Bill Fraser, Jane How, karate expert Jeoff Thompson and some Daily Star bravery award winners. Music comes from Mr. Mister.
Jennifer Rush hopes to get another UK hit single when she performs "Madonna's Eyes". Also on the show are Jimmy Jewel, Nigel Kennedy and Sophia Loren.
Wogan celebrates a year as a prime-time series, as Terry brings back some of the guests from the first show, Elton John and Wendy Richard. Also helping Terry celebrate in a smoke-filled studio are James Galway and Anita Dobson.
With Ian Charleson and Ruby Wax, plus music from Simply Red.
With Beryl Reid, Betty Wright, Norman Tebbit and members of the Fox acting dynasty.
Julie Andrews relives her life as a child star and Oscar winner, plus her stage debut. Other guests include Charles Dance and Jane Russell, while Depeche Mode perform their new single "Stripped".
Ahead of a screening of a feature-length "Dallas" special, Terry calls up on his satellite connection to chat to star Linda Gray. In the studio are former TUC secretary Len Murray, and writer Professor Laurie Taylor.
Twelve-and-a-half million tune in to see Terry chat with Stefanie Powers, get a cooking lesson from Ken Hom, and hear the latest single from Howard Jones. However, a planned appearance from Dave Clark is pulled from the line-up.
Terry gets two Sherlock Holmeses, with Peter Cushing revealing his childhood being dressed as a girl, and Nick Rowe discussing his starring role in the new Spielberg movie, "Young Sherlock Holmes".
With Lee Remick, Rik Mayall, Janet Brown and writers Marks and Gran. Music is provided by brother-and-sister Swedish duo Gemini.
James Taylor performs his new track "Everyday", while Terry is joined by Peter Bowles, Martin Sheen and double act Little and Large.
A comedy night, with guests Michael Palin, The National Theatre of Brent and Eugene Lambert with Finnegan. Providing the music is Bronski Beat, along with Terry performing a duet with Sir Geraint Evans.
Samantha Fox showcases her debut single, "Touch Me", and tells Terry she's going to shoot the video on Friday, inviting him to take part. Also on the show are Paula Wilcox, Alan Bleasdale and Nigel Short.
With Eurovision looming, Terry once again presents the shortlisted songs for the UK's entry, beginning with Palace and Vanity Fare. Also on the show are Cheryl Baker, George Martin and Anthony Newley.
With Terry Gilliam, Paul Shane and Maria Aitken. There's also two more entries for the "Song For Europe", performed by Colin Heywood and Chad Brown.
Terry and Delia Smith launch their charity "Food Aid" cookbook, and feature some of the celebrities whose recipes got chosen. Also on the show are two more Song For Europe entries, along with Bob Geldof and Claire Bloom.
"This has been - one of the most unusual interviews I've ever done" says Terry, after Eartha Kitt taunts, teases and flirts with the host. Also on the show are Princess Stéphanie, Lord Soper and the final two Song For Europe entries.
Terry has a packed show with Frankie Howerd, Marti Caine, Alan Titchmarsh, George Hearn, Dennis Quilley and Bryan Ferry.
Terry Wogan in conversation with actor and producer Michael Douglas, country music singer Glen Campbell, dress designer Jean Muir and actor Tom Hulce.
Terry Wogan's chat show guests are actor Gene Hackman, designer Erno Rubik, comedian Frankie Howerd and the UK's tallest landlord and his wife. With music from Jermaine Stewart.
In a particularly frivolous, pre-Christmas episode of Wogan, Terry chats to Parker from Thunderbirds via Transatlantic link, and has Adrian Edmondson threaten to blow him up with dynamite if he asks any boring questions.
"Can I get a bus ticket outta here?" jokes David Cassidy after multiple references to his age. Also chatting to Terry are June Brown and Norman Wisdom.
One of Wogan's most awkward interviews occurs when Noel Edmonds discusses the cancellation of "The Late Late Breakfast Show" after the death of a member of the public. Also appearing are Aled Jones, Arthur Marshall and Paul Nicholas.
Terry presents a preview of the BBC's festive programmes, showcasing some clips of Christmas shows with help from Gillian Taylforth, Julie Walters and Peter Dean.
Terry welcomes a sole guest in this Michael Crawford special.
After the critical mauling of his last Christmas Special, Terry doesn't get to go out on Christmas Day - but he does get this Christmas Eve edition, with Larry Hagman and Linda Gray, stars of his beloved "Dallas".
With Frank Muir, Bill Beaumont, Emlyn Hughes and Denise Coffey.
Wogan gets placed into an 11:25pm timeslot so that Terry and guests can see in the New Year. Looking back on 1986 and forward to 1987 are guests including Samantha Fox, Frankie Howerd and cast members from 'Allo 'Allo.
Terry Wogan's guests are Jenny Agutter, Laurie Lee, who recites a piece from As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning, and John Garnett. Barbara Dickson sings The Right Moment.
Terry Wogan is joined by singing duo Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson, who sing Rain on the Roof, composer Stephen Sondheim and actresses Julia McKenzie, Diana Rigg and Dolores Gray.
A show celebrating the 20th anniversary of Radio 1, broadcast simultaneously on the station. Guests sharing their reminisces include DJs Tony Blackburn, John Peel and Janice Long, while music comes from Johnny Hates Jazz and Carl Wayne.
Terry Wogan is joined by dancer and actress Moira Shearer, choreographer Gillian Lynne, film director James Ivory, actress Hayley Mills and singer Kit Harvey, who also sings Trashy Novels with his group Kit & The Widow.
Terry Wogan presents another edition of his chat show. Guests Charlton Heston and Roy Kinnear appear in costume before going on stage to perform 'A Man for all Seasons', Boy George performs his new single in a distinctive outfit of his own, and singer-songwriter Roger Cook talks about his new career in Nashville, Tennessee.
On the evening after the night before, there'll be red noses all round in the Wogan studio - as Terry invites Dawn French, Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie , among others, to launch Comic Relief, the aid charity supported by many of the country's top comedians.
Terry meets Tiffany, who performs her upcoming release "I Think We're Alone Now", and tells him that her last name is "sworn to secrecy". Also on the show are Esther Rantzen, Desmond Wilcox, Pauline Collins and Kit and the Widow.
Terry Wogan chats with singer-songwriter Joan Baez, photographer Yousuf Karsh and EastEnders stars Michael Cashman, Letitia Dean, Gillian Taylforth and Susan Tully. Singer Daniel O'Donnell performs I Need You.
Sue Lawley steps in for her fourth stint as a guest host. With Terry on holiday, her first guests are Ruth Madoc, Tony Bennett, Faith Brown and Anita Roddick.
Sue Lawley welcomes Clare Francis, Douglas Hurd and Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards.
Sue Lawley has an unusual array of guests to interview, as she exchanges words with Englebert Humperdinck, two agony aunts and an otter. Providing the music is Wet Wet Wet, but lead singer Marti Pellow can't avoid the microphone.
Sue Lawley's guests include Robert Maxwell, Art Garfunkel and Glyn Worsnip. Yet Sue is required to issue a legal statement on behalf of the BBC after Maxwell discusses biographies about him that are the subject of sub judice.
Sue Lawley has been guest hosting so often that Robert Hardy jokingly refers to Terry as "the fella who stands in for you when you're not doing this show". Among the other guests is athetoid spastic Alison French, plus music from A-Ha.
Sue Lawley introduces what she hopes to be an evening dedicated to style and fashion. But when Vivienne Westwood's avant garde designs get laughed at by the studio audience and mocked by Russell Harty, the atmosphere turns sour.
Terry returns from his break to talk to Edna Healey, wife of the former Chancellor of the Exchequer. Also on the show are actress Susan Hampshire and faith healer Doris Collins. Music comes from Whitney Houston.
It's Song For Europe time again, as Terry presents the first two of eight possible songs to represent the UK at the year's Eurovision Song Contest. Also on the show are guests including Ken Kercheval and Sir David Napley.
Terry's guests are Alice Faye and Van Johnson, while performed on the show are another two songs hoping to represent the UK at Eurovision.
With Dr. Haing S. Ngor, the Oscar-winning star of "The Killing Fields", and boxer Barry McGuigan. There's also two more entries for the "Song For Europe" bid.
With rugby star Jonathan Davies, pop star Samantha Fox and author and critic Robert Hughes. Also featured are the final two entries in the bid to find the UK's entry for the "Song For Europe".
Terry has a difficult time trying to get a straight answer from the cast of stage play "The Common Pursuit", while there's also an update on the latest Comic Relief total. Among the other guests is country singer Crystal Gayle.
The Reverend Awdry explains not only how he got the inspiration for his "Thomas The Tank Engine" books, but also how he has to make them appeal to parents as well as children. Among the other guests are Lord Plumb and the Pet Shop Boys.
Terry reunites Cher with Meat Loaf to talk about their duet "Dead Ringer for Love". Also on the show is US comedian Kelly Monteith.
Jane Rossington discusses the upcoming end of "Crossroads", and remembers some unforgettable moments, such as being "pregnant" for 11 months. Included among the other guests are Jason Donovan, Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards and Bros.
With explorer Ranulph Fiennes, snooker player Allison Fisher and writer "Henry Root", otherwise known as William Donaldson.
Terry welcomes viewers to the "final frontier" - Shepherd's Bush - for an interview with Patrick Stewart about his new Star Trek series. Also on the show are Michael Winner, Jenny Seagrove and sexologist Margaret Kent.
Tommy Docherty jokes about his time as manager of Notts Forest, claiming he was unwell and his doctor advised him "get as far away from football as you possibly can". Included among the other guests is former judge Alan King-Hamilton.
Peter Ustinov explains his love for the absurdity of the character of Poirot, and how Poirot is "so different from me". Among Terry's others guests is director David Lean.
Spike Milligan is in a jokingly disruptive mood as he celebrates his 70th birthday with fellow soldiers from the war, and a cake supplied by Bill Wyman. Also appearing are the reporters behind a new BBC documentary, "Black and White".
Terry's guests are Anthony Perkins, Tim Sebastian and Lord Lichfield, while music comes from Danny Wilson.
With John Mortimer, Maya Angelou and Lord Whitelaw.
Terry and some chosen audience members get involved in a rope trick and some sleight-of-hand with cheeky magician Harry Blackstone, while in a more serious sequence, Desmond Tutu is one of Terry's interviewees.
Terry spends the week celebrating what is claimed to be 500 editions of Wogan. Joining him are Linda Davidson, Peter O'Brien, Gwen Ffrangcon Davies and Trio Bulgarka, while highlights of the previous shows are repeated.
Terry continues the celebrations with more old clips of previous episodes, along with fresh chat with guests Christopher Reeve, David Puttnam and the Lord Mayor of Dublin.
With Michael Douglas, Mel and Kim, Scritti Politti and the Moscow State Circus.
Sue Lawley covers for Terry again, though he shouldn't be missed too much, as Rory Bremner is on hand to impersonate the man. Also on the show are Prefab Sprout, the Duchess of Kent, and "Young Musician of the Year", David Pyatt.
Sue Lawley's guests include Ned Sherrin, Harry Enfield, milliner Stephen Jones and the cast of Ziegfeld. Music comes from Climie Fisher.
Jasper Carrott breaks his rule about never appearing on chat shows to plug "Jane and the Lost City", while also appearing is Glen Campbell.
Sue Lawley and guests provide a different take on children's innocence in the modern age: "When a 7-year-old knows what a condom is, and a 10-year-old can give you chapter and verse on AIDS, haven't they stopped being children already?"
In the last of her shows covering for Terry, Sue Lawley's guests include Robert Robinson discussing the Kingman Report on literacy. Sue would return as a guest host in September.
With Peter Howitt, transplant patients Robin Aboody and Amanda Walklett, and Going Live's "Young Entertainer of the Year" winner, Natalie Robb.
Guests include Anthony Burgess, Dr. Alan Maryon-Davis and "Mr. Iceland". However, commanding the most attention are the England football squad, producing one of the most excruciating moments in Wogan history as they mime to their new song.
Germaine Greer and Rod Stewart make an odd combination on the sofa, as she describes Rod as "magnificent" but also questions the "blonde girls" he's been with. Among the other guests is the head of the Equal Opportunities Commission.
This edition offers the bizarre sight of Donald Trump and his wife Ivana sharing the sofa with Dame Edna Everage. Providing the music is Sade.
Terry's guests include Viscount Linley, Shadow Chancellor John Smith and singer Debbie Gibson.
Terry meets members of the Harlem Globe Trotters, including their first female member, as well as Robert Lawrence, the real life inspiration for drama "Tumbledown". Also appearing are Max Bygraves and Five Star.
Due to an asbestos scare in some of the BBC studios, Terry has to entertain guests in the BBC's reception. Among those being rehomed are Russian poet Irina Ratushinskaya, and a man very much with a golden gun, Christopher Lee.
Bob Monkhouse comes along to celebrate his 60th birthday, while there's also chat with Pat Coombs, Denis Nordern and Denis Quilley.
Ian McKellen discusses his protests against Section 28 and the censorship dangers of the law. Also appearing are Dame Ninette de Valois and Telly Savalas.
With the Criminal Justice Bill reaching its report stage, Terry talks to Judge John Pickles, Lord Elwyn-Jones, retired WPC Margaret Rowland and reformed prisoner Willie Shellito. Music comes from the Communards.
Guests include Howard Keel, and Stephen Venables, the man who climbed Everest without the aid of oxygen.
Audrey Hepburn talks to Terry about her earliest days in the movie industry, and how much she learned from William Wyler. Also talking to Terry are David Steel and his wife Judy.
"What do you do for the odd giggle?" asks Terry when Philip Michael Thomas tells him he doesn't drink, smoke, eat meat or take drugs. Also on the show are Ivan Lendl, Beryl Reid, Jill Gascoigne, Vivienne Martin and Dilys Laye.
Terry's guests are Dolph Lungren, comic double act Curtis and Ishmael, and Sam King, the first black mayor of Southwark. Providing music is Randy Travis.
"Cast Iron" Caswell Martin and "Bear Man" John Elijah demonstrate their wrestling prowess, with comment from Mick McManus. Also appearing are Millicent Martin and Dennis Lillee, plus a song from Eartha Kitt.
Terry chats to Paul Hogan and Patricia Neal, while Henry Mancini is in the studio to play a medley of his movie compositions.
Terry's guests include adventurer brothers Lawrence and Lorne Blair, plus Cyril Fletcher and Jilly Cooper.
Terry's guests are Brooke Shields, Ray McAnally and Kristin Scott Thomas, while Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark feature with their new single, "Dreaming".
Stratford Johns and Michael Barrymore are two of the guests, while Blue Peter head Biddy Baxter is joined by some of the Blue Peter presenters.
With comedians Mort Sahl and Frankie Howerd, plus one-legged sailor Tristan Jones. Music comes from Jaki Graham.
A varied range of guests includes Shakespearean actor Anthony Sher, cricket umpire Harold "Dickie" Bird, Aztec Camera, John Logie Baird's widow Margaret, and some boogie-woogie piano with Elio Pace.
An edition celebrating Cliff Richard's 30 years in the music business. Cliff discusses his life and sings tracks including "Wired For Sound", "Move It" and "Some People". Also shown is the video to Cliff's new track, "Mistletoe and Wine".
A James Stewart special, with the veteran actor reliving his Hollywood heyday, singing "Ragtime Cowboy Joe" at the piano, and reading an emotional poem about one of his deceased dogs.
An end-of-year special, as Terry looks back on highlights from 1988's run. Featured guests include Joan Collins, Mickey Rooney, Paul Hogan, Cher and Michael Douglas.
A post-Christmas fancy dress party, with Terry as Long John Silver, joined by surprise guests in costume.
A galaxy of international stars from the world of entertainment return to Shepherd's Bush tonight as Terry recalls some very special moments from Wogan in 1989. Guests include: Debbie Reynolds Gene Wilder Gregory Peck , George Burns Sammy Davis Jr, Liza Minnelli , Jack Lemmon Walter Matthau , Bob Hoskins Catherine Deneuve, Shirley Temple Black Don Johnson , Yves Montand Richard Dreyfuss Zsa Zsa Gabor and Nancy Reagan.
Gloria Hunniford is joined by Salman Rushdie, Aidan Quinn and Ann Hampton Callaway.
