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