S5E1 - Series 5, Show 1
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.
Feb. 18, 1985, midnight
S5E2 - Series 5, Show 2
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.
Feb. 20, 1985, midnight
S5E3 - Series 5, Show 3
Feb. 22, 1985, midnight
S5E4 - Series 5, Show 4
Feb. 25, 1985, midnight
S5E5 - Series 5, Show 5
Feb. 27, 1985, midnight
S5E6 - Series 5, Show 6
March 1, 1985, midnight
S5E7 - Series 5, Show 7
March 4, 1985, midnight
S5E8 - Series 5, Show 8
March 6, 1985, midnight
S5E9 - Series 5, Show 9
March 8, 1985, midnight
S5E10 - Series 5, Show 10
March 11, 1985, midnight
S5E11 - Series 5, Show 11
March 13, 1985, midnight
S5E12 - Series 5, Show 12
March 15, 1985, midnight
S5E13 - Series 5, Show 13
March 18, 1985, midnight
S5E14 - Series 5, Show 14
March 20, 1985, midnight
S5E15 - Series 5, Show 15
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".
March 22, 1985, midnight
S5E16 - Series 5, Show 16
March 25, 1985, midnight
S5E17 - Series 5, Show 17
Join Terry and guests live from the Television Theatre, with a chance to see two of the entries for A Song for Europe.
March 27, 1985, midnight
S5E18 - Series 5, Show 18
Join Terry and guests live from the Television Theatre, with a chance to see two of the entries for A Song for Europe.
March 29, 1985, midnight
S5E19 - Series 5, Show 19
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.
April 1, 1985, midnight
S5E20 - Series 5, Show 20
Join Terry and guests live from the Television Theatre, with a chance to see two of the entries for A Song for Europe.
April 3, 1985, midnight
S5E21 - Series 5, Show 21
Join Terry and his guests live from the Television Theatre for a Bank Holiday miscellany. Guests include: Tammy Wynette
April 8, 1985, midnight
S5E22 - Series 5, Show 22
Join Terry and his guests live from the Television Theatre, London for the Wednesday wingwing.
April 10, 1985, midnight
S5E23 - Series 5, Show 23
Join Terry and his guests live from the Television Theatre, London for the Friday farrago.
April 12, 1985, midnight
S5E24 - Series 5, Show 24
Terry says "Willkommen Pet" as Jimmy Nail joins him tonight for a Lumpschenkeln comparison.
April 15, 1985, midnight
S5E25 - Series 5, Show 25
Join Terry and his guests for impromptu knee-squeezing and ever-spontaneous events.
April 17, 1985, midnight
S5E26 - Series 5, Show 26
Join Terry and his guests as he flexes his thews.
April 19, 1985, midnight
S5E27 - Series 5, Show 27
April 22, 1985, midnight
S5E28 - Series 5, Show 28
April 24, 1985, midnight
S5E29 - Series 5, Show 29
Rams, black sheep and sacrificial lambs shepherded into the Television Theatre to entertain ewe.
April 26, 1985, midnight
S5E30 - Series 5, Show 30
Terry exercises his masseter, temporalis and pterygoid muscles in conversation with tonight's guests: Gregory Hines, Patrick Macnee, Miriam Margolyes, Major Pat Reid.
April 29, 1985, midnight
S5E31 - Series 5, Show 31
Terry puts his gluteus maximus to maximum use.
May 1, 1985, midnight
S5E32 - Series 5, Show 32
Terry exercises his gastrocnemii leaping about the Television Theatre.
May 3, 1985, midnight
S5E33 - Series 5, Show 33
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.
May 6, 1985, midnight
S5E34 - Series 5, Show 34
May 8, 1985, midnight
S5E35 - Series 5, Show 35
May 10, 1985, midnight
S5E36 - Series 5, Show 36
May 13, 1985, midnight
S5E37 - Series 5, Show 37
May 15, 1985, midnight
S5E38 - Series 5, Show 38
May 17, 1985, midnight
S5E39 - Series 5, Show 39
Marillion make their Wogan debut and perform their new single "Kayleigh".
May 20, 1985, midnight
S5E40 - Series 5, Show 40
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.
May 22, 1985, midnight
S5E41 - Series 5, Show 41
Dilettante and wandering baritone Terry Wogan from Surrey, England, is the finalist in tonight's live Wogan.
May 24, 1985, midnight
S5E42 - Series 5, Show 42
May 27, 1985, midnight
S5E43 - Series 5, Show 43
May 29, 1985, midnight
S5E44 - Series 5, Show 44
May 31, 1985, midnight
S5E45 - Series 5, Show 45
June 3, 1985, midnight
S5E46 - Series 5, Show 46
June 5, 1985, midnight
S5E47 - Series 5, Show 47
The fast and furious Friday farrago live from fragrant Shepherd's Bush Green.
June 7, 1985, midnight
S5E48 - Series 5, Show 48
June 10, 1985, midnight
S5E49 - Series 5, Show 49
June 12, 1985, midnight
S5E50 - Series 5, Show 50
June 14, 1985, midnight
S5E51 - Series 5, Show 51
Pamela Bellwood, Chris Evert, John Lloyd, Aled Jones, pop band Dead or Alive (as Musical Guest)
June 17, 1985, midnight
S5E52 - Series 5, Show 52
Guests include: John Forsythe
June 19, 1985, midnight
S5E53 - Series 5, Show 53
A little live lobbing from County Limerick's best-known tennis player, who despite many requests, will not be wearing shorts.
June 21, 1985, midnight
S5E54 - Series 5, Show 54
June 24, 1985, midnight
S5E55 - Series 5, Show 55
June 26, 1985, midnight
S5E56 - Series 5, Show 56
June 28, 1985, midnight
S5E57 - Series 5, Show 57
July 1, 1985, midnight
S5E58 - Series 5, Show 58
July 3, 1985, midnight
S5E59 - Series 5, Show 59
July 5, 1985, midnight
S5E60 - Series 5, Show 60
July 8, 1985, midnight
S5E61 - Series 5, Show 61
July 10, 1985, midnight
S5E62 - Series 5, Show 62
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.
July 12, 1985, midnight
S5E63 - Series 5, Show 63
July 15, 1985, midnight
S5E64 - Series 5, Show 64
July 17, 1985, midnight
S5E65 - Series 5, Show 65
July 19, 1985, midnight
S5E66 - Series 5, Show 66
Guests include: John Gordon Sinclair, Ulick O'Connor, Elizabeth Welch
July 22, 1985, midnight
S5E67 - Series 5, Show 67
July 24, 1985, midnight
S5E68 - Series 5, Show 68
July 26, 1985, midnight
S5E69 - Series 5, Show 69
July 29, 1985, midnight
S5E70 - Series 5, Show 70
July 31, 1985, midnight
S5E71 - Series 5, Show 71
Tonight's guest: the American rock band"Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show"
Aug. 2, 1985, midnight
S5E72 - Series 5, Show 72
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".
Aug. 5, 1985, midnight
S5E73 - Series 5, Show 73 (Compilation)
Aug. 7, 1985, midnight
S5E74 - Series 5, Show 74
Aug. 9, 1985, midnight
S5E75 - Series 5, Show 75
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.
Aug. 12, 1985, midnight
S5E76 - Series 5, Show 76
Surrealism, the Bauhaus, modernism, and now Wogan. Is art imitating life or has the cat got your tongue sandwich?
Aug. 14, 1985, midnight
S5E77 - Series 5, Show 77
Can the cultural revolution turn on Shepherd's Bush? How many surrealists does it take to unscrew a light bulb?
Aug. 16, 1985, midnight
S5E78 - Series 5, Show 78
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".
Aug. 19, 1985, midnight
S5E79 - Series 5, Show 79
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.
Aug. 21, 1985, midnight
S5E80 - Series 5, Show 80
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.
Aug. 23, 1985, midnight
S5E81 - Series 5, Show 81
Cliff Richard performs 'I Still Believe In You'.
Aug. 26, 1985, midnight
S5E82 - Series 5, Show 82
Terry propounds the second premise which follows inexorably upon the first as Wednesday follows Monday.
Aug. 28, 1985, midnight
S5E83 - Series 5, Show 83
Aug. 30, 1985, midnight
S5E84 - Series 5, Show 84
Sept. 2, 1985, midnight
S5E85 - Series 5, Show 85
Tonight: conversation and the art of Motorcycle maintenance.
Sept. 4, 1985, midnight
S5E86 - Series 5, Show 86
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.
Sept. 6, 1985, midnight
S5E87 - Series 5, Show 87
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?
Sept. 9, 1985, midnight
S5E88 - Series 5, Show 88
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.
Sept. 11, 1985, midnight
S5E89 - Series 5, Show 89
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.
Sept. 13, 1985, midnight
S5E90 - Series 5, Show 90
Guests include: John Inman, Demis Roussos, Diane Simpson
Sept. 16, 1985, midnight
S5E91 - Series 5, Show 91
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?
Sept. 18, 1985, midnight
S5E92 - Series 5, Show 92
Sept. 20, 1985, midnight
S5E93 - Series 5, Show 93
Sept. 23, 1985, midnight
S5E94 - Series 5, Show 94
Sept. 25, 1985, midnight
S5E95 - Series 5, Show 95
Sept. 27, 1985, midnight
S5E96 - Series 5, Show 96
Sept. 30, 1985, midnight
S5E97 - Series 5, Show 97
Oct. 2, 1985, midnight
S5E98 - Series 5, Show 98
Oct. 4, 1985, midnight
S5E99 - Series 5, Show 99
Selina Scott presents the guests: Les Dawson, Prue Leith, Alain Prost
Oct. 7, 1985, midnight
S5E100 - Series 5, Show 100
Oct. 9, 1985, midnight
S5E101 - Series 5, Show 101
Oct. 11, 1985, midnight
S5E102 - Series 5, Show 102
Terry returns from lying down in a darkened room to celebrate the 100th edition of the thrice-weekly charivaria.
Oct. 14, 1985, midnight
S5E103 - Series 5, Show 103
Oct. 16, 1985, midnight
S5E104 - Series 5, Show 104
Oct. 18, 1985, midnight
S5E105 - Series 5, Show 105
Oct. 21, 1985, midnight
S5E106 - Series 5, Show 106
Oct. 23, 1985, midnight
S5E107 - Series 5, Show 107
Oct. 25, 1985, midnight
S5E108 - Series 5, Show 108
Oct. 28, 1985, midnight
S5E109 - Series 5, Show 109
A veritable Milky Way of megastars shine down on Terry for the Wednesday charivari.
Oct. 30, 1985, midnight
S5E110 - Series 5, Show 110
Guests include: Steve Cram, David Rappaport, Kenneth Williams, Prefab Sprout as performer
Nov. 1, 1985, midnight
S5E111 - Series 5, Show 111
Nov. 4, 1985, midnight
S5E112 - Series 5, Show 112
Nov. 6, 1985, midnight
S5E113 - Series 5, Show 113
Nov. 8, 1985, midnight
S5E114 - Series 5, Show 114
Nov. 11, 1985, midnight
S5E115 - Series 5, Show 115
Nov. 13, 1985, midnight
S5E116 - Series 5, Show 116
Nov. 15, 1985, midnight
S5E117 - Series 5, Show 117
Nov. 18, 1985, midnight
S5E118 - Series 5, Show 118
Nov. 20, 1985, midnight
S5E119 - Series 5, Show 119
Nov. 25, 1985, midnight
S5E120 - Series 5, Show 120
Nov. 27, 1985, midnight
S5E121 - Series 5, Show 121
Nov. 29, 1985, midnight
S5E122 - Series 5, Show 122
Dec. 2, 1985, midnight
S5E123 - Series 5, Show 123
Dec. 4, 1985, midnight
S5E124 - Series 5, Show 124
Jim Henson (Kermit the Frog), Michael Barrymore
Dec. 6, 1985, midnight
S5E125 - Series 5, Show 125
Guests: John Cleese, Delia Smith, Whitney Houston as performer
Dec. 9, 1985, midnight
S5E126 - Series 5, Show 126
Dec. 11, 1985, midnight
S5E127 - Series 5, Show 127
Dec. 13, 1985, midnight
S5E128 - Series 5, Show 128
Dec. 16, 1985, midnight
S5E129 - Series 5, Show 129
Dec. 18, 1985, midnight
S5E130 - Series 5, Show 130
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.
Dec. 20, 1985, midnight
S5E131 - Series 5, Show 131
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.
Dec. 23, 1985, midnight
S5E132 - Series 5, Show 132
Dec. 25, 1985, midnight
S5E133 - Series 5, Show 133
"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.
Dec. 27, 1985, midnight
S5E134 - Series 5, Show 134
Dec. 31, 1985, midnight