Overview of 'Wogan' Season 5

Episode 1 - Series 5, Show 1

Release Date: 1985-02-18

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.

Episode 2 - Series 5, Show 2

Release Date: 1985-02-20

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.

Episode 10 - Series 5, Show 10

Release Date: 1985-03-11

Episode 11 - Series 5, Show 11

Release Date: 1985-03-13

Episode 12 - Series 5, Show 12

Release Date: 1985-03-15

Episode 13 - Series 5, Show 13

Release Date: 1985-03-18

Episode 14 - Series 5, Show 14

Release Date: 1985-03-20

Episode 15 - Series 5, Show 15

Release Date: 1985-03-22

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".

Episode 16 - Series 5, Show 16

Release Date: 1985-03-25

Episode 17 - Series 5, Show 17

Release Date: 1985-03-27

Join Terry and guests live from the Television Theatre, with a chance to see two of the entries for A Song for Europe.

Episode 18 - Series 5, Show 18

Release Date: 1985-03-29

Join Terry and guests live from the Television Theatre, with a chance to see two of the entries for A Song for Europe.

Episode 19 - Series 5, Show 19

Release Date: 1985-04-01

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.

Episode 20 - Series 5, Show 20

Release Date: 1985-04-03

Join Terry and guests live from the Television Theatre, with a chance to see two of the entries for A Song for Europe.

Episode 21 - Series 5, Show 21

Release Date: 1985-04-08

Join Terry and his guests live from the Television Theatre for a Bank Holiday miscellany. Guests include: Tammy Wynette

Episode 22 - Series 5, Show 22

Release Date: 1985-04-10

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

Episode 23 - Series 5, Show 23

Release Date: 1985-04-12

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

Episode 24 - Series 5, Show 24

Release Date: 1985-04-15

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

Episode 25 - Series 5, Show 25

Release Date: 1985-04-17

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

Episode 26 - Series 5, Show 26

Release Date: 1985-04-19

Join Terry and his guests as he flexes his thews.

Episode 27 - Series 5, Show 27

Release Date: 1985-04-22

Episode 28 - Series 5, Show 28

Release Date: 1985-04-24

Episode 29 - Series 5, Show 29

Release Date: 1985-04-26

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

Episode 30 - Series 5, Show 30

Release Date: 1985-04-29

Terry exercises his masseter, temporalis and pterygoid muscles in conversation with tonight's guests: Gregory Hines, Patrick Macnee, Miriam Margolyes, Major Pat Reid.

Episode 31 - Series 5, Show 31

Release Date: 1985-05-01

Terry puts his gluteus maximus to maximum use.

Episode 32 - Series 5, Show 32

Release Date: 1985-05-03

Terry exercises his gastrocnemii leaping about the Television Theatre.

Episode 33 - Series 5, Show 33

Release Date: 1985-05-06

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.

Episode 34 - Series 5, Show 34

Release Date: 1985-05-08

Episode 35 - Series 5, Show 35

Release Date: 1985-05-10

Episode 36 - Series 5, Show 36

Release Date: 1985-05-13

Episode 37 - Series 5, Show 37

Release Date: 1985-05-15

Episode 38 - Series 5, Show 38

Release Date: 1985-05-17

Episode 39 - Series 5, Show 39

Release Date: 1985-05-20

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

Episode 40 - Series 5, Show 40

Release Date: 1985-05-22

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.

Episode 41 - Series 5, Show 41

Release Date: 1985-05-24

Dilettante and wandering baritone Terry Wogan from Surrey, England, is the finalist in tonight's live Wogan.

Episode 42 - Series 5, Show 42

Release Date: 1985-05-27

Episode 43 - Series 5, Show 43

Release Date: 1985-05-29

Episode 44 - Series 5, Show 44

Release Date: 1985-05-31

Episode 45 - Series 5, Show 45

Release Date: 1985-06-03

Episode 46 - Series 5, Show 46

Release Date: 1985-06-05

Episode 47 - Series 5, Show 47

Release Date: 1985-06-07

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

Episode 48 - Series 5, Show 48

Release Date: 1985-06-10

Episode 49 - Series 5, Show 49

Release Date: 1985-06-12

Episode 50 - Series 5, Show 50

Release Date: 1985-06-14

Episode 51 - Series 5, Show 51

Release Date: 1985-06-17

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

Episode 52 - Series 5, Show 52

Release Date: 1985-06-19

Guests include: John Forsythe

Episode 53 - Series 5, Show 53

Release Date: 1985-06-21

A little live lobbing from County Limerick's best-known tennis player, who despite many requests, will not be wearing shorts.

Episode 54 - Series 5, Show 54

Release Date: 1985-06-24

Episode 55 - Series 5, Show 55

Release Date: 1985-06-26

Episode 56 - Series 5, Show 56

Release Date: 1985-06-28

Episode 57 - Series 5, Show 57

Release Date: 1985-07-01

Episode 58 - Series 5, Show 58

Release Date: 1985-07-03

Episode 59 - Series 5, Show 59

Release Date: 1985-07-05

Episode 60 - Series 5, Show 60

Release Date: 1985-07-08

Episode 61 - Series 5, Show 61

Release Date: 1985-07-10

Episode 62 - Series 5, Show 62

Release Date: 1985-07-12

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.

Episode 63 - Series 5, Show 63

Release Date: 1985-07-15

Episode 64 - Series 5, Show 64

Release Date: 1985-07-17

Episode 65 - Series 5, Show 65

Release Date: 1985-07-19

Episode 66 - Series 5, Show 66

Release Date: 1985-07-22

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

Episode 67 - Series 5, Show 67

Release Date: 1985-07-24

Episode 68 - Series 5, Show 68

Release Date: 1985-07-26

Episode 69 - Series 5, Show 69

Release Date: 1985-07-29

Episode 70 - Series 5, Show 70

Release Date: 1985-07-31

Episode 71 - Series 5, Show 71

Release Date: 1985-08-02

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

Episode 72 - Series 5, Show 72

Release Date: 1985-08-05

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".

Episode 73 - Series 5, Show 73 (Compilation)

Release Date: 1985-08-07

Episode 74 - Series 5, Show 74

Release Date: 1985-08-09

Episode 75 - Series 5, Show 75

Release Date: 1985-08-12

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.

Episode 76 - Series 5, Show 76

Release Date: 1985-08-14

Surrealism, the Bauhaus, modernism, and now Wogan. Is art imitating life or has the cat got your tongue sandwich?

Episode 77 - Series 5, Show 77

Release Date: 1985-08-16

Can the cultural revolution turn on Shepherd's Bush? How many surrealists does it take to unscrew a light bulb?

Episode 78 - Series 5, Show 78

Release Date: 1985-08-19

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".

Episode 79 - Series 5, Show 79

Release Date: 1985-08-21

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.

Episode 80 - Series 5, Show 80

Release Date: 1985-08-23

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.

Episode 81 - Series 5, Show 81

Release Date: 1985-08-26

Cliff Richard performs 'I Still Believe In You'.

Episode 82 - Series 5, Show 82

Release Date: 1985-08-28

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

Episode 83 - Series 5, Show 83

Release Date: 1985-08-30

Episode 84 - Series 5, Show 84

Release Date: 1985-09-02

Episode 85 - Series 5, Show 85

Release Date: 1985-09-04

Tonight: conversation and the art of Motorcycle maintenance.

Episode 86 - Series 5, Show 86

Release Date: 1985-09-06

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.

Episode 87 - Series 5, Show 87

Release Date: 1985-09-09

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?

Episode 88 - Series 5, Show 88

Release Date: 1985-09-11

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.

Episode 89 - Series 5, Show 89

Release Date: 1985-09-13

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.