Wogan (1984) Season 8

Wogan (1984)

Chat show hosted by Terry Wogan, featuring live studio interviews with famous and notable personalities.

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8x01 Episode 1 (Comic Relief Launch)

01 January, 1988 12:00 am

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.

8x02 Episode 2

04 January, 1988 12:00 am

8x03 Episode 3

06 January, 1988 12:00 am

8x04 Episode 4

08 January, 1988 12:00 am

8x05 Episode 5

11 January, 1988 12:00 am

8x06 Episode 6

13 January, 1988 12:00 am

8x07 Episode 7

15 January, 1988 12:00 am

8x08 Episode 8

18 January, 1988 12:00 am

8x09 Episode 8

20 January, 1988 12:00 am

8x10 Episode 10

22 January, 1988 12:00 am

8x11 Episode 11

25 January, 1988 12:00 am

8x12 Episode 12

27 January, 1988 12:00 am

8x13 Episode 13

29 January, 1988 12:00 am

8x14 Episode 14

01 February, 1988 12:00 am

8x15 Episode 15

03 February, 1988 12:00 am

8x16 Episode 16

05 February, 1988 12:00 am

8x17 Episode 17

08 February, 1988 12:00 am

8x18 Episode 18

10 February, 1988 12:00 am

8x19 Episode 19

12 February, 1988 12:00 am

8x20 Episode 20

15 February, 1988 12:00 am

8x21 Episode 21

17 February, 1988 12:00 am

8x22 Episode 22

19 February, 1988 12:00 am

8x23 Eastenders Stars, Joan Baez, Yousuf Karsh and Daniel O'Donnell

22 February, 1988 12:00 am

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.

8x24 Episode 24

24 February, 1988 12:00 am

8x25 Episode 25

26 February, 1988 12:00 am

8x26 Episode 26

29 February, 1988 12:00 am

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.

8x27 Episode 27

02 March, 1988 12:00 am

Sue Lawley welcomes Clare Francis, Douglas Hurd and Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards.

8x28 Episode 28

04 March, 1988 12:00 am

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.

8x29 Episode 29

07 March, 1988 12:00 am

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.

8x30 Episode 30

09 March, 1988 12:00 am

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.

8x31 Episode 31

11 March, 1988 12:00 am

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.

8x32 Episode 32

14 March, 1988 12:00 am

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.

8x33 Episode 33

16 March, 1988 12:00 am

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.

8x34 Episode 34

18 March, 1988 12:00 am

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.

8x35 Episode 35

21 March, 1988 12:00 am

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.

8x36 Episode 36

23 March, 1988 12:00 am

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".

8x37 Episode 37

28 March, 1988 12:00 am

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.

8x38 Episode 38

30 March, 1988 12:00 am

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.

8x39 Episode 39

01 April, 1988 12:00 am

Terry reunites Cher with Meat Loaf to talk about their duet "Dead Ringer for Love". Also on the show is US comedian Kelly Monteith.

8x40 Episode 40

04 April, 1988 12:00 am

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.

8x41 Episode 41

06 April, 1988 12:00 am

With explorer Ranulph Fiennes, snooker player Allison Fisher and writer "Henry Root", otherwise known as William Donaldson.

8x42 Episode 42

08 April, 1988 12:00 am

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.

8x43 Episode 43

11 April, 1988 12:00 am

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.

8x44 Episode 44

13 April, 1988 12:00 am

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.

8x45 Episode 45

15 April, 1988 12:00 am

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".

8x46 Episode 46

18 April, 1988 12:00 am

Terry's guests are Anthony Perkins, Tim Sebastian and Lord Lichfield, while music comes from Danny Wilson.

8x47 Episode 47

20 April, 1988 12:00 am

With John Mortimer, Maya Angelou and Lord Whitelaw.

8x48 Episode 48

22 April, 1988 12:00 am

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.

8x49 Episode 49

25 April, 1988 12:00 am

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.

8x50 Episode 50

27 April, 1988 12:00 am

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.

8x51 Episode 51

29 April, 1988 12:00 am

With Michael Douglas, Mel and Kim, Scritti Politti and the Moscow State Circus.

8x52 Episode 52

04 May, 1988 12:00 am

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.

8x53 Episode 53

06 May, 1988 12:00 am

Sue Lawley's guests include Ned Sherrin, Harry Enfield, milliner Stephen Jones and the cast of Ziegfeld. Music comes from Climie Fisher.

8x54 Jasper Carrott, Glen Campbell

09 May, 1988 12:00 am

Jasper Carrott breaks his rule about never appearing on chat shows to plug "Jane and the Lost City", while also appearing is Glen Campbell.

8x55 Episode 55

11 May, 1988 12:00 am

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?"

8x56 Episode 56

13 May, 1988 12:00 am

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.

8x57 Episode 57

16 May, 1988 12:00 am

With Peter Howitt, transplant patients Robin Aboody and Amanda Walklett, and Going Live's "Young Entertainer of the Year" winner, Natalie Robb.

8x58 Episode 58

18 May, 1988 12:00 am

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.

8x59 Episode 59

20 May, 1988 12:00 am

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.

8x60 Episode 60

23 May, 1988 12:00 am

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.

8x61 Episode 61

25 May, 1988 12:00 am

Terry's guests include Viscount Linley, Shadow Chancellor John Smith and singer Debbie Gibson.

8x62 Episode 62

27 May, 1988 12:00 am

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.

8x63 Episode 63

30 May, 1988 12:00 am

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.

8x64 Episode 64

01 June, 1988 12:00 am

Bob Monkhouse comes along to celebrate his 60th birthday, while there's also chat with Pat Coombs, Denis Nordern and Denis Quilley.

8x65 Episode 65

03 June, 1988 12:00 am

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.

8x66 Episode 66

06 June, 1988 12:00 am

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.

8x67 Episode 67

08 June, 1988 12:00 am

Guests include Howard Keel, and Stephen Venables, the man who climbed Everest without the aid of oxygen.

8x68 Episode 68

10 June, 1988 12:00 am

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.

8x69 Episode 69

13 June, 1988 12:00 am

"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.

8x70 Episode 70

15 June, 1988 12:00 am

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.

8x71 Episode 71

17 June, 1988 12:00 am

"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.

8x72 Episode 72

20 June, 1988 12:00 am

Terry chats to Paul Hogan and Patricia Neal, while Henry Mancini is in the studio to play a medley of his movie compositions.

8x73 Episode 73

24 June, 1988 12:00 am

Terry's guests include adventurer brothers Lawrence and Lorne Blair, plus Cyril Fletcher and Jilly Cooper.

8x74 Episode 74

27 June, 1988 12:00 am

Terry's guests are Brooke Shields, Ray McAnally and Kristin Scott Thomas, while Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark feature with their new single, "Dreaming".

8x75 Episode 75

29 June, 1988 12:00 am

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.

8x76 Episode 76

01 July, 1988 12:00 am

With comedians Mort Sahl and Frankie Howerd, plus one-legged sailor Tristan Jones. Music comes from Jaki Graham.

8x77 Episode 77

04 July, 1988 12:00 am

8x78 Episode 78

06 July, 1988 12:00 am

8x79 Episode 79

08 July, 1988 12:00 am

8x80 Episode 80

11 July, 1988 12:00 am

8x81 Episode 81

13 July, 1988 12:00 am

8x82 Episode 82

15 July, 1988 12:00 am

8x83 Episode 83

18 July, 1988 12:00 am

8x84 Episode 84

20 July, 1988 12:00 am

8x85 Episode 85

22 July, 1988 12:00 am

8x86 Episode 86

25 July, 1988 12:00 am

8x87 Episode 87

27 July, 1988 12:00 am

8x88 Episode 88

29 July, 1988 12:00 am

8x89 Episode 89

01 August, 1988 12:00 am

8x90 Episode 90

03 August, 1988 12:00 am

8x91 Episode 91

05 August, 1988 12:00 am

8x92 Episode 92

08 August, 1988 12:00 am

8x93 Margaret Baird, Betty Astell, Dickie Bird, Anthony Sher, Aztec Camera, Elio Pace

10 August, 1988 12:00 am

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.