5x1 - 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.

5x2 - 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.

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February 22, 1985

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February 25, 1985

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February 27, 1985

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March 1, 1985

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March 4, 1985

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March 6, 1985

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March 8, 1985

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March 11, 1985

5x11 - Series 5, Show 11

March 13, 1985

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March 15, 1985

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March 18, 1985

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March 20, 1985

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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".

5x16 - Series 5, Show 16

March 25, 1985

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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.

5x18 - 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.

5x19 - 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.

5x20 - 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.

5x21 - 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

5x22 - Series 5, Show 22

April 10, 1985

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

5x23 - Series 5, Show 23

April 12, 1985

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

5x24 - Series 5, Show 24

April 15, 1985

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

5x25 - Series 5, Show 25

April 17, 1985

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

5x26 - Series 5, Show 26

April 19, 1985

Join Terry and his guests as he flexes his thews.

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April 22, 1985

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April 24, 1985

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April 26, 1985

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

5x30 - 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.

5x31 - Series 5, Show 31

May 1, 1985

Terry puts his gluteus maximus to maximum use.

5x32 - Series 5, Show 32

May 3, 1985

Terry exercises his gastrocnemii leaping about the Television Theatre.

5x33 - 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.

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May 8, 1985

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May 10, 1985

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May 13, 1985

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May 15, 1985

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May 17, 1985

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May 20, 1985

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

5x40 - 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.

5x41 - Series 5, Show 41

May 24, 1985

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

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May 27, 1985

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May 29, 1985

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May 31, 1985

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June 3, 1985

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June 5, 1985

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June 10, 1985

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June 12, 1985

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June 14, 1985

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June 17, 1985

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

5x52 - Series 5, Show 52

June 19, 1985

Guests include: John Forsythe

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June 21, 1985

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

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June 24, 1985

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June 26, 1985

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June 28, 1985

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July 1, 1985

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July 3, 1985

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July 5, 1985

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July 8, 1985

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July 10, 1985

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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.

5x63 - Series 5, Show 63

July 15, 1985

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July 17, 1985

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July 19, 1985

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July 22, 1985

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

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July 24, 1985

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July 26, 1985

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July 29, 1985

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July 31, 1985

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August 2, 1985

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

5x72 - 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".

5x73 - Series 5, Show 73 (Compilation)

August 7, 1985

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August 9, 1985

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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.

5x76 - 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?

5x77 - 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?

5x78 - 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".

5x79 - 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.

5x80 - 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.

5x81 - Series 5, Show 81

August 26, 1985

Cliff Richard performs 'I Still Believe In You'.

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August 28, 1985

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

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August 30, 1985

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September 2, 1985

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September 4, 1985

Tonight: conversation and the art of Motorcycle maintenance.

5x86 - 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.

5x87 - 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?

5x88 - 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.

5x89 - 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.

5x90 - Series 5, Show 90

September 16, 1985

Guests include: John Inman, Demis Roussos, Diane Simpson

5x91 - 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?

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September 20, 1985

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September 23, 1985

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September 25, 1985

5x95 - Series 5, Show 95

September 27, 1985

5x96 - Series 5, Show 96

September 30, 1985

5x97 - Series 5, Show 97

October 2, 1985