Wogan

Season 8 (150 Episodes)

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Terry Wogan hosts his own long-running chat show, where he interviews a variety of guests, from public life to celebrities. Also featured are regular musical guests performing their latest songs.

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Season 8 Episodes:

Episode 1 Series 8, Show 1

1. Series 8, Show 1

Aired: Jan 1, 1988

Terry begins 1988 by launching the year's Comic Relief campaign. Helping Terr...

Episode 2 Series 8, Show 2

2. Series 8, Show 2

Aired: Jan 4, 1988

Terry introduces a show based around people to "keep an eye on in 1988". Amon...

Episode 3 Series 8, Show 3

3. Series 8, Show 3

Aired: Jan 6, 1988

With Anne Charleston, Richard Briers, Charley Pride and yachtsman Harold Cudm...

Episode 4 Series 8, Show 4

4. Series 8, Show 4

Aired: Jan 8, 1988

Terry meets Tiffany, who performs her upcoming release "I Think We're Alone N...

Episode 6 Series 8, Show 6

6. Series 8, Show 6

Aired: Jan 13, 1988

Terry's guests include heart and lung specialist Dr. John Wallwork and one of...

Episode 7 Series 8, Show 7

7. Series 8, Show 7

Aired: Jan 15, 1988

Debbie Allen is nearly late for the live show, travelling from theatre rehear...

Episode 8 Series 8, Show 8

8. Series 8, Show 8

Aired: Jan 18, 1988

Religion is a theme tackled by Terry, as he chats with Norman St. John Stevas...

Episode 9 Series 8, Show 9

9. Series 8, Show 9

Aired: Jan 20, 1988

Terry's guests include Britain's youngest gran, 33-year-old Coleen Keen, who ...

Episode 10 Series 8, Show 10

10. Series 8, Show 10

Aired: Jan 22, 1988

Terry is joined by actress Jean Alexander, who chats about her recent departu...

Episode 11 Series 8, Show 11

11. Series 8, Show 11

Aired: Jan 25, 1988

With Stéphane Grappelli, Miriam Makeba and Australian entrepreneur Mike Walsh...

Episode 12 Series 8, Show 12

12. Series 8, Show 12

Aired: Jan 27, 1988

Terry's show tackles the avant garde as Godley and Creme show their revolutio...

Episode 13 Series 8, Show 13

13. Series 8, Show 13

Aired: Jan 29, 1988

Terry talks to Michael Crawford via satellite, and is joined in the studio by...

Episode 14 Series 8, Show 14

14. Series 8, Show 14

Aired: Feb 1, 1988

Terry welcomes three of the cast members of the hit BBC sitcom Hi-de-Hi! (198...

Episode 15 Series 8, Show 15

15. Series 8, Show 15

Aired: Feb 3, 1988

Terry has a series of slightly awkward interviews and accidental innuendos, t...

Episode 16 Series 8, Show 16

16. Series 8, Show 16

Aired: Feb 5, 1988

With rugby players Bill Beaumont and Gareth Edwards, actor Anthony Quayle and...

Episode 17 Series 8, Show 17

17. Series 8, Show 17

Aired: Feb 8, 1988

Julie Goodyear discusses her time on Coronation Street, including the support...

Episode 18 Series 8, Show 18

18. Series 8, Show 18

Aired: Feb 10, 1988

With Richard Clayderman, Steve Guttenberg, Jane Asher and Gerald Scarfe.

Episode 19 Series 8, Show 19

19. Series 8, Show 19

Aired: Feb 12, 1988

Terry once more powers up the satellite link for chats with George Harrison a...

Episode 20 Series 8, Show 20

20. Series 8, Show 20

Aired: Feb 15, 1988

Deacon Blue perform "Dignity", while there's also more music from the Koenig ...

Episode 21 Series 8, Show 21

21. Series 8, Show 21

Aired: Feb 17, 1988

Belinda Carlisle, fresh from the success of her recent UK No.1, performs the ...

Episode 22 Series 8, Show 22

22. Series 8, Show 22

Aired: Feb 19, 1988

Terry is joined by Sir John Mills, along with some of the cast of "Mack and M...

Episode 23 Series 8, Show 23

23. Series 8, Show 23

Aired: Feb 22, 1988

It's party time as some of the cast of EastEnders join the show to celebrate ...

Episode 24 Series 8, Show 24

24. Series 8, Show 24

Aired: Feb 24, 1988

"I do talk a lot without saying anything, don't I?" jokes Peter Cushing, as h...

Episode 25 Series 8, Show 25

25. Series 8, Show 25

Aired: Feb 26, 1988

Guests include Elaine Stritch and Ronnie Barker, who talks about recent tablo...

Episode 32 Series 8, Show 32

32. Series 8, Show 32

Aired: Mar 14, 1988

Terry returns from his break to talk to Edna Healey, wife of the former Chanc...

Episode 33 Series 8, Show 33

33. Series 8, Show 33

Aired: Mar 16, 1988

It's Song For Europe time again, as Terry presents the first two of eight pos...

Episode 34 Series 8, Show 34

34. Series 8, Show 34

Aired: Mar 18, 1988

Terry's guests are Alice Faye and Van Johnson, while performed on the show ar...

Episode 35 Series 8, Show 35

35. Series 8, Show 35

Aired: Mar 21, 1988

With Dr. Haing S. Ngor, the Oscar-winning star of "The Killing Fields", and b...

Episode 36 Series 8, Show 36

36. Series 8, Show 36

Aired: Mar 23, 1988

With rugby star Jonathan Davies, pop star Samantha Fox and author and critic ...

Episode 37 Series 8, Show 37

37. Series 8, Show 37

Aired: Mar 28, 1988

Terry has a difficult time trying to get a straight answer from the cast of s...

Episode 38 Series 8, Show 38

38. Series 8, Show 38

Aired: Mar 30, 1988

The Reverend Awdry explains not only how he got the inspiration for his "Thom...

Episode 39 Series 8, Show 39

39. Series 8, Show 39

Aired: Apr 1, 1988

Terry reunites Cher with Meat Loaf to talk about their duet "Dead Ringer for ...

Episode 40 Series 8, Show 40

40. Series 8, Show 40

Aired: Apr 4, 1988

Jane Rossington discusses the upcoming end of "Crossroads", and remembers som...

Episode 41 Series 8, Show 41

41. Series 8, Show 41

Aired: Apr 6, 1988

With explorer Ranulph Fiennes, snooker player Allison Fisher and writer "Henr...

Episode 42 Series 8, Show 42

42. Series 8, Show 42

Aired: Apr 8, 1988

Terry welcomes viewers to the "final frontier" - Shepherd's Bush - for an int...

Episode 43 Series 8, Show 43

43. Series 8, Show 43

Aired: Apr 11, 1988

Tommy Docherty jokes about his time as manager of Notts Forest, claiming he w...

Episode 44 Series 8, Show 44

44. Series 8, Show 44

Aired: Apr 13, 1988

Peter Ustinov explains his love for the absurdity of the character of Poirot,...

Episode 45 Series 8, Show 45

45. Series 8, Show 45

Aired: Apr 15, 1988

Spike Milligan is in a jokingly disruptive mood as he celebrates his 70th bir...

Episode 46 Series 8, Show 46

46. Series 8, Show 46

Aired: Apr 18, 1988

Terry's guests are Anthony Perkins, Tim Sebastian and Lord Lichfield, while m...

Episode 48 Series 8, Show 48

48. Series 8, Show 48

Aired: Apr 22, 1988

Terry and some chosen audience members get involved in a rope trick and some ...

Episode 49 Series 8, Show 49

49. Series 8, Show 49

Aired: Apr 25, 1988

Terry spends the week celebrating what is claimed to be 500 editions of Wogan...

Episode 50 Series 8, Show 50

50. Series 8, Show 50

Aired: Apr 27, 1988

Terry continues the celebrations with more old clips of previous episodes, al...

Episode 51 Series 8, Show 51

51. Series 8, Show 51

Aired: Apr 29, 1988

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

Episode 57 Series 8, Show 57

57. Series 8, Show 57

Aired: May 16, 1988

With Peter Howitt, transplant patients Robin Aboody and Amanda Walklett, and ...

Episode 58 Series 8, Show 58

58. Series 8, Show 58

Aired: May 18, 1988

Guests include Anthony Burgess, Dr. Alan Maryon-Davis and "Mr. Iceland". Howe...

Episode 59 Series 8, Show 59

59. Series 8, Show 59

Aired: May 20, 1988

Germaine Greer and Rod Stewart make an odd combination on the sofa, as she de...

Episode 60 Series 8, Show 60

60. Series 8, Show 60

Aired: May 23, 1988

This edition offers the bizarre sight of Donald Trump and his wife Ivana shar...

Episode 61 Series 8, Show 61

61. Series 8, Show 61

Aired: May 25, 1988

Terry's guests include Viscount Linley, Shadow Chancellor John Smith and sing...

Episode 62 Series 8, Show 62

62. Series 8, Show 62

Aired: May 27, 1988

Terry meets members of the Harlem Globe Trotters, including their first femal...

Episode 63 Series 8, Show 63

63. Series 8, Show 63

Aired: May 30, 1988

Due to an asbestos scare in some of the BBC studios, Terry has to entertain g...

Episode 64 Series 8, Show 64

64. Series 8, Show 64

Aired: Jun 1, 1988

Bob Monkhouse comes along to celebrate his 60th birthday, while there's also ...

Episode 65 Series 8, Show 65

65. Series 8, Show 65

Aired: Jun 3, 1988

Ian McKellen discusses his protests against Section 28 and the censorship dan...

Episode 66 Series 8, Show 66

66. Series 8, Show 66

Aired: Jun 6, 1988

With the Criminal Justice Bill reaching its report stage, Terry talks to Judg...

Episode 67 Series 8, Show 67

67. Series 8, Show 67

Aired: Jun 8, 1988

Guests include Howard Keel, and Stephen Venables, the man who climbed Everest...

Episode 68 Series 8, Show 68

68. Series 8, Show 68

Aired: Jun 10, 1988

Audrey Hepburn talks to Terry about her earliest days in the movie industry, ...

Episode 69 Series 8, Show 69

69. Series 8, Show 69

Aired: Jun 13, 1988

"What do you do for the odd giggle?" asks Terry when Philip Michael Thomas te...

Episode 70 Series 8, Show 70

70. Series 8, Show 70

Aired: Jun 15, 1988

Terry's guests are Dolph Lungren, comic double act Curtis and Ishmael, and Sa...

Episode 71 Series 8, Show 71

71. Series 8, Show 71

Aired: Jun 17, 1988

"Cast Iron" Caswell Martin and "Bear Man" John Elijah demonstrate their wrest...

Episode 72 Series 8, Show 72

72. Series 8, Show 72

Aired: Jun 20, 1988

Terry chats to Paul Hogan and Patricia Neal, while Henry Mancini is in the st...

Episode 73 Series 8, Show 73

73. Series 8, Show 73

Aired: Jun 24, 1988

Terry's guests include adventurer brothers Lawrence and Lorne Blair, plus Cyr...

Episode 74 Series 8, Show 74

74. Series 8, Show 74

Aired: Jun 27, 1988

Terry's guests are Brooke Shields, Ray McAnally and Kristin Scott Thomas, whi...

Episode 75 Series 8, Show 75

75. Series 8, Show 75

Aired: Jun 29, 1988

Stratford Johns and Michael Barrymore are two of the guests, while Blue Peter...

Episode 76 Series 8, Show 76

76. Series 8, Show 76

Aired: Jul 1, 1988

With comedians Mort Sahl and Frankie Howerd, plus one-legged sailor Tristan J...

Episode 77 Series 8, Show 77

77. Series 8, Show 77

Aired: Jul 4, 1988

Doctors Jonathan Palmer, Sam Galbraith and Graeme Garden help celebrate 40 ye...

Episode 78 Series 8, Show 78

78. Series 8, Show 78

Aired: Jul 6, 1988

Kylie Minogue joins Terry to discuss leaving "Neighbours" and her new pop car...

Episode 79 Series 8, Show 79

79. Series 8, Show 79

Aired: Jul 8, 1988

Bros fly in via helicopter ahead of their Wembley concert date that evening a...

Episode 80 Series 8, Show 80

80. Series 8, Show 80

Aired: Jul 11, 1988

With Jack Nicklaus, Geoffrey Howe and two newly-created female deacons. Music...

Episode 81 Series 8, Show 81

81. Series 8, Show 81

Aired: Jul 13, 1988

With Pierce Brosnan, Stefanie Powers and original series co-host Paula Yates....

Episode 82 Series 8, Show 82

82. Series 8, Show 82

Aired: Jul 15, 1988

With Dennis Potter, Frank DiLeo, Jane Seymour and the presenter of "Lifestyle...

Episode 83 Series 8, Show 83

83. Series 8, Show 83

Aired: Jul 18, 1988

With husband and wife acting duo John McCallum and Googie Withers, plus sport...

Episode 84 Series 8, Show 84

84. Series 8, Show 84

Aired: Jul 20, 1988

Terry meets three of the survivors of the Thalidomide drug tragedy. Also appe...

Episode 85 Series 8, Show 85

85. Series 8, Show 85

Aired: Jul 22, 1988

Terry meets Wirral headmaster Christopher Kirch and some of his pupils who ha...

Episode 86 Series 8, Show 86

86. Series 8, Show 86

Aired: Jul 25, 1988

With The Family (1974) being repeated on BBC2, Terry catches up with the Wilk...

Episode 87 Series 8, Show 87

87. Series 8, Show 87

Aired: Jul 27, 1988

Terry meets William and Chi Lindesay after they have just returned from runni...

Episode 88 Series 8, Show 88

88. Series 8, Show 88

Aired: Jul 29, 1988

Terry tries to celebrate the 50th anniversary of "The Beano" with editor Euan...

Episode 89 Series 8, Show 89

89. Series 8, Show 89

Aired: Aug 1, 1988

Terry celebrates the 20th anniversary of "Dad's Army", with the writers and t...

Episode 90 Series 8, Show 90

90. Series 8, Show 90

Aired: Aug 3, 1988

Jeremy Brett bounds onto the set to discuss his life in acting, but things ta...

Episode 91 Series 8, Show 91

91. Series 8, Show 91

Aired: Aug 5, 1988

Terry chats with Wayne Gardner, Emma Samms and Alan Bleasdale, while the stag...

Episode 93 Series 8, Show 93

93. Series 8, Show 93

Aired: Aug 10, 1988

A varied range of guests includes Shakespearean actor Anthony Sher, cricket u...

Episode 94 Series 8, Show 94

94. Series 8, Show 94

Aired: Aug 12, 1988

Terry chats to Carl Lewis via satellite, while in the studio are Francesca An...

Episode 95 Series 8, Show 95

95. Series 8, Show 95

Aired: Aug 15, 1988

Terry welcomes mime artist Marcel Marceau to the show, despite later stating ...

Episode 96 Series 8, Show 96

96. Series 8, Show 96

Aired: Aug 17, 1988

Midge Ure joins the show to perform his new single "Answers To Nothing", whil...

Episode 97 Series 8, Show 97

97. Series 8, Show 97

Aired: Aug 19, 1988

Terry meets James Harries, a 10-year-old antiques expert, telling him "What y...

Episode 98 Series 8, Show 98

98. Series 8, Show 98

Aired: Aug 22, 1988

With Frank Bruno, Sylvester Stallone, Toyah Willcox and music from Climie Fis...

Episode 99 Series 8, Show 99

99. Series 8, Show 99

Aired: Aug 24, 1988

Nick Heyward performs his new single "You're My World", and has a brief chat ...

Episode 100 Series 8, Show 100

100. Series 8, Show 100

Aired: Aug 26, 1988

Terry's guests include author Ben Wicks and Tonia Campbell, the widow of Dona...

Episode 101 Series 8, Show 101

101. Series 8, Show 101

Aired: Aug 29, 1988

Terry takes the show up to Blackpool to meet Doris Thompson, whose father cre...

Episode 102 Series 8, Show 102

102. Series 8, Show 102

Aired: Aug 31, 1988

Terry talks to the director of the British Board of Film Classification, as w...

Episode 103 Series 8, Show 103

103. Series 8, Show 103

Aired: Sep 2, 1988

Terry chats with Mickey Rooney, Maureen Lipman, and Julia Baird, the sister o...

Episode 104 Series 8, Show 104

104. Series 8, Show 104

Aired: Sep 5, 1988

Terry talks with Joss Ackland, plus Radio 2 DJ Ray Moore and his wife Alma. A...

Episode 106 Series 8, Show 106

106. Series 8, Show 106

Aired: Sep 9, 1988

Adam Faith talks about a musical based on "Budgie" which he describes as "The...

Episode 107 Series 8, Show 107

107. Series 8, Show 107

Aired: Sep 12, 1988

Michael Palin discusses his role in "A Fish Called Wanda", and the technicali...

Episode 109 Series 8, Show 109

109. Series 8, Show 109

Aired: Sep 16, 1988

Terry meets Robin Williams, who discusses his upbringing in comedy, including...

Episode 116 Series 8, Show 116

116. Series 8, Show 116

Aired: Oct 3, 1988

Terry's back, and so is the series - back in its regular prime-time 7pm slot....

Episode 117 Series 8, Show 117

117. Series 8, Show 117

Aired: Oct 5, 1988

A wide range of guests join Terry tonight, including backwards-talker David F...

Episode 118 Series 8, Show 118

118. Series 8, Show 118

Aired: Oct 7, 1988

Terry's guests include Joan Collins, who talks about the difference between h...

Episode 119 Series 8, Show 119

119. Series 8, Show 119

Aired: Oct 10, 1988

Billy Ocean performs his new single "Stand and Deliver", while talking to Ter...

Episode 120 Series 8, Show 120

120. Series 8, Show 120

Aired: Oct 12, 1988

With CIA founder member Miles Copeland Sr., spy writer Rupert Allason, AKA "N...

Episode 122 Series 8, Show 122

122. Series 8, Show 122

Aired: Oct 17, 1988

Terry meets Joanne Gillespie, a 10-year-old who has undergone two major brain...

Episode 123 Series 8, Show 123

123. Series 8, Show 123

Aired: Oct 19, 1988

Bill Murray, Kevin Kline and Robin Nedwell join Terry for a chat, but Bill qu...

Episode 124 Series 8, Show 124

124. Series 8, Show 124

Aired: Oct 21, 1988

With his new series "The River" having begun the day before on BBC1, David Es...

Episode 125 Series 8, Show 125

125. Series 8, Show 125

Aired: Oct 24, 1988

Robin Day celebrates his 65th birthday, while also on the show are Harry Enfi...

Episode 126 Series 8, Show 126

126. Series 8, Show 126

Aired: Oct 26, 1988

Terry's guests include Jonathon Porritt, director of Friends of the Earth, pl...

Episode 127 Series 8, Show 127

127. Series 8, Show 127

Aired: Oct 28, 1988

Jane Wiedlin performs her new track "Inside A Dream", while Terry chats with ...

Episode 128 Series 8, Show 128

128. Series 8, Show 128

Aired: Oct 31, 1988

Joining Terry for a Halloween special are horror writers James Herbert and Cl...

Episode 129 Series 8, Show 129

129. Series 8, Show 129

Aired: Nov 2, 1988

Terry meets Leukaemia sufferer Denise Morse, and talks about the more serious...

Episode 131 Series 8, Show 131

131. Series 8, Show 131

Aired: Nov 7, 1988

Terry's guests include Helen Lederer, and Martha Welch, the pioneer of a new ...

Episode 132 Series 8, Show 132

132. Series 8, Show 132

Aired: Nov 9, 1988

Terry talks by satellite to Joan Quigley, Nancy Reagan's astrologer. In the s...

Episode 133 Series 8, Show 133

133. Series 8, Show 133

Aired: Nov 11, 1988

With Tony Curtis and Julia McKenzie, plus Christabel and Peter Bielenberg. Al...

Episode 134 Series 8, Show 134

134. Series 8, Show 134

Aired: Nov 14, 1988

Terry meets the winner of the "Fish and Chip Fryer of the Year" Award, and co...

Episode 135 Series 8, Show 135

135. Series 8, Show 135

Aired: Nov 16, 1988

An edition celebrating Cliff Richard's 30 years in the music business. Cliff ...

Episode 142 Series 8, Show 142

142. Series 8, Show 142

Aired: Dec 5, 1988

Terry meets the winners of last night's "Sports Review of the Year", along wi...

Episode 143 Series 8, Show 143

143. Series 8, Show 143

Aired: Dec 7, 1988

Terry meets some of the cast from Welsh soap opera Pobol y Cwm, along with 76...

Episode 144 Series 8, Show 144

144. Series 8, Show 144

Aired: Dec 9, 1988

Alan Bates discusses his involvement with an AIDS charity, while Glenda Jacks...

Episode 145 Series 8, Show 145

145. Series 8, Show 145

Aired: Dec 12, 1988

With music from Al Jarreau, plus chat with Anneka Rice, explorer Christina Do...

Episode 146 Series 8, Show 146

146. Series 8, Show 146

Aired: Dec 14, 1988

Terry tries his best to steer a chaotic show, with Gary Glitter, Jools Hollan...

Episode 147 Series 8, Show 147

147. Series 8, Show 147

Aired: Dec 16, 1988

With Christmas getting nearer, the cast of Bread have their own version of Go...

Episode 148 Series 8, Show 148

148. Series 8, Show 148

Aired: Dec 19, 1988

Terry asks Kylie and Jason if there's a chance they've already hit their peak...


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