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| {{short description|Brtish-Irish radio and television broadcaster (1938–2016)}}
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| | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KBE|DL}}
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| | honorific_prefix = [[Sir]]
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| | name = Terry Wogan
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| | image = Terry Wogan at Cheltenham Literature Festival.jpg
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| | caption = Wogan at the [[Cheltenham Literature Festival]] in 2015
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| | birth_name = Michael Terence Wogan
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| | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1938|8|3}}
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| | birth_place = [[Limerick]], Ireland
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| |death_date = {{death date and age|2016|1|31|1938|8|3|df=yes}}
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| |death_place = Hitcham ([[Taplow]]), [[Buckinghamshire]], England
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| | years_active = 1956–2015
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| | employer = [[BBC]]
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| | nationality =
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| | citizenship = [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] and [[United Kingdom]] ([[dual citizenship]])
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| | known_for = '''Television presenting:'''{{plainlist|*''[[Eurovision Song Contest]]''<br>(1971, 1973–1978, 1980–2008)
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| *''[[Blankety Blank]]'' (1979–1983)
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| *''[[Children in Need]]'' (1980–2014)
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| *''[[Wogan]]'' (1982–1992)
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| *''[[Points of View (TV series)|Points of View]]'' (1999–2007)
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| *''[[Wogan's Perfect Recall]]''<br>(2008–2010)}}
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| '''Radio presenting:'''{{plainlist|
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| *''[[The Radio 2 Breakfast Show]]'' (1972–1984)
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| *''[[Wake Up to Wogan]]'' (1993–2009)
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| *''[[Weekend Wogan]]'' (2010–2015)}}
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| | spouse = {{marriage|Helen Joyce|1965}}
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| | children = 4
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| | website = {{website|terrywogan.com}}
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| '''Sir Michael Terence Wogan''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KBE|DL}} ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|w|oʊ|g|ən}}; 3 August 1938 – 31 January 2016) was a British-Irish radio and television broadcaster who worked for the [[BBC]] in the UK for most of his career. Between 1993 and his semi-retirement in December 2009, his [[BBC Radio 2]] weekday breakfast programme ''[[Wake Up to Wogan]]'' regularly drew an estimated eight million listeners. He was believed to be the most listened-to radio broadcaster in Europe.<ref name=irishindependent1884922>[http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/woganrsquos-run-ndash-the-king-of-banter-finally-goes-blankety-blank-1884922.html "Wogan's run – the King of banter finally goes blankety blank"], by Kim Bielenberg, ''[[Irish Independent]]'', 12 September 2009</ref>
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| Wogan was a leading media personality in Ireland and Britain from the late 1960s, and was often referred to as a "[[national treasure]]".<ref name=irishindependent1884922/> In addition to his weekday radio show, he was known for his work on television, including the [[BBC One]] chat show ''[[Wogan]]'', presenting ''[[Children in Need]]'', the game show ''[[Blankety Blank]]'' and ''[[Come Dancing]]''. He was the BBC's commentator for the [[Eurovision Song Contest]] from 1971 to 2008 (radio: 1971, 1974–1977; television: 1973, 1978, 1980–2008) and the Contest's host in {{escyr|1998}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC – Eurovision Song Contest, 1998, Grand Final: 1998 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p007xvzk |url-status=live |publisher=BBC |access-date=31 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421052935/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p007xvzk |archive-date=21 April 2013 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> From 2010 to 2015 he presented ''[[Weekend Wogan]]'', a two-hour Sunday morning show on BBC Radio 2.<ref>{{cite news |last=Chaundy |first=Bob |title=Faces of the week |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6434065.stm |url-status=live |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=9 March 2007 |access-date=9 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412183840/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6434065.stm |archive-date=12 April 2009 |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Terry Wogan to leave breakfast show |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8241101.stm |publisher=BBC News |date=7 September 2009 |access-date=9 September 2009}}</ref>
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| In 2005, Wogan acquired [[British nationality law|British citizenship]] in addition to his [[Irish nationality law|Irish nationality]] and was awarded a [[knighthood]] in the same year and was therefore entitled to use the title "Sir" in front of his name.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Irish stars UK TV wouldn't be the same without |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-03-17/the-irish-stars-uk-tv-wouldnt-be-the-same-without |url-status=live |work=[[Radio Times]] |date=17 March 2015 |access-date=31 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722033725/http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-03-17/the-irish-stars-uk-tv-wouldnt-be-the-same-without |archive-date=22 July 2015 |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="citizenship">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4503018.stm |title=Radio's Wogan becomes Sir Terry |publisher=BBC News |date=17 June 2005 |access-date=14 March 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912064836/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4503018.stm |archive-date=12 September 2017 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> He died from [[cancer]], at his home in Hitcham ([[Taplow]]), [[Buckinghamshire]], on 31 January 2016, aged 77.
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| ==Early life==
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| Michael Terence Wogan was born on 3 August 1938 at Cleary's Nursing Home, Elm Park, [[Limerick]], Ireland, the elder of two children.<ref name="Oxford National Biography">Oxford National Biography</ref> He was the son of the manager of [[Leverett & Frye]], a high-class grocery store in Limerick, and was educated at [[Crescent College]], a [[Jesuit]] school, from the age of eight. He experienced a strongly religious upbringing, later commenting that he had been brainwashed into believing by the threat of going to hell.<ref name=suffer>{{cite news |last=Mason |first=Marilyn |title=Suffer Little Children |url=http://newint.org/features/2004/08/01/education |url-status=live |newspaper=New Internationalist |date=1 August 2004 |access-date=2 June 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930201014/http://newint.org/features/2004/08/01/education/ |archive-date=30 September 2007 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Despite this, he often expressed his fondness for the city of his birth, commenting on one occasion that "Limerick never left me, whatever it is, my identity is Limerick."<ref>{{cite web |last=Sheridan |first=Anne |title=Wogan's message to city |url=http://www.limerickleader.ie/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=3419&ArticleID=1752799 |url-status=dead |work=Limerick Leader |date=8 September 2006 |access-date=24 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928125454/http://www.limerickleader.ie/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=3419&ArticleID=1752799 |archive-date=28 September 2007}}</ref>
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| At the age of 15, after his father was promoted to general manager, Wogan moved to [[Dublin]] with his family. Whilst living there he attended Crescent College's sister school, [[Belvedere College]]. He participated in amateur dramatics and discovered a love of [[rock and roll]]. After leaving Belvedere in 1956, Wogan had a brief career in the banking profession, joining the [[Allied Irish Banks|Royal Bank of Ireland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Terry Wogan: You Ask The Questions |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/terry-wogan-you-ask-the-questions-755816.html |url-status=live |work=The Independent |location=London |date=24 June 2004 |access-date=13 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151226055339/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/terry-wogan-you-ask-the-questions-755816.html |archive-date=26 December 2015 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Still in his twenties, he joined the national broadcaster of Ireland, [[Raidió Teilifís Éireann]] (RTÉ), as a newsreader and announcer, after seeing a newspaper advertisement inviting applicants.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ingoldsby |first=Padraig |title=List of Old Belvederians who have been honoured as Knights of the realm |url=http://www.belvederecollege.ie/Museum1.htm |url-status=dead |publisher=[[Belvedere College]] |access-date=24 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928045444/http://www.belvederecollege.ie/Museum1.htm |archive-date=28 September 2007}}</ref>
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| ==Radio work==
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| ===Early career===
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| Wogan conducted interviews and presented documentary features during his first two years at Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), before moving to the light entertainment department as a disc jockey and host of TV quiz and variety shows such as ''Jackpot'', a top-rated quiz show on RTÉ in the 1960s. When the show was dropped by RTÉ TV in 1967, he approached the BBC for extra work. [[David Attenborough]] rebuffed his job application to be a BBC presenter; in 2016, after Wogan's death, he expressed the view that "to have had two Irishmen presenting on BBC Two would have looked ridiculous".<ref>{{cite news |last=Roper |first=Kerri-Ann |title=David Attenborough 'rebuffed' Terry Wogan's BBC presenter job application because they had an Irish announcer |url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/david-attenborough-rebuffed-terry-wogans-bbc-presenter-job-application-because-they-had-an-irish-announcer-34436348.html |newspaper=Irish Independent |date=9 February 2016 |access-date=8 March 2022}}</ref> Wogan began working for [[BBC Radio]], initially 'down the line' from Dublin, first broadcasting on the [[BBC Light Programme]] on 27 September 1966. He presented the Tuesday edition of ''Late Night Extra'' for two years on [[BBC Radio 2]], commuting weekly from Dublin to London. After being a stand-in presenter on [[Jimmy Young (disc jockey)|Jimmy Young]]'s mid-morning show whilst Young took a holiday throughout July 1969, Wogan was offered a weekday afternoon slot which began on 29 September that year.
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| In April 1972 he took over the [[The Radio 2 Breakfast Show|breakfast show on BBC Radio 2]], swapping places with [[John Dunn (radio presenter)|John Dunn]], who went onto the afternoon show. Wogan achieved record estimated audiences of up to 7.9 million.<ref name=wogan-uktv>{{cite web |title=Terry's Top Ten Triumphs! |url=http://uktv.co.uk/index.cfm/uktv/Gold.item/aid/538049 |url-status=dead |publisher=UKTV Gold |access-date=19 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061231024124/http://uktv.co.uk/index.cfm/uktv/Gold.item/aid/538049 |archive-date=31 December 2006}}</ref> His seemingly ubiquitous presence across the media meant that he frequently became the butt of jokes by comedians of the time, among them [[The Goodies]] and [[The Barron Knights]]. He released a parody vocal version of the song "[[The Floral Dance]]" in 1978, by popular request from listeners who enjoyed hearing him sing over the instrumental hit by the [[Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band]]. His version reached number 21 in the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name=wogan-uktv /> In December 1984, Wogan left his breakfast show to pursue a full-time career in television and was replaced by [[Ken Bruce]].<ref name=DT7sep09>{{citation |last=Reynolds |first=Gillian |author-link=Gillian Reynolds |title=Wogan leaves his Radio 2 breakfast show |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/gillian-reynolds/6152017/Wogan-leaves-his-Radio-2-breakfast-show-review.html |url-status=dead |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=7 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208024646/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/gillian-reynolds/6152017/Wogan-leaves-his-Radio-2-breakfast-show-review.html |archive-date=8 February 2016}}</ref> His first chat show, ''Wogan's World'', was broadcast on [[BBC Radio 4]] from 6 June 1974 to 21 September 1975.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|title=Welcome to the BBC Genome Project|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/|publisher=BBC Genome|access-date=13 August 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810212224/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/|archive-date=10 August 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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| ===Return to radio===
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| In January 1993 he returned to BBC Radio 2, replacing [[Brian Hayes (broadcaster)|Brian Hayes]] to present the breakfast show, which took the new name ''[[Wake Up to Wogan]]''; it began with a preview show in the mid-morning of Boxing Day 1992. Wogan's tendency to go off on rambling, esoteric tangents, often including banter with his then producer [[Paul Walters]], became popular with both younger and older listeners. Much of the entertainment came from letters and emails sent in by listeners, many of whom adopted punning pseudonyms. One occasion involved Wogan reading out an email from someone using the name "Tess Tickles", without realising what the name was referring to, prompting Paul Walters' standard reply in such situations – "I only print 'em!"<ref>{{cite news |title=Paul Walters |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/wogan/paulwalterscomments.shtml |url-status=live |publisher=BBC Radio 2 |access-date=2 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150328085129/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/wogan/paulwalterscomments.shtml |archive-date=28 March 2015 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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| Through his show Wogan was also widely credited with launching the career of singer [[Katie Melua]], after he repeatedly played her début single, "[[The Closest Thing to Crazy]]", in late 2003. When she performed on ''[[Children in Need 2005|Children in Need]]'' in 2005, Wogan joked that Melua owed her career to him. He gave credit for her discovery to Walters.<ref>{{citation |last=Wogan |first=Terry |title=Where Was I?!: The World According to Wogan |year=2009 |page=185 |isbn=978-1409111337}}</ref> Walters also put music by [[Eva Cassidy]], an American singer who had died in relative obscurity, on Wogan's playlist; Cassidy then, posthumously, became a sensation in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite news |title=Eva Cassidy: Bitter-sweet songbird |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1199166.stm |url-status=live |publisher=BBC News |date=3 March 2001 |access-date=31 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061126073454/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1199166.stm |archive-date=26 November 2006 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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| As his radio show was considered to attract older listeners, Wogan jokingly referred to his fans as "TOGs", standing for "Terry's Old Geezers" or "Terry's Old Gals", whilst "TYGs" were "Terry's Young Geezers/Gals", who he joked were forced to listen to him because of their parents' choice of radio station. Wogan was referred to as "The Togmeister" on his own programme by himself and members of his production team, and he referred to the podcast of his show as a 'togcast'.<ref>{{cite web |title=Terry's Podcast |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/wogan/podcast/index.shtml |work=BBC Radio 2 |access-date=24 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070323032850/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/wogan/podcast/index.shtml |archive-date=23 March 2007}}</ref>
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| There were also running jokes involving Wogan's newsreader colleagues [[Alan Dedicoat]] (nicknamed 'Deadly' after the spoonerism 'Deadly Alancoat'), [[Fran Godfrey]] (nicknamed 'Frank'), and John Marsh (nicknamed 'Boggy').<ref>{{cite web |last=Barfe |first=Louis |title=Farewell, Terry: The genial face of the BBC |url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/642042/Sir-Terry-Wogan-death-BBC |website=Express.co.uk |date=7 February 2016 |access-date=4 February 2019}}</ref> Marsh once told Wogan on air that his wife was called Janet, and a series of "[[Janet and John#Parodies|Janet and John]]" stories followed, read by Wogan during the breakfast show. These were a pastiche of children's learn-to-read stories, with humorous sexual [[double-entendre]]s, which often led to Wogan and Marsh breaking into laughter. Six CDs and two books of the stories have been sold in aid of [[Children in Need]], raising over £4 million.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/12134524/Why-fans-of-Sir-Terry-Wogan-like-me-will-always-be-proud-to-be-a-TOG.html |title=Why fans of Sir Terry Wogan like me will always be proud to be a TOG |first=Peter |last=Stanford |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=1 February 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605142603/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/12134524/Why-fans-of-Sir-Terry-Wogan-like-me-will-always-be-proud-to-be-a-TOG.html |archive-date=5 June 2016 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> A long-running campaign by Wogan criticising the British government for levying [[Value-added tax (United Kingdom)|VAT]] on the CDs eventually led to a government rebate of £200,000.<ref>{{cite web |title=VATwise |year=2007 |url=http://www.allotts.co.uk/newsletter%20VAT_%20May07.pdf |access-date=1 October 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928112611/http://www.allotts.co.uk/newsletter%20VAT_%20May07.pdf |archive-date=28 September 2007}}</ref> Another feature of the programme was Wogan's exchanges with "the Totty from Splotty" – [[Lynn Bowles]], the Welsh traffic reporter from [[Splott]], [[Cardiff]] – which often involved reading [[Limerick (poetry)|limericks]] from listeners cut short after one or two lines, as risqué innuendo in the later lines was telegraphed.
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| ''[[Wake Up to Wogan]]'' attracted an estimated audience of eight million in 2005.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4211631.stm |title=Wogan show draws record numbers |publisher=BBC News |date=27 January 2005}}</ref> That figure was surpassed in 2008, as Wogan's show held off a challenge from Radio 1 for listeners during the breakfast slot.<ref>{{cite news |last=Singh |first=Anita |title=Terry Wogan beats Chris Moyles in radio ratings |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/3673025/Terry-Wogan-beats-Chris-Moyles-in-radio-ratings.html |url-status=live |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=1 May 2008 |access-date=12 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324174245/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/3673025/Terry-Wogan-beats-Chris-Moyles-in-radio-ratings.html |archive-date=24 March 2017 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> According to figures leaked to British newspapers in April 2006, Wogan was the highest-paid BBC radio presenter at that time, with an £800,000-a-year salary.<ref>{{cite news |last=Davies |first=Hugh |title=Wogan is number one in BBC radio rich list |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=UN3LQICR5VMGPQFIQMGCFGGAVCBQUIV0?xml=/news/2006/04/19/nradio19.xml |url-status=dead |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=19 April 2006|access-date=24 May 2007 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311125630/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml%3Bjsessionid%3DUN3LQICR5VMGPQFIQMGCFGGAVCBQUIV0?xml=%2Fnews%2F2006%2F04%2F19%2Fnradio19.xml |archive-date=11 March 2007}}</ref> In an interview with Britain's ''[[Hello! Magazine|Hello!]]'' magazine in its 30 May 2006 issue, Wogan confirmed this, saying that he represented good value. On 23 May 2005, he crossed BBC strike [[Picketing (protest)|picket line]]s to present his show.<ref>{{cite news|author=O'Carroll, Lisa, Deans, Jason, and Day, Julia|title=TV stars: why we crossed BBC picket line|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=23 May 2005|url=http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,14173,1490230,00.html?gusrc=rss|access-date=24 May 2007|location=London|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014024800/http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,14173,1490230,00.html?gusrc=rss|archive-date=14 October 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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| Wogan was forced off the air on 16 February 2007, when steam from a nearby gym set off fire alarms.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fire alarm forces Wogan off air|publisher=BBC News|date=16 February 2007|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6369809.stm|access-date=2 June 2007|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070306115655/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6369809.stm|archive-date=6 March 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref> For 15 minutes an emergency tape played non-stop music. On returning, Wogan read out several light-hearted comments from listeners, saying that they thought he had died with his sudden disappearance and the playing of such sentimental music. On 7 September 2009, Wogan confirmed to his listeners that he would be leaving the breakfast show at the end of the year, with [[Chris Evans (presenter)|Chris Evans]] taking over.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sir Terry to leave breakfast show |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8241101.stm |publisher=BBC News |date=7 September 2009 |access-date=7 September 2009}}</ref> ''[[The Times]]'' published an ode to Terry: "[[Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone]]. Terry Wogan is abandoning his microphone", and novelist [[Allison Pearson]] commented: "Heard the one about the Irishman who reminded the British of what they could be at their best? His name was Terry Wogan."<ref name=irishindependent1884922/> Wogan presented his final Radio 2 breakfast show on 18 December 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8420157.stm|title=Sir Terry Wogan bids farewell to show|publisher=BBC News|date=18 December 2009|access-date=18 December 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091224064256/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8420157.stm|archive-date=24 December 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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| It was announced that Wogan would return to Radio 2, beginning on 14 February 2010, to host a live weekly two-hour Sunday show on the network, featuring live musical performance and guests, between 11.00 am and 1.00 pm.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/10_october/16/wogan.shtml|title= Sir Terry Wogan to launch brand new Sunday programme on Radio 2 in 2010|publisher= BBC Press Office|date= 16 October 2009|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091212163900/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/10_october/16/wogan.shtml|archive-date= 12 December 2009|df= dmy-all}}</ref> The show, titled ''[[Weekend Wogan]]'', was hosted in front of a live audience in the Radio Theatre at [[Broadcasting House]] until the fourth series, where he returned to the studio.
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| Wogan continued to host the show until his final broadcast on Remembrance Sunday 2015, due to his declining health with cancer. It then continued with guest hosts until the end of that month, after which, regular cover show ''Madeley on Sunday'' presented by [[Richard Madeley]] filled the slot temporarily. [[Michael Ball]] then permanently took over the slot in April 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Terry Wogan Tributes|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/statements/sir-terry-wogan-tributes|website=BBC Press Office|publisher=BBC|access-date=31 January 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201170520/http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/statements/sir-terry-wogan-tributes|archive-date=1 February 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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| ==Television work==
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| ===Eurovision Song Contest===
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| In 1971, and from 1974 until 1977, Wogan provided the BBC's radio commentary for the [[Eurovision Song Contest]]. He became known for his television commentary, which he handled first in 1973, again in 1978, then every year from 1980 until 2008. He co-hosted [[Eurovision Song Contest 1998|the 1998 contest]] with [[Ulrika Jonsson]], in [[Birmingham]]'s [[National Indoor Arena]] on 9 May. Wogan was the third person in the contest's history to combine the roles of presenter and commentator. When not on stage, he was in his private booth providing the necessary TV commentary to BBC viewers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/story/do-you-remember-birmingham-1998|title=Do you remember... Birmingham 1998?|website=eurovision.tv|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|date=26 December 2008|access-date=18 April 2019}}</ref> From 1977 until 1996, Wogan hosted the [[UK national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest|UK selection show]] each year, returning to the job in 1998, and again from 2003 until 2008. In 1973, 1975, every year from 1977 until 1984, and again in 1994, Wogan also presented the UK ''[[Eurovision Song Contest Previews]]'' on <!-- BBC 1 until 1997. -->[[BBC One|BBC 1]].
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| Wogan's often deadpan commentating style, which often involved humour at the expense of others, caused controversy: for example, when he referred to the hosts of the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2001|2001 contest]] in Denmark, [[Søren Pilmark]] and [[Natasja Crone Back]], as "Doctor Death and the Tooth Fairy".<ref>O'Connor, John Kennedy: ''The Eurovision Song Contest – The Official History'', Carlton Books UK, 2007 {{ISBN|978-1-84442-994-3}}</ref>
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| During the presentation of the Dutch [[televote]] in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2006]], Wogan called the Dutch televote presenter, [[Paul de Leeuw]], an "[[wikt:eejit|eejit]]", as de Leeuw started to make ad lib comments, gave his mobile phone number, and generally hogged the limelight for some time before giving the Dutch votes. [[Chris Tarrant]] later praised Wogan's acerbity.<ref>[http://business.highbeam.com/411456/article-1G1-173740274/conversion-euro-sceptics Conversion of The Euro sceptics] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827091955/http://business.highbeam.com/411456/article-1G1-173740274/conversion-euro-sceptics |date=27 August 2014}}, ''[[Music Week]]'', 26 January 2008</ref>
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| During the 2007 BBC show ''[[Making Your Mind Up (TV series)|Making Your Mind Up]]'', in which the British public voted to decide their Eurovision entry, Wogan announced, wrongly, that the runner-up [[Cyndi Almouzni|Cyndi]] was the winner. The winner was the group [[Scooch]]; according to the BBC, Wogan was provided with the correct result during the live show.<ref>{{cite news |title=Eurovision gaffe 'not technical' |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6465653.stm |publisher=BBC News |date=19 March 2007 |access-date=15 May 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070517224116/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6465653.stm |archive-date=17 May 2007 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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| In the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2008|2008 contest]], the UK's entry, [[Andy Abraham]], came last, much to Wogan's disappointment. Wogan argued that Abraham gave a better performance than the entries from Spain and Bosnia-Herzegovina.<ref>{{cite news |title=Wogan 'may quit Eurovision role' |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7418940.stm |publisher=BBC News |date=25 May 2008 |access-date=31 January 2016}}</ref>
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| On 11 August 2008, Wogan said in an interview with the ''[[Radio Times]]'' magazine that he was doubtful about presenting the [[Eurovision Song Contest]] for the United Kingdom again.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/eurovision/38821|title=Terry Wogan 'very doubtful' about presenting Eurovision again|access-date=12 August 2008|work=NME|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080815014245/http://www.nme.com/news/eurovision/38821|archive-date=15 August 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> On 5 December 2008, Wogan stepped down from the role after 35 years. [[Graham Norton]] succeeded Wogan as BBC commentator for the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2009|2009 contest]] and subsequent contests.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7766310.stm |title=Norton is new Wogan on Eurovision |access-date=15 May 2008 |publisher=BBC News |date=5 December 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208060423/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7766310.stm |archive-date=8 December 2008 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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| In November 2014, Wogan reviewed Norton's autobiography for ''[[The Irish Times]]''.<ref name="wogan-20141101">{{cite news |last=Wogan |first=Terry |title=Better the devil you know: The Life and Loves of a He-Devil by Graham Norton: A Memoir |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/better-the-devil-you-know-the-life-and-loves-of-a-he-devil-by-graham-norton-a-memoir-1.1983605 |url-status=live |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |date=1 November 2014 |access-date=8 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102082639/http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/better-the-devil-you-know-the-life-and-loves-of-a-he-devil-by-graham-norton-a-memoir-1.1983605 |archive-date=2 November 2014 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Describing his attitude towards the contest, he wrote that he saw it as a "sometimes foolish farce", while implying that the winner of the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2014|2014 contest]], Austrian drag performer [[Conchita Wurst]], was a "freakshow".<ref name="wogan-20141101"/> After his death, his presentation of the contest was criticised for its mocking tone.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/apr/16/terry-wogan-totally-spoiled-eurovision-says-contest-producer|title=Terry Wogan 'totally spoiled' Eurovision, says contest producer|date=16 April 2016|work=The Guardian|access-date=16 April 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416120643/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/apr/16/terry-wogan-totally-spoiled-eurovision-says-contest-producer|archive-date=16 April 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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| ===Chat shows===
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| Wogan's first foray into TV interviewing, and indeed to British television, was in 1972 on ''[[Lunchtime with Wogan]]'' on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]. Later, ''What's On, Wogan?'' ran for one series in 1980 on BBC1, primarily on early Saturday evenings. In 1981 he had a chance to host a one-off chat show, ''Saturday Live''. Among his guests on this show were [[Larry Hagman]], promoting the film ''[[S.O.B. (film)|S.O.B.]]'', and [[Frank Hall (broadcaster)|Frank Hall]]. Hagman was at the height of his fame, which gave the show a high-profile.
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| Soon after Wogan was given his own chat show, ''[[Wogan]]'', which after a trial run on a midweek evening, was recommissioned for broadcast on Saturday nights from 1982 to 1984. Between 1985 and 1992, the show aired on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 7pm. The series included interviews with [[George Best]], [[Chevy Chase]], [[Anne Bancroft]], [[Ronnie Barker]] announcing his retirement on the show, and [[David Icke]] claiming to be the "[[Son of God]]", to whom Wogan stated: "They're not laughing ''with'' you, they're laughing ''at'' you."<ref name=wogan-indy>{{cite news |last=Burrell |first=Ian |title=Terry Wogan: Welcome to his world |url=http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article340483.ece |url-status=dead |work=[[The Independent]] |location=London |date=23 January 2006 |access-date=14 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001090627/http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article340483.ece |archive-date=1 October 2007 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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| The BBC stopped an interview in 1989 with Simon Hayward, a former [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in the [[Life Guards (United Kingdom)|Life Guards]], hours before he was due to appear on the ''Wogan'' show. Hayward insisted that he was innocent of drug-smuggling offences. The decision was taken by the then Controller of BBC1, [[Jonathan Powell (producer)|Jonathan Powell]], after protests from several MPs. The BBC was accused of censorship, and a Conservative MP, [[John Gorst (Hendon North MP)|John Gorst]], described the decision to ban Hayward from ''Wogan'' as "outrageous".<ref>{{cite news |title=Hayward banned from Wogan show |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19890914&id=VINDAAAAIBAJ&sjid=P1kMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1636,4596868 |newspaper=The Herald |location=Glasgow |date=14 September 1989 |access-date=22 February 2014}}</ref>
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| Wogan was released from his talk-show contract in 1992, after pressure from the BBC.<ref name= wogan-indy/> He said that the BBC also wanted his scheduling slot for the ill-fated soap ''[[Eldorado (TV series)|Eldorado]]''. After ''Eldorado'' took over the 7pm slot, Wogan briefly hosted a new weekly chat strand ''Terry Wogan's Friday Night'' in 1993, but this series was not recommissioned.
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| Wogan presented ''Wogan Now and Then'' (2006), a show in which he interviewed guests from his former chat show, as well as new guests. [[BBC Two]] launched a new compilation series, ''Wogan: the Best Of'' in 2015, featuring selected interview segments and music performances from Wogan's past chat series, linked by new introductions from Wogan.<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC Two – Wogan: The Best Of |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05n8zwd |url-status=live |publisher=BBC |access-date=31 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314231100/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05n8zwd |archive-date=14 March 2016 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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| ===Children in Need===
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| In 1980, the BBC's charity appeal for children was first broadcast as a [[telethon]] called ''[[Children in Need]]'', with Wogan presenting alongside [[Sue Lawley]] and [[Esther Rantzen]].<ref>{{cite web |title=About BBC Children in Need |publisher=BBC |year=2004 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/foi/docs/community_involvement/charities/About_BBC_Children_in_Need.htm |access-date=2 June 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227213604/http://www.bbc.co.uk/foi/docs/community_involvement/charities/About_BBC_Children_in_Need.htm |archive-date=27 February 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy}}</ref> He campaigned extensively for the charity, and often involved himself via auctions on his radio show, or more directly by taking part in well-publicised sponsored activities.
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| He was reported to be the only celebrity paid for his participation in Children in Need, having received a fee every year since 1980 (£9,065 in 2005). Wogan stated that he would "quite happily do it for nothing" and that he "never asked for a fee". Wogan donated his BBC fees to the charity.<ref>{{cite news |title=Wogan charity fee defended by BBC |publisher=BBC News |date=4 March 2007 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6417329.stm |access-date=2 June 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070717025622/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6417329.stm |archive-date=17 July 2007 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> The BBC stated that the fee had "never been negotiated" and was paid from BBC resources rather than the Children in Need fund.
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| He appeared on the panel comedy show ''[[QI]]'' in the 2008 episode for Children in Need, '[[QI (F series)#Episode 1 "Families" (Children in Need special)|Families]]'.
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| In 2008, Wogan and singer [[Aled Jones]] released a single "[[Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy|Little Drummer Boy"/"Peace on Earth]]", which got to number three in the UK music charts. The money raised went to BBC ''Children in Need''. The two recorded a second Christmas single "[[Silver Bells]]" in 2009, which was also in aid of BBC Children in Need.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/4802366.Family_Lights_up_Wogan_s_hit_video/ |title=Cholsey family feature on Sir Terry Wogan's Children in Need Christmas video |newspaper=The Oxford Times |date=17 December 2009}}</ref>
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| Wogan was the main regular presenter of ''Children in Need'' between 1980 and 2014. In November 2015, Wogan was unable to participate in the live televised ''Children in Need'' appeal for the first time in its 35-year history, due to poor health after a surgical procedure on his back. He did, however, make a brief appearance as part of a pre-recorded sketch.<ref>{{cite web |author=Chris Johnston and agencies |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/nov/12/sir-terry-wogan-drops-out-of-children-in-need |title=Terry Wogan drops out of Children in Need |work=The Guardian |date=12 November 2015 |location=London |access-date=31 January 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201092208/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/nov/12/sir-terry-wogan-drops-out-of-children-in-need |archive-date=1 February 2016 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> He was replaced by [[Dermot O'Leary]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34803750|title=Sir Terry Wogan pulls out of Children in Need for 'health reasons'|publisher=BBC News|date=12 November 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151115045450/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34803750|archive-date=15 November 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Prior to his death, Wogan hoped to return to Children in Need in 2016, carrying on as main presenter.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}
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| ===Other television work===
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| [[File:Terry wogan 2009.jpg|thumb|Wogan on ''[[MasterChef (UK TV series)|MasterChef Live]]'' in November 2009]]
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| Wogan's television profile was boosted considerably when he became the first-ever host of ''[[Blankety Blank]]'' in 1979. His good-humoured interaction with the contestants and lively banter with the celebrity guests went a long way to making the show a success. Among the guests who appeared most frequently and memorably during this period were [[Roy Hudd]], [[Beryl Reid]], [[Lorraine Chase]] and, in particular, [[Kenny Everett]], who became famous for snapping Wogan's stick-like microphone in half. Wogan left the show after the 1983 series, just over a year before his thrice-weekly chat show commenced.
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| Wogan narrated the BBC television series ''[[Stoppit and Tidyup]]'', which was broadcast in 1987.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www2.le.ac.uk/news/blog/2010-archive/july-2010/wogan | publisher = [[University of Leicester]] | title = Honorary Degrees, July 2010: no.10 – Wogan! | access-date = 31 January 2016 | date = 14 July 2010 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150601051939/http://www2.le.ac.uk/news/blog/2010-archive/july-2010/wogan/ | archive-date = 1 June 2015 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>
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| Wogan appeared on ''[[Friday Night with Jonathan Ross]]'' four times, between 2004 and 2009. In an appearance on the BBC programme ''[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear]]'', Wogan became the second-slowest guest to go around the test track as the "[[Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car]]", a [[Suzuki Aerio|Suzuki Liana]]. Only [[Richard Whiteley]] was slower.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1YdbTmBPbHDg8SsTr1DSshB/celebrity-laps | title = Celebrity Laps | publisher = BBC | access-date = 31 January 2016 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151114045506/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1YdbTmBPbHDg8SsTr1DSshB/celebrity-laps | archive-date = 14 November 2015 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>
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| In 2010, Wogan made a cameo appearance in the second series of ''[[Being Human (UK TV series)|Being Human]]'',<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/jan/17/being-human-episode-two | work = The Guardian | access-date = 31 January 2016 | title = Being Human: season two, episode two | first = Daniel | last = Martin | date = 17 January 2010 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160208024646/http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/jan/17/being-human-episode-two | archive-date = 8 February 2016 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> and also guest-hosted the fourth episode of the 24th series of ''[[Never Mind the Buzzcocks]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/8685188/Terry-Wogan-on-ageism-at-the-BBC.html | work = The Daily Telegraph | title = Terry Wogan on ageism at the BBC | first = Bryony | last = Gordon | date = 8 August 2011 | access-date = 31 January 2016 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170116202201/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/8685188/Terry-Wogan-on-ageism-at-the-BBC.html | archive-date = 16 January 2017 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> The following year, Wogan hosted ''Wogan on [[P. G. Wodehouse|Wodehouse]]'' for [[BBC Two]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8736271/Terry-Wogan-salutes-the-genius-of-PG-Wodehouse-interview.html | title = Terry Wogan salutes the genius of PG Wodehouse, interview | first = Michael | last = Deacon | access-date = 31 January 2016 | date = 2 September 2011 | work = The Daily Telegraph | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170420084024/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8736271/Terry-Wogan-salutes-the-genius-of-PG-Wodehouse-interview.html | archive-date = 20 April 2017 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> In 2011 he appeared as a panellist on ''[[Would I Lie to You? (TV series)|Would I Lie To You]]''.
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| On 21 September 2013, Wogan appeared as a panellist on ITV game show ''[[Through the Keyhole]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/cnrw9s/through-the-keyhole--series-1---episode-4|title=Through the Keyhole|work=Radio Times|access-date=31 January 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306095113/http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/cnrw9s/through-the-keyhole--series-1---episode-4|archive-date=6 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In November 2013, he participated in a celebrity edition of the [[BBC One]] game show ''[[Pointless (game show)|Pointless]]'', with celebrities including [[Bobby Ball]] and [[Esther Rantzen]], in aid of [[Children in Need]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03hj0xz |title=BBC One – Pointless Celebrities, Children in Need Special |publisher=BBC |date=15 November 2013 |access-date=7 June 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140214055906/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03hj0xz |archive-date=14 February 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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| On 31 March 2014, Wogan was a guest reporter on ''[[Bang Goes the Theory]]'', on which he discussed old-age dementia.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0400dx6 | title = Bang Goes the Theory | publisher = BBC | access-date = 31 January 2016 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151107235801/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0400dx6 | archive-date = 7 November 2015 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> From 12 to 16 May 2014, Wogan appeared on the [[Channel 4]] game show ''[[Draw It!]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://digiguide.tv/programme-details/Channel+4/12+May+2014/15:30/Draw+it!/Entertainment/ |title=Draw it! on Channel 4 at 4:30 pm May 12th, 2014 |publisher=Digiguide.tv |date=12 May 2014 |access-date=7 June 2014}}</ref> On 10 November 2014, in the run up to that year's Children in Need telethon, Wogan guest hosted an episode of ''[[The One Show]]'' with [[Alex Jones (British presenter)|Alex Jones]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04nv7qt|title=BBC One – The One Show, 10/11/2014|publisher=BBC|access-date=31 January 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110150909/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04nv7qt|archive-date=10 January 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He also presented a series called ''Terry and Mason's Great Food Trip'' with the cab driver Mason McQueen in 2015, in which the duo travelled all over Britain eating regional food.
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| ==Honours and awards==
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| Wogan was appointed an Honorary Officer of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in 1997, and later became an Honorary Knight Commander of the same order (KBE) in the [[2005 Birthday Honours|2005 Queen's Birthday Honours List]]. After asserting his right to British citizenship and retaining his Irish citizenship that year, Wogan was officially knighted on 11 October 2005, allowing him to use the style "Sir".<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=57855 |supp=y|page=26|date= 31 December 2005}}</ref> On 29 May 2007, he was appointed a [[Deputy Lieutenant]] of [[Buckinghamshire]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=58839|page=7666|date=29 May 2007}}</ref> | |
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| On 15 June 2007, Wogan's home city of [[Limerick]] honoured him with the [[Freedom of the City]] at a ceremony in Limerick's Civic Hall. Because of his long absence from the city and unflattering remarks about the city in a 1980 interview, the local press carried out a [[vox pop]], which resulted in support for the award.<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/protest-over-wogan-honour-1.1205515 |newspaper=The Irish Times |title=Protest over Wogan honour |date=12 May 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131233204/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/protest-over-wogan-honour-1.1205515 |archive-date=31 January 2016 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> He was made an honorary freeman of the [[City of London]] in 2009, and invited to raise the bascules of [[Tower Bridge]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/dec/14/terry-wogan-tower-bridge-freeman|title=Terry Wogan raises Tower Bridge as London freeman|first=Maev|last=Kennedy|work=The Guardian|date=14 December 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207155944/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/dec/14/terry-wogan-tower-bridge-freeman|archive-date=7 February 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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| In 2004, he received an Honorary [[Doctor of Letters|D.Litt.]] degree from the [[University of Limerick]],<ref>[http://www.ul.ie/vpacad/HonDocs/Recipients.htm Honorary Doctorate Recipients] University of Limerick {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926232957/http://www.ul.ie/vpacad/HonDocs/Recipients.htm |date=26 September 2011}}</ref> as well as a special lifetime achievement award from his native city. He received an Honorary [[Legum Doctor|LL.D.]] degree from [[Leicester University]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-23976671|title=Wogan backs 'lost city' Leicester's City of Culture bid|date=6 September 2013|publisher=BBC News|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130909022013/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-23976671|archive-date=9 September 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.le.ac.uk/ebulletin-archive/ebulletin/news/2010-2019/2010/07/nparticle.2010-07-13.3618949132/index.html|access-date=6 September 2013|title=Honorary Degree for Sir Terry Wogan: Media Operational Note|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202163025/http://www.le.ac.uk/ebulletin-archive/ebulletin/news/2010-2019/2010/07/nparticle.2010-07-13.3618949132/index.html|archive-date=2 February 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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| In 1978, Wogan was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'', when he was surprised by [[Eamonn Andrews]] at Broadcasting House.
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| Wogan was inducted into the [[Radio Academy]] Hall of Fame at a gala dinner held in his honour on 10 December 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8407721.stm|title=Sir Terry Wogan honoured at radio industry awards|publisher=BBC News|date=11 December 2009|access-date=16 December 2009}}</ref> Wogan was announced as the Ultimate Icon of Radio 2, commemorating the station's 40th birthday. The shortlist of sixteen candidates had been published on the [[BBC Radio 2]] website, and the winner was announced live on Radio 2 during a one-off special edition of ''[[Family Favourites]]'' by host [[Michael Aspel]] on 30 September 2007. He praised his fellow nominees, [[the Beatles]], [[Diana, Princess of Wales]], and [[Nelson Mandela]] during his acceptance speech, which was broadcast live on [[BBC Radio 2]], and he chose [[Nat King Cole]]'s recording of "[[Stardust (1927 song)|Stardust]]" as his iconic song of the last 40 years.<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/events/40thbirthday/ultimateicon.shtml |title=Radio 2's Ultimate Icon |publisher=BBC |year=2014 |access-date=31 January 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309092902/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/events/40thbirthday/ultimateicon.shtml |archive-date=9 March 2016 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Wogan had chosen the song twice before as his favourite record on ''[[Desert Island Discs]]'', and said he wanted to be buried with it.<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/soldonsong/songlibrary/yourviews/stardust.shtml |title="Stardust" Nat 'King' Cole |work=Sold on Song |publisher=BBC |author=Terry Wogan |access-date=31 January 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170102195232/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/soldonsong/songlibrary/yourviews/stardust.shtml |archive-date=2 January 2017 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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| ==Personal life==
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| Wogan married Helen Joyce on 24 April 1965 in her parish church, Our Lady of Refuge, Rathmines,<ref name="Oxford National Biography"/> and they remained married until his death. They lived in Hitcham, [[Taplow]], [[Buckinghamshire]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/3701840/Fire-at-home-of-BBC-presenter-Terry-Wogan.html|title=Fire at home of BBC presenter Terry Wogan|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=9 December 2008|access-date=9 December 2008|location=London|first=Anita|last=Singh|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081213192846/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/3701840/Fire-at-home-of-BBC-presenter-Terry-Wogan.html|archive-date=13 December 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> with another home in [[Gascony]], southwestern France. Sir Terry and Lady Wogan had four children (one of whom, a daughter Vanessa, died when only a few weeks old) and five grandchildren. In 2010, Wogan described the anguish he felt on the loss of his baby daughter.<ref>{{cite news |title=Terry Wogan tells of anguish over death of baby girl |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-of-ireland/terry-wogan-tells-of-anguish-over-death-of-baby-girl-28561282.html |work=Belfast Telegraph |date=27 September 2010 |access-date=31 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Cooke |first=Rachel |author-link=Rachel Cooke |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/mar/28/broadcasting.arts |title=Interview: Terry Wogan |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=28 March 2004 |access-date=31 January 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131123607/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/mar/28/broadcasting.arts |archive-date=31 January 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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| In April 2013, Wogan attended the funeral of former [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]] [[Margaret Thatcher]] after being invited by her family.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a472514/margaret-thatcher-funeral-jeremy-clarkson-terry-wogan-ex-pms-invited.html|title=Margaret Thatcher funeral: Jeremy Clarkson, Terry Wogan, ex-PMs invited|work=Digital Spy|date=11 April 2013|access-date=1 May 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515154400/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a472514/margaret-thatcher-funeral-jeremy-clarkson-terry-wogan-ex-pms-invited.html|archive-date=15 May 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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| Wogan was brought up and educated as a [[Roman Catholic]], but became an [[atheist]] at the age of 17.<ref name=suffer/><ref>[http://www.rte.ie/tv/meaningoflife/s3p1.html Interview with Wogan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427010114/http://www.rte.ie/tv/meaningoflife/s3p1.html |date=27 April 2014 }}, Raidió Teilifís Éireann. Retrieved 8 May 2014.</ref><ref name="Larissa Nolan 2005">Larissa Nolan, "I Have Never Believed in God: Wogan", ''The Sunday Independent'' (Ireland), 8 May 2005.</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-of-ireland/terry-wogan-was-an-atheist-but-spiritual-says-father-brian-darcy-34411307.html|title=Terry Wogan was an atheist but spiritual, says Father Brian D'Arcy|work=Belfast Telegraph|date=31 January 2016|access-date=1 February 2016}}</ref> In an interview with [[Gay Byrne]] on [[RTÉ]], he said that he respected those who had "the gift of faith".<ref name="Larissa Nolan 2005"/><ref>[http://www.rte.ie/tv/meaningoflife/s3p1.html Interview with Wogan] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427010114/http://www.rte.ie/tv/meaningoflife/s3p1.html |date=27 April 2014}}, rte.ie; accessed 8 May 2014.</ref>
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| ==Death==
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| Wogan's health declined after Christmas 2015. He did not present ''[[Children in Need]]'' in November 2015, citing back pain as the reason for his absence from the long-running annual show. His friend, Father [[Brian D'Arcy]], visited him during January, and noticed he was seriously ill.<ref name=ie_obit>{{cite news|title=Terry Wogan only discovered he was terminal three weeks ago|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/entertainment/terry-wogan-only-discovered-he-was-terminal-three-weeks-ago-718617.html|newspaper=Irish Examiner|date=2 February 2016|access-date=3 February 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203091359/http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/entertainment/terry-wogan-only-discovered-he-was-terminal-three-weeks-ago-718617.html|archive-date=3 February 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He died of cancer, aged 77, on 31 January 2016, at his home.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2016-01-31/tributes-to-broadcaster-who-made-his-home-in-buckinghamshire/|title=Tributes to broadcaster who made his home in Buckinghamshire|work=ITV News|access-date=31 January 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202060537/http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2016-01-31/tributes-to-broadcaster-who-made-his-home-in-buckinghamshire/|archive-date=2 February 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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| [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]] [[David Cameron]] said that "Britain has lost a huge talent"<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35453541 |publisher=BBC News |title=Sir Terry Wogan: Veteran broadcaster dies, aged 77 |access-date=31 January 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131100906/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35453541 |archive-date=31 January 2016 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> and [[Michael D. Higgins]], the [[President of Ireland]], praised Wogan's career and his frequent visits to his homeland.<ref>{{cite news|title=Irish President's 'sadness' over Sir Terry Wogan death|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-of-ireland/irish-presidents-sadness-over-sir-terry-wogan-death-34410956.html|access-date=31 January 2016|work=Belfast Telegraph|date=31 January 2016}}</ref> [[Taoiseach]] [[Enda Kenny]] and [[Tánaiste]] [[Joan Burton]] remembered Wogan for his role in helping Anglo-Irish relations during [[the Troubles]].<ref name="troubles">{{cite news|last=Desmond|first=Sally|title=Enda Kenny: Sir Terry Wogan was a bridge between Ireland and Britain|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/jan/31/sir-terry-wogan-bridge-ireland-and-britain-taoiseach-says|access-date=31 January 2016|work=The Guardian|date=31 January 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131145255/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/jan/31/sir-terry-wogan-bridge-ireland-and-britain-taoiseach-says|archive-date=31 January 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> D'Arcy speculated that a public funeral would be logistically difficult, as there would be too many people wanting to pay their respects.<ref name="ie_obit" />
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| ==Legacy==
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| [[File:Terry Wogan - Limerick City (35927782795).jpg|thumb|right|Memorial statue in [[Limerick]], [[Ireland]]]]
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| After Wogan's death and his private funeral a few weeks later, a public memorial service was held on 27 September the same year. This was held at [[Westminster Abbey]], was opened by a recording of Wogan himself, and featured a number of his celebrity friends making speeches, such as [[Chris Evans (presenter)|Chris Evans]] and [[Joanna Lumley]]. The service was broadcast live on [[BBC Radio 2]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37477934|title=Sir Terry Wogan: Stars pay tribute at Westminster Abbey|date=27 September 2016|publisher=BBC News|language=en-GB|access-date=20 December 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161102050402/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37477934|archive-date=2 November 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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| In February 2016, a memorial montage was aired as part of the [[United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest|United Kingdom]]'s selection show for the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2016|2016 Eurovision Song contest]], ''[[UK national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest|Eurovision: You Decide]]''. During that year's contest in [[Stockholm]], [[Graham Norton]] asked UK viewers during his commentary to "raise a glass" for Wogan before the ninth song of the contest was performed; this honour has continued every year since.
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| In the run up to the annual telethon for ''[[Children in Need]]'', the BBC held a special concert at [[Royal Albert Hall|The Royal Albert Hall]], named ''[[Children in Need Rocks the Royal Albert Hall|Children in Need Rocks (for Terry)]]''. Unlike previous CiN Rock concerts, the acts performing were specially selected by the BBC and Wogan's friends as they were synonymous with his career. Performances included [[Katie Melua]] (whom he championed during his time as a DJ on Radio 2), [[Olly Murs]] (who performed Wogan's favourite [[Swing music|swing]] classics), [[Eva Cassidy]], who posthumously performed over video-tape with [[Shaun Escoffery]] duetting live in the studio on the song "[[Somewhere Over The Rainbow|Somewhere Over the Rainbow]]", and [[Michael Ball]] and [[Alfie Boe]] covering [[The Floral Dance]], a song which Wogan once covered himself.<ref>{{YouTube|T3Y4HufJ1oE|Terry Wogan – The Floral Dance}}</ref>
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| On 16 November 2016, the BBC renamed BBC Western House, home of [[BBC Radio 2]], in his memory, to BBC [[Wogan House]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2016/wogan-house|title=BBC – BBC rename home of BBC Radio 2 in memory of Sir Terry Wogan – Media Centre|publisher=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=28 July 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202111144/http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2016/wogan-house|archive-date=2 February 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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| ==Filmography==
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| ===Television===
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| {| class="wikitable"
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| ! Year
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| ! Title
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| ! Role
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| ! Note(s)
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| |-
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| | 1964–1965
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| | ''[[Jackpot (Irish TV series)|Jackpot]]''
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| | Presenter
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| | Wogan's first television work.
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| |-
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| | 1971, 1974–1977
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| | ''[[Eurovision Song Contest]]''
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| | Presenter
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| | Radio coverage
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| |-
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| | 1972–1973
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| | ''[[Lunchtime with Wogan]]''
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| | Presenter
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| |
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| |-
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| | 1973–1979
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| | ''[[Come Dancing]]''
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| | Presenter
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| |
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| |-
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| | 1973, 1978, 1980–2008
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| | ''[[Eurovision Song Contest]]''
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| | Presenter
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| | UK television commentary (excluding the semi finals, 2004–2008)
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| |-
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| | 1973, 1975, 1977–1984, 1994
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| | ''[[Eurovision Song Contest Previews]]''
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| | Presenter
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| |-
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| | 1974
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| | ''[[Castlebar Song Contest]]''
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| | Presenter
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| |-
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| | 1977–1995, 2003
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| | ''[[A Song for Europe]]''
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| | Presenter
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| |
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| |-
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| | 1977
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| | ''[[Ask a silly Answer]]'' <ref>BOOK: The Fully Authorised History of I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue: The Clue Bible By Jem Roberts P318</ref>
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| | Presenter
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| | For Southern Television, 14 April – 19 May 1977; Six episodes. Panel includes Graeme Garden, Alfred Marks, Willie Rushton, and Spike Milligan.
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| |-
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| | 1979–1983
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| | ''[[Blankety Blank]]''
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| | Presenter
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| | 95 episodes
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| |-
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| | 1980–2014, 2015
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| | ''[[Children in Need]]''
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| | Main presenter
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| | Telethon presenter, with various co-presenters until 2014. <br/>With a short voiceover and a small appearance in 2015.
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| |-
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| | 1981
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| | ''You Must Be Joking!''
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| | Presenter <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/You_Must_be_Joking |title=You Must be Joking (1) - UKGameshows |access-date=3 February 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401140222/http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/You_Must_be_Joking |archive-date=1 April 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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| | Gameshow, where two contrasting teams of 25 are pitted against each other; 10 episodes
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| |-
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| | 1982–1992
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| | ''[[Wogan]]''
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| | Presenter
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| | British television chat show
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| |-
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| | 1982
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| | ''Wogan's Guide to the BBC'' <ref>[http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a389aa1167aa4a99af88a0e029508b03 Wogan's Guide to the BBC] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208001229/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a389aa1167aa4a99af88a0e029508b03 |date=8 February 2016 }} genome.ch.bbc.co.uk</ref>
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| | Presenter
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| | Behind the scenes at the BBC.
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| |-
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| | 1988
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| | ''[[Stoppit and Tidyup]]''
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| | Narrator
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| |-
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| | 1991–2001
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| | ''[[Auntie's Bloomers]]''
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| | Presenter
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| |-
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| |1994-1995
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| | ''Do the Right Thing''
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| |Presenter
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| |Gameshow with interactive fiction
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| |-
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| | 1996, 1998
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| | ''[[The Great British Song Contest]]''
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| | Presenter
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| |-
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| | 1998
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| | ''[[Eurovision Song Contest 1998]]''
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| | Presenter
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| | With [[Ulrika Jonsson]]
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| |-
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| | 1998
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| | ''Wogans Web''
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| | Presenter
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| | 11 May to 3 June 1998, with his Radio 2 producer [[Paul Walters]].
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| | 1999–2008
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| | ''[[Points of View (TV series)|Points of View]]''
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| | Presenter
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| |-
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| | 2003–2004
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| | ''[[The Terry and Gaby Show]]''
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| | Presenter
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| | With [[Gaby Roslin]]
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| |-
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| | 2004–2007
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| | ''[[Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up]]''
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| | Presenter
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| | With various co-presenters
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| |-
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| | 2006
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| | ''[[Blankety Blank]] DVD Game''
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| | Presenter
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| | Returned to Blankety Blank for a special DVD edition
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| |-
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| | rowspan="2"|2008
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| | ''[[Eurovision: Your Decision]]''
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| | Presenter
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| | With [[Claudia Winkleman]]
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| |-
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| | ''[[QI]]''
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| | Panellist
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| | Series F Episode 1 "Families" – ''[[Children in Need]]'' special
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| |-
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| | 2008–2010
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| | ''[[Wogan's Perfect Recall]]''
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| | Presenter
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| |-
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| | 2014
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| | ''Secrets of the Body Clock''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/jan/04/secrets-of-body-clock-terry-wogan|title=The soothing pleasure of Secrets of the Body Clock with Terry Wogan|author=Julia Raeside|work=The Guardian|date=4 January 2014|access-date=31 January 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151113073759/http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/jan/04/secrets-of-body-clock-terry-wogan|archive-date=13 November 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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| |-
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| | 2014
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| | ''[[The One Show]]''
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| | Guest presenter
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| | 1 episode
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| |-
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| | 2015
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| | ''Terry and Mason's Great Food Trip''
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| | Presenter
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| | Documentary series, Wogan's final Television Work
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| ===Radio===
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| {| class="wikitable"
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| |- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"
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| ! Year
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| ! Title
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| ! Note(s)
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| |1966
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| |''Midday Spin''
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| |Wogan's first radio work for the BBC. Broadcast on The [[BBC Light Programme|Light Programme]].
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| |-
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| |1967
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| |''[[Housewives Choice]]''
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| |Guest host for a week in April 1967.
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| |-
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| |1967–69
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| |''Late Night Extra''
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| |Broadcast on [[BBC Radio 1]].
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| |-
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| |1969
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| |''The Jimmy Young Show''
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| |Stand-in while Young was on holiday in July 1969. Broadcast on Radio 1.
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| |-
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| |1969–72
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| |''Weekday afternoons''
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| |3-5pm, broadcast on BBC Radios 1 and 2.
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| |-
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| |1972–84
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| |''The Terry Wogan Show''
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| |First stint on [[The Radio 2 Breakfast Show]].
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| |-
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| |1974–75
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| |''Wogan's World''
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| |Wogan's first chat show, broadcast on [[BBC Radio 4]].
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| |-
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| |1993–2009
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| |''[[Wake Up To Wogan]]''
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| |Second stint on The Radio 2 Breakfast Show.
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| |-
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| |1997–2015
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| |Proms In The Park
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| |Host
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| |-
| |
| |2010–15
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| |''[[Weekend Wogan]]''
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| |Wogan's final radio work.
| |
| |}
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| ==Bibliography==
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| ===Biography===
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| *''Is It Me?'' ([[BBC Books]], 2000) {{ISBN|9781446416938}}
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| *''Mustn't Grumble'' ([[Orion Publishing Group|Orion]], 2006) {{ISBN|9781409105893}}
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| ===Fiction===
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| *''Those Were the Days'' ([[Macmillan Publishers|Pan Macmillan]], 2015) {{ISBN|9781447298243}}
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| ===General non-fiction===
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| *''Fight the Flab: Keep Fit With Terry Wogan'' (BBC Books, 1971) {{ISBN|9780563119937}}
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| *''Banjaxed'' (1979) {{ISBN|9781908461995}}
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| *''The Day Job'' (1981) {{ISBN|9781909040342}}
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| *''Wogan on Wogan'' ([[Penguin Books|Penguin]], 1987) {{ISBN|9780140108453}}
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| *''Terry Wogan's Bumper Book of TOGs'' ([[Andrews McMeel Publishing|Andrews UK]], 2011) {{ISBN|9781908262776}}
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| *''Where Was I?!: The World According to Wogan'' (Orion, 2009) {{ISBN|9781409111337}}
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| *''Wogan's Twelve'' (Orion, 2007) {{ISBN|9780752888439}}
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| *''Something for the Weekend: The Collected Columns of Sir Terry Wogan'' (Orion, 2013) {{ISBN|9781409148814}}
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| *''The Little Book of Common Sense: Or Pause for Thought with Wogan'' (Orion, 2014) {{ISBN|9781409146568}}
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| ===Travel===
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| *''Irish Days'' (Penguin, 1991) {{ISBN|9780718134136}}
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| *''Wogan's Ireland: A Tour Around the Country that Made the Man'' ([[Simon and Schuster]], 2012) {{ISBN|9781471115004}}
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| ==See also==
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| *[[List of Eurovision Song Contest presenters]]
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| ==References==
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| {{Reflist|30em}}
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| ==External links==
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| *[https://web.archive.org/web/20050615031319/http://www.togs.org/ Profile], togs.org. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
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| *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070312015203/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/08/26/bvwogan26.xml ''Daily Telegraph'' article]. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
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| *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927214153/http://www.irlfunds.org/great_britain/events_17.asp IFGB golf tournament]. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
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| *[http://www.theoldie.co.uk/ Profile], ''The Oldie Magazine'' website. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
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| *{{YouTube|ElnCI1fkfFM|Terry's Floral Dance}}. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
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| *{{IMDb name|0937369}}
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