Wogan

- Season 1

(1982)

Terry Wogan's chat show begins as a post-watershed Tuesday night series, with Paula Yates as a co-host. Guests on the first edition include Bruce Forsyth, Elaine Paige and graffiti expert Nigel Rees.

Joining the second episode in the series are David Frost, Wayne Sleep and Meat Loaf. There's also a film of Terry meeting alien believer Lord Clancarty, who states that "Close Encounters" began life as a documentary.

Terry meets the team behind "Private Eye", and gets chatty with Hinge and Bracket. Also on the show is Elaine Paige, providing some music.

With guests Jilly Cooper, Marvin Hamlisch and Clement Freud.

Victoria Wood tells Terry that her comic song writing came about as she'd written music for an ex-boyfriend's songs and didn't want it to go to waste after they split up. Among the other guests is Victoria's husband, the Great Soprendo.

Terry's guests include Mike Harding and Auberon Waugh, along with a performance of "Always on my Mind" by Willie Nelson.

The penultimate show in the first series sees Jeffrey Archer and Randy Edelman visit the studio.

Terry ends the first series of his chat show by talking to Gilbert O'Sullivan, Vincent Price, Selina Scott and Ned Sherrin.