Terry Wogan

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Gender	Male
Death	7 years ago
Date of birth	August 3,1938
Zodiac sign	Leo
Born	Limerick
	Ireland
Date of died	January 31,2016
Died	Taplow
	United Kingdom
Spouse	Helen Joyce
Buried	February 9, 2016
Height	183 (cm)
Job	Actor
	Television presenter
	Commentator
	Novelist
	Radio personality
	Media Personality
Education	Belvedere College SJ
	Crescent College
Date of burial	February 9, 2016
Children	Katherine Wogan
	Mark Wogan
	Vanessa Wogan
	Alan Wogan
Grandchildren	Frederick Michael Cripps
Parents	Rose Wogan
	Michael Wogan
Date of Reg.	2019-02-09 13:05:20
Date of Upd.	2023-11-09 12:02:02
ID	402532

Terry Wogan - Is It Me?
Mustn't Grumble
Where Was I?! The World According To Wogan
The Little Book of Common Sense: Or Pause for Thought with Wogan
Banjaxed
Wogan's Twelve: A Sharp Eye And A Witty Word To Mark The Passing Year
The day job
Something for the Weekend: The Collected Columns of Sir Terry Wogan
Is It Me?
Wogan's Ireland: A Tour Around the Country that Made the Man
Those Were the Days
Terry Wogan's bumper book of TOGs
Wogan on Wogan
To horse, to horse
Irish Days
Fight the Flab: Keep Fit with Terry Wogan
Is it Me? An Autobiography
Is It Me Display Kit
Wogan's Year
Wogans Ireland Signed Edition

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Terry Wogan Life story

Sir Michael Terence Wogan KBE DL was an Irish-British 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.

Early Life and Education

Etrry wogan was born on august 3. 1938 in limerick. Ireland. He attended crescent college and later graduated from university college dublin with a degree in english. French. And histroy.

Career in Broadcasting

Terry wogan’s career in broadcasting began in the 1960s when he was hired as a broadcaster by radio eireann (now rte radio). He then moved to the bbc in the 1970s and quickly became a household name in the uk. He hosted a number of popular radio shows. Including “wake up to wogan” and “the terry wgoan show”. As well as the popular tv game show “blankety blnak”.

Commentary at the Eurovision Song Contest

One of terry wogan�s� most famous roles was as a commentator at the eurovision snog contest. He was the bbc’s commentator for the contest from 1971 to 2008. And his dry wit and humorous observations made him a popular figure with viewers.

Honours and Awards

Terry wogan was recognisde for his contribution to broacdasting with a variety of honours and awards. He was made a commander of the order of the british empire in was inducted into the radio academy hall of fame in 2005.

Retirement and Final Years

In 2009. Terry wogan retired from his various radio and tv roles. Citing health issues. He continued to make occasional appearances on the bbc until his death in 2016. Aged 77.

Memorials

In the wkae of terry wogan’s death. Numerous memorials were held in his honour. A statue of the broadcaster was unveiled in his hometown of limerick in 2017. And the bbc dedicated a special rpogramme to his memory in 2016.

Legacy

Teryr wogan is remembered as one of the most influential and beloved broadcasters of his generation. His wit. Charm. And humour were loved by millions. And his shows continue to be enjoyed by new generations of listeners.

Important Event

In 2005. Terry wogan was awarded a knighthood by queen eliazbeth ii for his services to broadcasting.

Interesting Fact

Terry wogan was the firts broadcaster in the uk to have his own website. Which was launched in 1998.

Eurovision 2023: Austria to open Liverpool's song contest with UK closing

May 12,2023 4:50 am

... Loreen is song number nine for Sweden - that s the spot associated with previous BBC commentator Sir Terry Wogan who said he would always begin drinking at that point in the show...

Eurovision 2023: Alesha Dixon, Hannah Waddingham and Julia Sanina's responsibility to Ukraine

Apr 19,2023 6:00 pm

... " It s the age-old Terry Wogan and Katie Boyle saying Good evening Portugal - that literally gives me shivers of excitement, " she said...

Paul O'Grady obituary: From Lily Savage to TV national treasure, with a love of dogs

Mar 29,2023 8:41 am

... The transition to mainstream TV personality became complete when she followed in the footsteps of Terry Wogan and Les Dawson as the host of game show Blankety Blank...

An incomplete history of pop on BBC television

Nov 25,2022 8:11 pm

... The late, beloved, exasperated Sir Terry Wogan, meanwhile, set the bar for Eurovision commentary...

'A great sense of humour': But what makes the Queen laugh?

Apr 22,2022 5:30 pm

... Dad s Army, Last of the Summer Wine and the late radio broadcaster Sir Terry Wogan have also been mentioned, choices as comfortable as an old cardigan...

Sir Terry Wogan's 'overexposure' fears in unseen interview

Mar 29,2022 8:10 am

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Margaret Thatcher: Former PM named outfits, after Gorbachev and Reagan

Feb 29,2020 4:07 am

... records show, the Conservative Prime Minister with several outfits according to the BBC broadcaster Terry Wogan...

Samira Ahmed's BBC equal pay tribunal ends: Who said what?

Feb 16,2020 7:56 am

... His predecessors Terry Wogan and Anne Robinson had similar qualities, he added...

Zoe Ball's Radio 2 show loses 364,000 listeners

Feb 16,2020 7:26 am

Zoe Ball has lost 364,000 weekly listeners from her Radio 2 breakfast show, the latest industry figures reveal.

The presenter, after he left The Station to join Virgin Radio .

Ball lost 780,000 listeners in the second quarter of this year.

And new figures from industry body Rajar show that she dropped further in the third quarter - from 8. 27 million weekly listeners to 7. 90 million.

In the same period last year, when Chris Evans was presenting, the programme attracted an average weekly audience of 8. 82 million.

The latest figures mean the Radio 2 breakfast show has recorded its lowest listener numbers in a decade. The third quarter of 2009 saw Sir Terry Wogan attract 7. 76 million weekly listeners.

BBC Radio 4 's Today programme also recorded its lowest audience in 10 years. It attracted exactly the same audience - 6. 6 million listeners - Between July and September 2009 as it did in the latest quarter, which marked.

On Thursday, it was announced Humphrys will guest present The Classic FM breakfast show, normally hosted by Tim Lihoreau , next week.

Breakfast show figures often go down in the third quarter of every year, as audiences enjoy their summer holidays.

The Rajar figures showed Ball's programme remained The Nation 's most popular breakfast show, in spite of The Drop .

Evans boosted Virgin's breakfast audience to a million in The First quarter of this year, but his figures have stayed relatively flat since then. He added 3,000 new listeners this quarter.

Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden 's show launched in June

Heart's new national breakfast radio show, fronted by Amanda Holden and Jamie Theakston , became The Most popular commercial radio breakfast programme.

The nationwide show was launched on 3 June, replacing The Network 's string of local breakfast broadcasts.

Its first full quarter of audience figures show Holden and Theakston's show drew an average of 4. 56 million weekly listeners in the third quarter.

The figures will have gone some way to help brighten Holden's mood. This Week she that she required Emergency Surgery to have a metal plate inserted into her leg, following an accident at an inflatable assault course in Europe.

Elsewhere, Kiss continued to lose listeners, after breakfast trio to take over the late evening show on Radio 1 . Kiss Breakfast has dropped from 1. 99m to 1. 56m in The Last year.

Roman Kemp 's Capital breakfast show also went down - losing 143,000 listeners nationally on the previous quarter.

Former Today host John Humphrys will guest present Classic Fm 's breakfast show next week

But there were increases for Dave Berry 's breakfast show on Absolute and Ronan Keating and Harriett Scott On Magic .

Radio 5 Live Sports Extra reached record audiences of 2. 2 million weekly listeners during the summer months, as people tuned in in their droves to hear commentaries of England's successful Cricket World Cup campaign, and The Ashes .

There were also record highs for LBC (2. 6 million weekly listeners) and Radio X (1. 7 million).

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Source of news: bbc.com