Terry's Biog

Terry Wogan	Terry was born in Limerick, Ireland and educated by the (not very) Christian Brothers at Crescent College, Limerick. After leaving college Terry went into banking which, if he'd stuck at it, would have meant he'd probably have retired as an assistant manager by now. Five years later, he joined Radio Telefis Eireann (the Irish National Radio and TV Service) as a newsreader/ announcer. After two years of interviewing and presenting documentary features, Terry moved to light entertainment as a disc jockey and host of television quiz and variety shows. His first regular BBC Radio show was Midday Spin and, when Radio 1 started, he presented Late Night Extra for two years, flying over from Dublin every week. In 1969 he stood in for Jimmy Young when he went on holiday and later that year, in October, Terry took over his own daily show on Radio 1 and 2. In April 1972 he took over the 7.00-9.30am morning show on Radio 2. It's been all downhill since then. In 1978, he had a chart hit with his voiceover to the 'floral dance' (an original hit - without words - for the Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band in 1977). Terry started the voiceover on his breakfast show, but it was so popular with listeners he released it as a single! Not satisfied with domination of the music charts, Terry's autobiography 'Is it me?' went straight to number one. Terry's extensive television credits include his live chat show series Wogan which he presented three times a week for seven years on BBC1, Song For Europe, The Eurovision Song Contest, Lunchtime With Wogan, Come Dancing, Celebrity Squares, Miss World, New Faces and Blankety Blank. More recently Terry has presented Wogan's Island, Auntie's Bloomers, the National Lottery Live, Wogan's Web, and Points of View. In 1993 Terry rejoined Radio 2 to present Wake Up To Wogan and won the 1994 Sony Radio Award for the Best Breakfast Show. In a moment of weakness, in 1997, Her Majesty the Queen honoured him with an OBE, then compounded the error by giving 'yer man' an honorary knighthood in the 2005 birthday honours. He is married to the sainted Lady Helen, and has two sons and a daughter, and is every bit as nice in person as you'd expect.

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