Terry Wogan

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Terry Wogan 2005
Terry Wogan 2005
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
The Floral Dance
  UK 21st 07/01/1978 (5 weeks)
Silver Bells / Me and My Teddy Bear (with Aled Jones )
  UK 27 December 19, 2009 (3 weeks)

Sir Michael Terence Wogan , KBE (born August 3, 1938 in County Limerick , Irish Free State , † January 31, 2016 in Taplow , England ) was an Irish radio and television presenter . The Irishman (again) took on citizenship of the United Kingdom in 2005 .

Life

After leaving school, Wogan first worked in a branch of the Bank of Ireland in Dublin . Through a newspaper advertisement he got a job at RTÉ , for which he initially worked in the news and documentaries area. After two years he switched to the entertainment division. He presented the quiz show Jackpot , which was discontinued in 1967. He applied to the BBC in 1965 for a position as TV presenter on BBC 2 . However, it was turned down because it was judged that it was unacceptable to employ him, given that Denis Tuohy is already a presenter with an Irish accent. Although he was officially informed that there was no vacancy for someone in his field of activity. He contacted the BBC again and was accepted to host the BBC Radio 1 show Midday Spin , which aired from 1966 onwards. He was one of the first presenters of BBC Radio 1. From 1972 to 1984 and from 1993 to 2009 he presented the morning show ( Wake Up to Wogan ) on BBC Radio 2 . From 2010 to 2015 he presented the Sunday morning show Weekend Wogan .

Wogan was one of the founders of the BBC charity program Children in Need , which he presented regularly from 1980 until 2014. He resigned from the 2015 show at short notice for health reasons.

He was known for his ironic and sarcastic comments, especially on the Eurovision Song Contest , which he commented off -screen from 1971 on the radio and from 1973 on BBC television . At the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 he was both moderator (with Ulrika Jonsson ) and commentator. From 1978 he also moderated the British preliminary round of the competition on a regular basis. In August 2008 he announced that he would no longer be available for the Eurovision Song Contest in 2009.

1997 Wogan received an OBE ; In 2005 he was named Knight Commander of the Order. He was married from 1965 and had three children with his wife.

Wogan died of cancer on January 31, 2016.

Web links

Commons : Terry Wogan  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart sources: UK
  2. ↑ a b Jasper Jackson, Terry Wogan turned down for BBC2 job in 1965 by David Attenborough in: The Guardian, February 8, 2016, accessed February 9, 2016
  3. ↑ a b Obituary: Sir Terry Wogan on: BBC News, January 31, 2016, accessed February 1, 2016
  4. ^ DigitalSpy.co.uk "Terry Wogan quits Eurovision role"
  5. ↑ Sir Terry Wogan: Veteran broadcaster dies, aged 77 on: BBC News, January 31, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Wogan, Terry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wogan, Michael Terence; Wogan, wake up to
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish-British radio and television presenter
DATE OF BIRTH August 3, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH County Limerick , Ireland
DATE OF DEATH January 31, 2016
Place of death Taplow , England