Terry Wogan
Sir Terry Wogan KBE DL Wogan at his Investiture in December 2005 Born Michael Terence Wogan (1938-08-03) 3 August 1938 (age 76) Limerick City, Ireland Residence Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England, UK Employer BBC Known for Television Presenting: Eurovision Song Contest (1971–2008) Blankety Blank (1979–1983) Children in Need (1980–) Wogan (1982–1992) Wogan's Perfect Recall (2008–2010) Radio Presenting: Wake Up to Wogan (1993–2009) Weekend Wogan (2010–) Spouse(s) Helen Joyce (m. 1965) Children Vanessa (b. 1966; deceased) Alan (b. 1967) Mark (b. 1970) Katherine (b. 1972) Terry Wogan's voice Sorry, your browser either has JavaScript disabled or does not have any supported player. You can download the clip or download a player to play the clip in your browser. Recorded January 2012 from the BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs Website Terry Wogan official website Sir Michael Terence "Terry" Wogan, KBE DL (born 3 August 1938) is a dual citizen British-Irish radio and television broadcaster who has worked for the BBC in the United Kingdom for most of his career. Before he retired from his weekday breakfast programme Wake Up to Wogan on BBC Radio 2 in 2009, it had eight million regular listeners, making him the most listened-to radio broadcaster in Europe. Wogan began his career at Raidió Teilifís Éireann where he presented shows such as Jackpot in the 1960s. Wogan has been a leading media personality in the UK since the late 1960s and is often referred to as a "national treasure". He is known in the United Kingdom for his BBC One chat show Wogan, presenting Children in Need, Wake Up to Wogan, the game show Blankety Blank and Come Dancing and as the BBC's commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest from 1971 to 2008. Wogan currently presents a two-hour Sunday morning show, Weekend Wogan, on BBC Radio 2. Although Irish by birth, Wogan chose to take out British citizenship, presumably because it would fully legitimise his knighthood. Before that time, he could not use the title "Sir" as a non-British citizen since the knighthood was only honorary. Upon becoming a British citizen, the knighthood automatically reverted to a full knighthood, with all the rights and privileges thereof, the most obvious being able to use the title "Sir".