#OTD1960: Ian Hislop was born. In 1986, he appeared on ‘Wogan’ with outgoing Private Eye editor Richard Ingrams, where they talked about the importance of a healthy degree of cynicism. | BBC Archive
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#OTD1960: Ian Hislop was born. In 1986, he appeared on ‘Wogan’ with outgoing Private Eye editor Richard Ingrams, where they talked about the importance of a healthy degree of cynicism. | BBC Archive
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#OTD 1986: Michael Caine was on 'Wogan' to talk about class in the UK and getting started as an actor. | BBC Archive
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#OTD 1986: Michael Caine was on 'Wogan' to talk about class in the UK and getting started as an actor. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1986: Luciano Pavarotti appeared on Wogan. He spoke about his trademark white handkerchief and performing in front of different audiences all over the world. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1986: Luciano Pavarotti appeared on Wogan. He spoke about his trademark white handkerchief and performing in front of different audiences all over the world. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1986: Douglas Adams explained how the idea for The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy began while lying drunk in a field in Innsbruck. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1986: Douglas Adams explained how the idea for The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy began while lying drunk in a field in Innsbruck. | BBC Archive
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American actor Gene Hackman has died, aged 95. In 1986, he was the guest of Terry Wogan, discussing his beginnings in showbusiness and his Oscar-winning role as Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle in The French Connection. | BBC Archive
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American actor Gene Hackman has died, aged 95. In 1986, he was the guest of Terry Wogan, discussing his beginnings in showbusiness and his Oscar-winning role as Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle in The French Connection. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1978: The first episode of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio series was broadcast on BBC Radio 4. In 1986, Douglas Adams, the author and creator of The Hitchhiker's Guide to Galaxy, revealed to Terry Wogan how he developed the idea for the book after he’d had a bit too much to drink in a field in Innsbruck. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1978: The first episode of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio series was broadcast on BBC Radio 4. In 1986, Douglas Adams, the author and creator of The Hitchhiker's Guide to Galaxy, revealed to Terry Wogan how he developed the idea for the book after he’d had a bit too much to drink in a field in Innsbruck. | BBC Archive
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"What do you think a poltergeist is?" #OnThisDay in 1986: Things got a little bit spooky when scientist, author and zoologist Dr Lyall Watson discussed all things paranormal on Wogan. | BBC Archive
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"What do you think a poltergeist is?" #OnThisDay in 1986: Things got a little bit spooky when scientist, author and zoologist Dr Lyall Watson discussed all things paranormal on Wogan. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1986: "She bullied and harried the Great British public into better home cooking." Terry Wogan interviewed the rather outspoken Fanny Cradock. | BBC Archive
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Gene Hackman was born #OnThisDay in 1930. Back in 1986 he joined Terry Wogan to talk about playing Lex Luthor and how/why he was such a latecomer to his trade. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay in 1986: Peter Dean and Gillian Taylforth, aka Pete and Kathy Beale, discuss how their roles in EastEnders and how they got into them on Wogan. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1988: Wogan was celebrating its 500th episode in typical 1980s fashion - with a montage. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay1989: Eartha Kitt made an emotional appearance on 'Wogan' to speak about love and to contemplate the question of whether she truly was an extrovert. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay1985: Bruce Grobbelaar was on Wogan where he was unwilling to dispel the myth that all goalkeepers are somewhat eccentric. | BBC Archive
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#OTD 1988: Beano editor Euan Kerr appeared on Wogan for a chat before he was rudely interrupted by Dennis the Menace. | BBC Archive
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#OTD 1985: Alain Prost attempted to give Terry Wogan a spin in his championship-winning McLaren. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay1987: Spike Milligan appeared on Wogan and spoke about his experiences during the war. | BBC Archive
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#OTD1950: Bill Murray was born. In 1988, he appeared on 'Wogan' and spoke about the success of ‘Ghostbusters’. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1986: Sue Lawley sat in for *"gruesomely popular narrowcaster", Terry Wogan. *According to Russell Harty | BBC Archive
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