caption country website children module birth_place article_title name honorific_suffix birth_date known_for residence spouse image employer birth_name
wogan at his investiture in december 2005 republic of ireland , united kingdom -lsb- http://www.terrywogan.com terry wogan official website -rsb- vanessa b. 1967 -rrb- mark -lrb- b. 1970 -rrb- katherine -lrb- -lrb- b. 1972 -rrb- b. 1966 ; deceased -rrb- alan -lrb- yes jan 2012 b018w7rj.flac terry wogan 's voice speech recorded january terry 2012 from the bbc radio 4 programme '' desert island wogan discs '' bbc radio4 desert island discs 01 limerick city , ireland terry wogan
 sir terry wogan gbr kbe dl 3 august 1938 '' song contest '' -lrb- 1971 -- 2008 -rrb- '' blankety ` blank '' -lrb- 1979 -- 1983 -rrb- '' children in television need '' -lrb- 1980 -- -rrb- '' wogan '' -lrb- presenting 1982 -- 1992 -rrb- '' wogan 's perfect recall '' : -lrb- 2008 -- 2010 -rrb- '' ` radio presenting : '' '' ' '' wake up to wogan '' -lrb- 1993 ' -- 2009 -rrb- '' weekend wogan '' -lrb- 2010 -- '' -rrb- eurovision taplow , buckinghamshire , england , uk helen joyce 25 april 1965 terry wogan mbe investiture cropped.jpg bbc michael terence wogan
terry wogan

sir michael terence `` terry '' wogan , -lrb- born 3 august 1938 -rrb- is an 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 .
wogan was granted an honorary knighthood as an irish citizen but after obtaining dual british-irish citizenship in 2005 this was automatically converted to a full knighthood .
