#terry wogan

[beautifulgiants]

Stephen Fry & Hugh Laurie talk Jeeves & Wooster and do a magic trick on Wogan

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#stephen fry #hugh laurie #terry wogan #jeeves and wooster #a bit of fry and laurie #video #interview #p g wodehouse #Youtube

[gothabilly-kitty]

#eartha kitt #terry wogan #love her voice #Instagram

[its-a-rat-trap]

Bob Geldof receiving a check on behalf of Band Aid, March 1986

It was presented by Terry Wogan and Delia Smith, who had put together the book "Food Aid: A Cookery Book" to raise funds for the famine in Africa.

(Photos by Alan Davidson/ and Clive Limpkin/Daily Mail via Shutterstock)

#bob geldof #delia smith #terry wogan #band aid #bob

[escinsight]

“It’s all political, isn’t it?” The short yet surprising answer is yes, but the politics at the Eurovision Song Contest may not be what the general public understands political nature to be. Dr Jamie Halliwell looks at part of the politics of our Song Contest, the role 'othering' plays as part our Song Contest, and how it negatively impacts the public perception

#esc #eurovision song contest #eurovision #politics #voting #othering #representation #media #perception #terry wogan #europe #united kingdom

[eurovision-revisited]

Birmingham 1998

My eyes! It hurts! It's so bright! From the dark of Dublin's docks to the exceptionally bright lights of Birmingham's National Indoor Area, Eurovision has returned for 1998.

The NIA (now the Utilita Arena) is one of the biggest indoor arenas in the UK. Situated in the heart of Birmingham, and chosen to show off the area's redevelopment and connections. It's also the eighth time the UK hosted Eurovision, despite this being only the fifth time the UK won the competition.

The big, big change is televoting. Last year only five countries got to try it. This year everyone whose phone network can cope will be televoting. The juries are nearly all gone and only used as backup in the event of mass telecommunicative failure. Televoting necessitates other innovations. The pre-voting recap was introduced in 1997, even if I forgot to mention it! In 1998 it's fully relevant to almost all Eurovision viewers for the first time.

There's all sorts of concerns about the technology going wrong during the voting sequence, and there are some hiccups, however the voting is one of the closest. Five countries were vying for the win and everything came down to the final douze points of the evening from the Macedonian public. A huge sigh of relief and cheers. Then they just have to find the winner so they can present the trophy...

This year's unlucky victims of the EBU abacus of relegation are Denmark, Russia, Austria, Iceland, and Bosnia & Herzegovina. Oh look, the three countries that benefitted most from the limited televoting last year. Italy remembered to tell the EBU they didn't want to take part this year and so didn't, reprieving Germany who would otherwise have been relegated.

The other big, big story of 1998 is representation. The winner is a trans-woman. In second, fourth and twenty-fourth, there are women of colour. However, whenever there is a person who is visibly different on stage, you can guarantee there will be an unpleasant reaction. Dana International received death threats and even street protests back in Israel, from those unhappy at the IBAs choice of representative for Israel.

More generally, 1998 feels like all of the good lessons that had been learned from the previous two or three contests got brought back now that they knew that they worked. There were some small new novelties that got brought in without really being noticed. Dry ice!

The presenters are Ulrika Jonsson and Terry Wogan, the latter doing double-duty as presenter and UK commentator.

#esc #esc 1998 #eurovision #eurovision song contest #birmingham #birmingham 1998 #United Kingdom #National Indoor Arena #Terry Wogan #Ulrika Jonsson

[mariekavanagh]

Eurovision fun fact: In the UK we have a very specific Eurovision tradition in which we raise a glass at Song 9 to the late Terry Wogan, who was our iconic commentator for years before handing over to Graham Norton. His parting advice to Graham was never to start drinking before Song 9. So every year since he died, Graham leads us in raising a toast to Terry just before Song 9.

Just a little fun fact for anyone who wants a bit of Eurovision trivia. It might come up in a pub quiz one day xD

#eurovision #terry wogan #graham norton #united kingdom #song 9 #eurovision traditions

[placetnemagistra]

Always unbidden in my mind, that Terry Wogan interview with Linda and Paul where Tel says to Linda “you always stand up for him, don’t you” with SUCH understanding

#Paul and Linda #Terry Wogan

[weaversweek]

"Reach" and "Over the rainbow"

Unlike last year's effort, Fear of Music is not presented chronologically. Unlike many other lists of 50, this one is not ordered from great to even better.

However. It makes sense to start in the year 2000, and it makes sense to start with one of the songs just scraping into the top 50. Two of the Uncool50 have been replaced, this is the only one where I had serious doubts about whether it still merited a place. (Does this suggest I skimped on research last year? Probably.)

"Reach" - written by Cathy Dennis and Ronnie Hazelhurst, performed by S Club 7 - a European hit single in summer 2000. It's the era of manufactured pop, bursting through like sunshine through the clouds. Those harmonies! The uplifting melody line!

The whole century's going to be as fun and positive as this, right?

S Club 7 split less than two years later. Cathy Dennis wrote other big hits - I considered "Toxic" and "Can't get you out of my head", but neither survived into the top 100.

Eva Cassidy died in 1996. She was a natural musician - came up with three-part harmonies from nowhere, improvised with skill and precision - but never hit the record company leagues.

Indie label Blix Street had rights to Eva's live performances and studio records, and hawked them to tastemakers. One was Paul Walters, the producer of Terry Wogan's breakfast show on Radio 2.

From nowhere, Eva Cassiday was everywhere. Blix Street have eked out Eva's tiny back catalogue to a remarkable degree; I just hope they'll never try to use an autocomplete bot to "re-create" her.

"Over the rainbow" was written in the 1930s by Harold Arlen and Yip Harberg in 1938; I'd name Eva's as the definitive recording.

#s club 7 #cathy dennis #eva cassidy #blix street #terry wogan #harold arlen #yip harberg #over the rainbow #fear of mu21c #fear of music #FearOfMu21c #Youtube

[bluecote]

#the floral dance #terry wogan

[highlyfunctioningassbutt]

I am watching the 2005 eurovision with british commentary and my gods was Terry Wogan a xenophobic asshole

"The eastern block has taken over so now never mind the music, we've got the neighbours to think of"

And just constant comments about how "oh the eastern europeans are making this such a spectacle"

Also generally just incredibly rude comments about how the female performers and host look (only the female ones of course)

Just overall nasty man

#eurovision #eurovision 2005 #terry wogan #i hate that man

[beatlepaul4ever]

If you watch the beginning of this video carefully it does seem that Paul and Terry are similar heights. I’ve googled how tall Terry is and it said 6ft, so Paul would appear to be his stated 5ft 11ins.(There was talk on here previously that Beatles exaggerated their heights, so I’ve been on a bit of a mission 🤣)

Actually, if you keep watching, when they sit down it’s apparent how short in the body Paul is compared to Terry, and therefore how long his legs must be!

#paul mccartney #terry wogan #press to play #Youtube

[i-am-the-oyster]

7:37

"We all knew the plans, we all knew he was coming home. We were all waiting to see him"

#julia baird #john lennon #plans for '81 #terry wogan #mentions of goldman #denials of homosexuality #several references to paul's opinion #Youtube

[grandmaster-anne]

June 1987 Jimmy Tarbuck, Henry Cooper, Ronnie Corbet and Terry Wogan pose with Princess Anne at the Fours Stars Charity Golf Tournament © Lawrence Levy Photographic Collection and the Levy Foundation/University of St Andrews Collections

#from my drafts #her smile pleasssse #😍🥰💗 #princess anne #jimmy tarbuck #henry cooper #ronnie corbet #terry wogan

[eurovision-facts]

Eurovision Fact #210:

The hosts for the 2001 contest, Natasja Crone Back and Søren Pilmark, spoke entirely in rhyming couplets!

Terry Wogan, commentator for the UK, mocked and ridiculed this choice heavily. He called the announcers Dr. Death and The Tooth Fairy.

After complaints from the Danish broadcaster to the BBC, however, the BBC apologized oh his behalf.

[Sources]:

Copenhagen 2001, Eurovision.tv.

'Wogan i hardt vær,' nrk.no.

Eurovision 2001, Wikipedia.com.

#esc facts oc #esc #eurovision #eurovision song contest #eurovision facts oc #esc 2001 #terry wogan #Natasja Crone Back #Søren Pilmark

[graemegardenappreciationsociety]

Tiny clip of GG on “Ask a Silly Answer”

#graeme garden #terry wogan #ask a silly answer

[eurovision-revisited]

Copenhagen 2001 - The interval act and other performances

Only two musical extras this year - first last year's winners, The Olsen Brothers kick things off with a reprise of 2000's winning song Fly on the Wings of Love, segueing neatly into their new song Walk Right Back accompanied by four be-tartaned female pipers.

The opening song by last year's winner has been done before, but in 2001 it feels as if this performance establishes it firmly in the schedule. It gets the crowd on their feet and cheering right from the off. The Danes' warmth and genuine enthusiasm for their winners is palpable, and the Olsen's seem to be one the only bands of the evening who actually enjoyed the experience of standing in front of all those people. They may not have had the nervousness of competing for their country this year, but it is a homecoming to celebrate.

Befitting a stadium, the interval has a big name. Possibly Denmark's hottest pop export up to 2001, Aqua. They perform a medley of their biggest hits in hyperactive, irreverent style and do truly light up those moments while the EBU get to work verifying the votes. They have all the pyro, all the effects and their stage gear does actually fill the stage.

Far from static, singers Lene Nystrøm and René Dif are everywhere around the stage, bouncing upstage, downstage, left and right. Lene does kick off Barbie Girl with a heartfelt 'fuck off Ken' and finishes by telling him he's a 'dirty bastard', and she's not wrong. The band and record label were still in legal dispute with Mattel over the song at the time.

That's not only the swearing of the evening as in one of the short ad breaks during the main competition sequence, the hosts perform a short skit (with rhyming of course) in which Søren fumbles the 'trophy' dropping it and smashing it into pieces. 'Shit' he says, understandably. Luckily it's only a prop and Natasja is keeping the real one safe.

All this swearing led to the BBC in the UK having to make two apologies. One to the public for swearing going out on live TV and one to host broadcaster DR for Terry Wogan repeatedly insulting the hosts for their looks and rhyming. Not an enlightening evening.

#esc #esc 2001 #eurovision #eurovision song contest #copenhagen #copenhagen 2001 #Denmark #DR #interval acts #Aqua #The Olsen Brothers #Lene Nystrøm #René Dif #Barbie #Terry Wogan #Natasja Crone Back #Søren Pilmark