:00:00. > :00:09.Sir Terry Wogan, a giant of television and radio for decades,
:00:10. > :00:27.Terry Wogan. Hello, and welcome to be the -- welcome to the beginning
:00:28. > :00:31.of what I hope will be a long and happy relationship. How anyone can
:00:32. > :00:38.get so much applause and still see as nice as me. -- still stay.
:00:39. > :00:41.His family said he'd fought a short but brave battle against cancer.
:00:42. > :00:43.His warmth and gentle style provided the bedrock
:00:44. > :00:49.His warmth, his humour, and the fact that he did not take
:00:50. > :00:51.himself seriously, and he was genuinely a really nice
:00:52. > :00:54.man, and I think that is what we will remember about him,
:00:55. > :00:56.he was part of our lives, a real radio legend,
:00:57. > :01:15.he loved what he was doing, and he gave us an enormous
:01:16. > :01:19.Sir Terry Wogan, one of Britain's best loved television and radio
:01:20. > :01:22.stars, has died at the age of 77 after what his family described
:01:23. > :01:25.as "a short but brave battle with cancer."
:01:26. > :01:28.Sir Terry's warm and velvety voice, along with his dry wit,
:01:29. > :01:30.defined his style for millions for decades.
:01:31. > :01:36.He hosted a chat show, presented Children In Need,
:01:37. > :01:38.the Eurovision Song Content and was a leading star
:01:39. > :01:41.The BBC's Director General, Lord Hall, said,"Today we lost
:01:42. > :01:43.a broadcasting legend, but also a dear friend."
:01:44. > :01:48.Our first report is from our arts correspondent, David Sillito.
:01:49. > :01:55.Please welcome our knight of the realm, Sir Terry Wogan!
:01:56. > :01:59.Welcome to the beginning of what I hope will be a long
:02:00. > :02:05.How anyone can get such applause and still stay as nice as me,
:02:06. > :02:16.If being famous was there on offer, great!
:02:17. > :02:21.Terry Wogan, warm, witty, never lost for a word.
:02:22. > :02:27.A chapter of broadcasting history is over.
:02:28. > :02:31.To command the affection of the public for such a period
:02:32. > :02:36.of time is a feat that not too many broadcasters can do.
:02:37. > :02:39.All sorts of different people found him and loved him,
:02:40. > :02:44.loved his wit, loved his charm and felt that they knew him,
:02:45. > :02:47.as all great broadcasters make people feel, that they actually
:02:48. > :02:53.In the '80s, his chat show was on three nights a week.
:02:54. > :02:56.He thought five would have been better.
:02:57. > :02:57.A number of expensive and smart restaurants
:02:58. > :03:04.He'd already experienced fame before he'd even arrived in Britain.
:03:05. > :03:07.He'd been a newsreader and presenter on RTE in Ireland.
:03:08. > :03:10.His humour, his love of language, he said, was a mixture of his home
:03:11. > :03:14.town of Limerick and his love of British culture.
:03:15. > :03:18.I suppose I was a bit of a West Brit.
:03:19. > :03:29.When I was growing up in Limerick, I didn't listen to Irish radio,
:03:30. > :03:34.the Goon Show, Take It From Here, all those things.
:03:35. > :03:37.So I suppose in a way, I had more in common with British
:03:38. > :03:39.radio and television than I had with Irish.
:03:40. > :03:42.He was one of the original line-up of Radio 1, but his real home
:03:43. > :03:47.All great radio is the friend behind the microphone and no-one
:03:48. > :03:49.was a better friend than Terry Wogan.
:03:50. > :03:53.I think that is why people feel upset and genuinely shocked today,
:03:54. > :03:56.because they feel as though they have lost a friend.
:03:57. > :04:10.There was also a hit single, a very Wogan hit single.
:04:11. > :04:12.You were saying you find this kind of thing horrific.
:04:13. > :04:16.He had an aura of good nature, an ease in front of the camera,
:04:17. > :04:18.even when a chat show guest declined to chat.
:04:19. > :04:22.Did you do any of this stuff in America?
:04:23. > :04:32.Here's your host on Blankety Blank, Terry Wogan.
:04:33. > :04:35.But it was on programmes with a bit more freedom that the Wogan wit
:04:36. > :04:36.really blossomed, such as Blankety Blank.
:04:37. > :04:38.I could've been a brain surgeon or anything.
:04:39. > :04:47.And he was probably at his best in the place
:04:48. > :04:51.It was certainly the hardest to say goodbye to.
:04:52. > :04:57.Till we're together again in February.
:04:58. > :04:59.Have a happy Christmas and thank you.
:05:00. > :05:10.Sir Terry will be remembered for being the face of Children In Need,
:05:11. > :05:13.which has raised many, many millions for children in the UK
:05:14. > :05:20.And, of course, he presented for many years the Eurovision Song
:05:21. > :05:34.18 million and then put thousands, ?199. Terry Wogan was as much a part
:05:35. > :05:37.of Children In Need as Pudsey. For 35 years he was the genial and
:05:38. > :05:43.tireless toast of the programme that every year raises millions for
:05:44. > :05:46.charity. Taking nothing too seriously was his trademark, but
:05:47. > :05:51.this was something his colleagues said came from the heart. He worked
:05:52. > :05:55.as tirelessly on fund-raising behind-the-scenes as he did on
:05:56. > :06:01.stage, in shooting Children In Need became part of Britain's national
:06:02. > :06:05.conscience. He only missed the show once, last November, on the advice
:06:06. > :06:11.of his doctors, and over the years he helped raise hundreds of millions
:06:12. > :06:14.of pounds. We have helped literally millions and billions of
:06:15. > :06:17.disadvantaged children right across the UK, and I think that is the
:06:18. > :06:25.legacy that he would like to leave, as much as the fantastic impact he
:06:26. > :06:31.made on broadcasting. New revision was another national event for which
:06:32. > :06:35.Sir Terry Wogan was a perfect fit. Four brides of Frankenstein. With
:06:36. > :06:40.his dry wit, he said what many viewers sometimes felt, but by the
:06:41. > :06:46.time he gave up the role in 2008, some of the fun had clearly gone.
:06:47. > :06:52.Some really ridiculous songs. You have to say that this is no longer a
:06:53. > :06:55.music contest. He was sometimes mobbed by fans after the show,
:06:56. > :07:01.attention that was not always welcome. He said, if I had known it
:07:02. > :07:05.was going to be like this, I would never have started. I do not think
:07:06. > :07:11.that was entirely true, but I think there were times when he felt that
:07:12. > :07:15.the private person, and Terry was a private person in many ways, the
:07:16. > :07:21.private person had given away too much to the public. For all the
:07:22. > :07:22.affection for Terry Wogan, it maybe he was happiest when his fame was
:07:23. > :07:23.helping others. Let's go live now to our arts
:07:24. > :07:35.correspondent, David Sillito, The tributes have been pouring in
:07:36. > :07:37.from everybody from David Cameron to the President of Ireland.
:07:38. > :07:41.Absolutely, sometimes we say tributes are pouring in and it is a
:07:42. > :07:47.trickle, but this has been a torrent. It is the number of years,
:07:48. > :07:52.more than 50 years, Britain and Ireland, he has been famous,
:07:53. > :07:56.generations of people. One of the tributes today stood out for me. It
:07:57. > :08:02.was one little phrase, Paul O'Grady. He said there was no false it to
:08:03. > :08:07.him. I said -- I thought, I have met him and did interviews with him once
:08:08. > :08:12.or twice, and that is what struck you with him, the person you met in
:08:13. > :08:18.private was almost exactly the person you heard on the radio. That
:08:19. > :08:21.was reared gift. Most people in Broadcasting House broadcasting
:08:22. > :08:25.personas, but you were seeing something of the real person, and
:08:26. > :08:30.that is why he survived for such a long time, more than 40 years on
:08:31. > :08:36.radio, it is a very sensitive time in the morning four-week up to
:08:37. > :08:41.Wogan. When he left Radio 2, and we were outside waiting for him to come
:08:42. > :08:46.out of the studio, some of his old geezers were waiting for him. I
:08:47. > :08:50.thought, this is not just about a popular presenter, it felt like a
:08:51. > :08:55.family that had developed over the years. Lots of people feel that
:08:56. > :09:00.sense of warmth about him. If you want to understand and analyse it,
:09:01. > :09:06.yet Israeli hard. It probably helps he had an Irish accent and was
:09:07. > :09:13.classless. In the late making 60s, we did not really have DJ pole until
:09:14. > :09:16.1968, they were announcers, I bit formal and stiff, and he was
:09:17. > :09:21.something more intimate and friendly. That is the word that
:09:22. > :09:26.stands out today. When I spoke to him, he would come up with these
:09:27. > :09:31.amazing answers off the cuff. It would be the right tone, the right
:09:32. > :09:36.feeling, the right words. He was a very clever man to do that again and
:09:37. > :09:38.again, all for more than 40 years. David, thank you very much, David
:09:39. > :09:41.Sillito. We will have more tributes
:09:42. > :09:44.to Sir Terry Wogan in a moment, in a specially extended bulletin,
:09:45. > :09:47.after the rest of the day's news. David Cameron will demand stronger
:09:48. > :09:49.powers to curb immigration from the EU when he meets
:09:50. > :09:51.the European Council President Donald Tusk in Downing
:09:52. > :09:53.Street this evening. He'll insist that a proposed
:09:54. > :09:55."emergency brake" to deny benefit payments to working migrants should
:09:56. > :09:57.be triggered immediately The Business Secretary,
:09:58. > :10:06.Sajid Javid, has said that the controversial tax
:10:07. > :10:08.settlement between Google and the government "wasn't
:10:09. > :10:09.a glorious moment". Under the deal, the internet giant
:10:10. > :10:12.has agreed to pay ?130 million in back taxes covering
:10:13. > :10:14.the past decade. The Chancellor, George Osborne,
:10:15. > :10:17.had called the agreement a "major Two bombs have killed and wounded
:10:18. > :10:23.at least 30 people near Syria's most important Shia shrine
:10:24. > :10:25.on the outskirts of Damascus. State television has shown burning
:10:26. > :10:28.buildings and destroyed cars in the neighbourhood
:10:29. > :10:36.of Sayida Zeinab. The shrine houses the grave
:10:37. > :10:38.of the Prophet Mohammed's Andy Murray has been beaten
:10:39. > :10:43.in the final of the Australian Open The Serb has now won six
:10:44. > :10:48.Australian Open titles. The prize that has eluded
:10:49. > :10:58.Andy Murray for so long was perched tantalisingly close,
:10:59. > :11:03.but Novak Djokovic's grip on that trophy and Britain's number
:11:04. > :11:05.one has been vice-like. The first set followed
:11:06. > :11:09.a familiar pattern. Murray simply outclassed as the Serb
:11:10. > :11:14.took the first set 6-1. Murray had been late to bed
:11:15. > :11:17.the previous night after watching brother Jamie win the doubles
:11:18. > :11:21.and in the second set he finally woke up, matching his nemesis,
:11:22. > :11:25.until at 5-5, once again, he fell under Djokovic's spell,
:11:26. > :11:31.another crucial break, 2-0. At least Murray had shown some fight
:11:32. > :11:34.and that continued in the third where he managed to break
:11:35. > :11:41.Djokovic and level at 3-3. Murray forced a tie-break
:11:42. > :11:44.but during that the trophy looked Djokovic finished things
:11:45. > :11:54.with an ace, one that seemed The Serb's six Australian Open
:11:55. > :12:00.titles are matched only by the great Murray, once again, is left
:12:01. > :12:06.dreaming of a first. Let's return now to the news
:12:07. > :12:09.of the death of Sir Terry Wogan A master of live TV and radio,
:12:10. > :12:13.with his easy broadcasting style and whimsical reflections on life,
:12:14. > :12:16.Sir Terry built a devoted audience of millions over his 50 year career
:12:17. > :12:19.and played a leading role in raising hundreds of millions
:12:20. > :12:21.of pounds for Children in Need. We're going to take the next few
:12:22. > :12:25.minutes to look back at his life with some of the people
:12:26. > :12:27.who knew him well. With me in the studio
:12:28. > :12:29.is his long time colleague from Radio 2 and BBC One,
:12:30. > :12:32.Alan Dedicoat and the chairman Before we speak to you Alan,
:12:33. > :12:36.lets hear a bit of Sir Terry For the first 12 years,
:12:37. > :12:48.it was the plain old Terry Wogan Show, and you were all twits,
:12:49. > :12:51.but Terry Wogan is top society. And when I returned to the bosom
:12:52. > :12:54.of our family it became Wake Up To Wogan, and
:12:55. > :13:04.you all became togs. It's always been a source
:13:05. > :13:09.of a enormous pride to me that you've come together in my name
:13:10. > :13:11.and you are proud to call yourselves my listeners,
:13:12. > :13:20.and you think of me as a friend. He is the man who nicknamed you the
:13:21. > :13:25.voice of the balls for your work on the lottery, was it fun? Laughter
:13:26. > :13:30.from the beginning, from when he arrived to the minute he left, great
:13:31. > :13:35.fun, we just laughed, not all of it could be broadcast but most of it
:13:36. > :13:39.could, and he was very inclusive and shared his programme with people,
:13:40. > :13:43.you were his friend. He did not pioneer but he perfected a business
:13:44. > :13:53.of broadcasters talking to one person, one to one. Whether any
:13:54. > :13:59.script involved at all, rehearsals? Rehearsal, what was that? He lived
:14:00. > :14:04.on the edge and it shows. It was edgy stuff which made you listen
:14:05. > :14:10.more and more. He turned up wearing his wife's cardigan. He dressed in
:14:11. > :14:13.the dark to be fair, he did not want to wake up, but he was a great
:14:14. > :14:17.laugh. One of the causes closest
:14:18. > :14:19.to his heart was - as we've been hearing -
:14:20. > :14:22.Children in Need which he presented APPLAUSE
:14:23. > :14:35.from Terry Wogan. You find me back in
:14:36. > :14:39.the throbbing heart of what is going on
:14:40. > :14:41.here, the ops room. Look busy, look busy,
:14:42. > :14:44.lads, for goodness sake. the final total of this very night
:14:45. > :15:14.for Children In Need 2011. He did help, literally, millions of
:15:15. > :15:19.children. Literally millions. He was involved for all of the 35 years
:15:20. > :15:23.since it started in 1980, he missed one show, last November, and he was
:15:24. > :15:30.very much the heart and soul of the charity, not just the face of it,
:15:31. > :15:34.and ?800 million has been raised in that time, and that has enabled us
:15:35. > :15:41.to help literally millions of children. Only last year, we gave
:15:42. > :15:45.out over 50 million of grants that help half a million disadvantaged
:15:46. > :15:53.children that was close to his heart. He didn't actually like
:15:54. > :15:58.scripts all rehearsals, was that a bit challenging sometimes? For
:15:59. > :16:05.Children In Need, it was not, the script was irrelevant. He did it
:16:06. > :16:10.from his heart. It was so close to what he believed in, that every
:16:11. > :16:14.child in the UK should have the chance to reach their potential, and
:16:15. > :16:17.when he looked in the camera it was not about the autocue, it was
:16:18. > :16:22.generally about what he believed. He was a good director. You never knew
:16:23. > :16:25.what he was going to do next, that was the fun of it. He was the best
:16:26. > :16:28.at live TV and radio. And among it all, Terry found time
:16:29. > :16:31.to have a hit record - # When stars in heaven
:16:32. > :16:43.were shining bright, # Far away the full light
:16:44. > :16:45.glare, # Into the sweet and scented
:16:46. > :16:48.air, on a quaint old Cornish town. We can speak to Sir Terry's Radio 2
:16:49. > :17:05.colleague Ken Bruce from his home That is, to me, sums him up in many
:17:06. > :17:11.ways. Taking the job seriously but not himself being taken seriously
:17:12. > :17:15.very much. He did not really take himself seriously at all. He enjoys
:17:16. > :17:19.doing his work and wanted to do it well that he wanted to break the
:17:20. > :17:23.boundaries and do things that people were not expecting, the mischievous,
:17:24. > :17:30.it's naughty, and with that particular song, he broke several
:17:31. > :17:33.boundaries, musical ones mainly! His father used to sing that song so
:17:34. > :17:39.there was a family connection. It always comes back to family with
:17:40. > :17:48.Terry. He was very keen to sing it on a record. The family was
:17:49. > :17:54.everything to Terry. Intimacy is all on the radio, and his voice did
:17:55. > :17:59.sounds like he was talking to you in your living room or having
:18:00. > :18:04.breakfast. He did have that innate ability to speak directly to you,
:18:05. > :18:11.and make you feel as if you and he had a special bond. It was not just
:18:12. > :18:16.somebody on the radio talking to me. Ulysses and said, I get what you are
:18:17. > :18:22.saying, that is subtle, it is money. -- you listened. It did not go over
:18:23. > :18:27.the head of millions of his listeners. Almost everybody got it
:18:28. > :18:31.but he made you feel special as a listener, as if you and he were the
:18:32. > :18:35.two people who got this and it brought you closer than ever to him,
:18:36. > :18:41.and that was his true gift, to make you feel like a true and close
:18:42. > :18:47.friend. Whoever you were, you were his friend, and very few people have
:18:48. > :18:55.got that. It is interesting that the listeners loved him but he also
:18:56. > :19:01.loved his listeners. He had a loyal legion of fans. I took great
:19:02. > :19:07.pleasure in joining him on trips to Leicester for those events. Did he
:19:08. > :19:11.enjoy his fame? He was a very private man and his family was very
:19:12. > :19:15.special to him. You could not do anything on a Sunday, that was
:19:16. > :19:21.family day, and that was special stop every other day he would have a
:19:22. > :19:25.slice of the Wogan action. When you were talking about him there, he did
:19:26. > :19:31.not actually have do this, he did not have to work as hard as he did
:19:32. > :19:36.on Children In Need. Yes, and people remember, of course, the one-day of
:19:37. > :19:43.the year when he did seven hours of life were cast raise millions of
:19:44. > :19:48.pounds but the rest of the year, 364 days, he would visit projects, he
:19:49. > :19:52.was out, come to formal trustee meetings, he took it very seriously,
:19:53. > :19:58.and he was always a joy to spend time with. One-on-one on the radio,
:19:59. > :20:05.absolutely, but to see him in front of disadvantaged kids, they lit up
:20:06. > :20:10.like Reagan's. Is a fellow broadcaster, when you get up in the
:20:11. > :20:13.morning and do a job, its maze game glamorous, but it is a job, and he
:20:14. > :20:21.got up in the dark, you were slightly later, was he ever grumpy
:20:22. > :20:26.or fed up with Mark --? Like everybody, there were days when he
:20:27. > :20:33.felt like getting up then other days. He lived in Buckinghamshire,
:20:34. > :20:37.the south end of Buckinghamshire, and I don't get out of bed until
:20:38. > :20:43.quarter past six and he was on air at 30 AM. A quick wash and brush, a
:20:44. > :20:51.bit of breakfast, and he was in the studio by 7:20am. He did not believe
:20:52. > :20:58.in being into early. Some days he was not in Intel's 730 but that is
:20:59. > :21:01.another story! The idea was not to let the broadcast to get in the way
:21:02. > :21:06.of his life stop did you ever wonder what was in store for you when he
:21:07. > :21:10.turned up with Mark I was in slightly earlier, an hour or so, and
:21:11. > :21:14.you never knew what he was going to throw at you. That was the joy and
:21:15. > :21:17.he responded to it but he was generous, you would let you say
:21:18. > :21:21.various things and get away with murder. A joy, and absolute boy.
:21:22. > :21:30.Thank you very much. -- joy. Tomorrow evening the One Show
:21:31. > :21:32.will present a special programme looking back on Sir
:21:33. > :21:34.Terry Wogan's life. You can watch "A Tribute
:21:35. > :21:37.to Sir Terry" at 7 o'clock And now, to end the programme,
:21:38. > :21:40.lets give the last word I've just loved the nature of it,
:21:41. > :21:45.the show is my creation,