{"id":2259644,"date":"2026-01-31T12:08:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T12:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2259644"},"modified":"2026-01-31T12:08:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T12:08:04","slug":"dermot-oleary-plays-tribute-to-terry-wogan-on-10th-anniversary-of-his-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/dermot-oleary-plays-tribute-to-terry-wogan-on-10th-anniversary-of-his-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Dermot O\u2019Leary plays tribute to Terry Wogan on 10th anniversary of his death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Presenter Dermot O\u2019Leary has paid tribute to Sir Terry Wogan on his BBC Radio 2 show by playing a song recorded by the former Eurovision commentator.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The 52-year-old, who replaced Sir Terry on BBC charity variety show Children In Need in 2015, said \u201cit\u2019s been 10 years since we lost him\u201d, before adding that he had to play Sir Terry\u2019s 1978 hit single The Floral Dance in tribute.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Before playing the song, O\u2019Leary asked fellow radio presenter Romesh Ranganathan if he had ever met Sir Terry, to which he replied: \u201cI didn\u2019t, unfortunately, but I regularly go back to watch him hosting Never Mind The Buzzcocks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cBecause it was so good, because that was such a comedy, comedy show, and obviously Terry is so funny \u2026 you basically feel like you could drop him into any environment or scenario and he\u2019ll be absolutely brilliant.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Presenter Dermot O\u2019Leary replaced Sir Terry on Children In Need (David Jansen\/PA)<\/p>\n<p><span>(David Jensen)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It comes after Sir Terry\u2019s son, Mark Wogan, described him as \u201cthe least showbiz person in showbiz\u201d while speaking on Jeremy Vine\u2019s BBC Radio 2 show on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Wogan said: \u201cHe loved what he did.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cAs he said, \u2018I\u2019ve got the best job in the world. I go into work every day and laugh for two hours\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Wogan said Sir Terry was a \u201cfamily man\u201d who \u201cmade a conscious decision that he was public property\u201d but did not want his family to be bothered by his fame.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He added: \u201cHe was very private and when he clocked off at Radio Two, he genuinely went home. And he was a family man.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Dermot O\u2019Leary poses for photographers on the red carpet\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"947\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/tIevOFg1CBFdXhf1NzvO_w--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTE0MjE7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/snappa_entertainment_819\/e7780ee1f332af88dc5cba1a9edad3a3\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Dermot O\u2019Leary played The Floral Dance in tribute on his BBC Radio 2 show (Ben Whitley\/PA)<\/p>\n<p><span>(Ben Whitley)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHe was the least showbiz person in showbiz. And, you know, if you talk about the Wogan years, where, I think there were two-and-a-half thousand people he interviewed over that period, he became friends with two of them, really.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cVarious people came through the door, but, I mean, it wasn\u2019t kind of like a sort of showbiz extravaganza at home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Asked what Sir Terry was like when he was not working, Wogan said: \u201cHe was exactly the same, but at home, the volume was turned down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHe was a man who, if he wasn\u2019t working, he was very much relaxing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sir Terry was also known for his own Radio 2 show, which he stepped down from in November 2015 as he battled prostate cancer, and his chat show, Wogan, which ran from 1982 to 1992.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He died on January 31, 2016.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source ca.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presenter Dermot O\u2019Leary has paid tribute to Sir Terry Wogan on his BBC Radio 2 show by playing a song recorded by the former Eurovision commentator. The 52-year-old, who replaced Sir Terry on BBC charity variety show Children In Need in 2015, said \u201cit\u2019s been 10 years since we lost him\u201d, before adding that he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2259645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[357728,437648,437649,437650,437647],"class_list":["post-2259644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-bbc-radio-2","tag-dermot-oleary","tag-mark-wogan","tag-sir-terry","tag-sir-terry-wogan"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Dermot-OLeary-plays-tribute-to-Terry-Wogan-on-10th-anniversary.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2259644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2259644"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2259644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2259646,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2259644\/revisions\/2259646"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2259645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2259644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2259644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2259644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}