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Sir Michael Terence "Terry" Wogan, (born 3 August 1938) 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’s run – the King of banter finally goes blankety blank" ) By Kim Bielenberg, Saturday 12 September 2009, ''Irish Independent''〕 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 in 2005. ==Early life== Wogan, the son of the manager of Leverett and Fry a high class grocery store in Limerick, was educated at Crescent College, a Jesuit school, from the age of eight. He experienced a strongly religious upbringing, later commenting that "There were hundreds of churches, all these missions breathing fire and brimstone, telling you how easy it was to sin, how you'd be in hell. We were brainwashed into believing." Despite this, he has often expressed his fondness for the city of his birth, commenting on one occasion that "Limerick never left me, whatever it is, my identity is Limerick." At the age of 15, after his father was promoted to general manager, Wogan moved to Dublin with his family. While living in Dublin, he attended Crescent College's sister school, Belvedere College. He participated in amateur dramatics and discovered a love of rock and roll. After leaving Belvedere in 1956, Wogan had a brief career in the banking profession, joining the Royal Bank of Ireland. While in his twenties, he joined the national broadcaster of Ireland, RTÉ (Raidió Teilifís Éireann) as a newsreader and announcer, after seeing an advert in a newspaper advertising announcer positions. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Terry Wogan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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