Michael Wood gets a big laugh by referring to Terry Wogan as "Sir Terence Wogan", the audience amused by what was then just a joking possibility. Twenty years later he was knighted.
"Sometimes Like Butterflies" wasn't a hit for Dusty Springfield on the UK Singles Chart, only reaching No.83 - her real comeback would occur two years later, when she reached No.2 with "What Have I Done To Deserve This?", a duet with the Pet Shop Boys.
"Alone Without You" by King reached No.8 in the UK Singles Chart.
It's notable that Terry Wogan's introduction cites "Fresh from the success of 'Love and Pride'", despite Love and Pride having been released well over a year earlier - while Love and Pride reached No.2 in the charts, the follow-up single, March 1985's "Won't You Hold My Hand Now" fell outside the Top 20, stalling at No.24.
It's notable that Terry Wogan's introduction cites "Fresh from the success of 'Love and Pride'", despite Love and Pride having been released well over a year earlier - while Love and Pride reached No.2 in the charts, the follow-up single, March 1985's "Won't You Hold My Hand Now" fell outside the Top 20, stalling at No.24.
Terry Wogan obliquely refers to the Wednesday edition being taken off air in his opening monologue, discussing that the last few episodes have been "A little out of the ordinary". Describing the events of the previous Friday, then Monday, he gets to "Wednesday... well, Wednesday... Wednesday, wasn't it?"