--- title: "13 Television Quotes By Terry Wogan" description: "13 Television quotes by Terry Wogan. Plus more from Terry Wogan and more Television sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/576/terry-wogan-8372_absolutely_i-have-to-say-without-getting-up-on-a-so_2876523.jpg" --- > [I have to say, without getting up on a soapbox, I find these reality shows absolutely disgusting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-wogan/i-have-to-say-without-getting-up-on-a-soapbox-i-find-these-reality/) [Terry Wogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-wogan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/576/terry-wogan-8372_absolutely_i-have-to-say-without-getting-up-on-a-so_2876523.jpg) > [Television contracts the imagination and radio expands it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-wogan/television-contracts-the-imagination-and-radio-expands-it/) [Terry Wogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-wogan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/734/terry-wogan-8372_contracts_television-contracts-the-imagination-and_3108265.jpg) > [All reality TV shows are a triumph of voyeurism. They choose contestants who are ill-suited and slightly freakish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-wogan/all-reality-tv-shows-are-a-triumph-of-voyeurism-they-choose/) [Terry Wogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-wogan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df8/terry-wogan-8372_choose_all-reality-tv-shows-are-a-triumph-of-vo_1269026.jpg) > [Most television could be presented by a dachshund. Radio can't, although there are a lot of dachshunds in there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-wogan/most-television-could-be-presented-by-a-dachshund-radio-can-t/) [Terry Wogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-wogan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00e/terry-wogan-8372_although_most-television-could-be-presented-by-a_2594233.jpg) > [I've no patience for people who say they never watch television. It's a great way to keep in touch with popular culture,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-wogan/i-ve-no-patience-for-people-who-say-they-never-watch-television-it-s/) [Terry Wogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-wogan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9e/terry-wogan-8372_children_i-ve-no-patience-for-people-who-say-they_299387.jpg) > [You have to be aware of your own shortcomings. The main thing I try not to do is lose my temper. Doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-wogan/you-have-to-be-aware-of-your-own-shortcomings-the-main-thing-i-try/) [Terry Wogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-wogan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc6/terry-wogan-8372_aware_you-have-to-be-aware-of-your-own-shortco_2814646.jpg) > [A talk show is about having a look at a famous face, a bit of stand-up comedy, knockabout stuff - an interview…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-wogan/a-talk-show-is-about-having-a-look-at-a-famous-face-a-bit-of-stand-up/) [Terry Wogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-wogan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/239/terry-wogan-8372_about_a-talk-show-is-about-having-a-look-at-a_675168.jpg) > [The culture now in television is that the presenter calls the financial and, increasingly, the creative shots. It is comparable to what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-wogan/the-culture-now-in-television-is-that-the-presenter-calls-the/) [Terry Wogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-wogan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/378/terry-wogan-8372_creative_the-culture-now-in-television-is-that-th_3162560.jpg) > [The BBC is the greatest broadcaster in the world. It's the standard that everyone measures themselves against. If we lose the BBC,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-wogan/the-bbc-is-the-greatest-broadcaster-in-the-world-it-s-the-standard/) [Terry Wogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-wogan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ee/terry-wogan-8372_against_the-bbc-is-the-greatest-broadcaster-in-t_3056342.jpg) > [We'll watch 'Britain's Got Talent,' 'X Factor,' 'Come Dine with Me' and 'Masterchef.' But we don't watch 'Big Brother,' which is rubbish.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-wogan/we-ll-watch-britain-s-got-talent-x-factor-come-dine-with-me-and/) [Terry Wogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-wogan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/060/terry-wogan-8372_awful_we-ll-watch-britain-s-got-talent-x-facto_1905330.jpg) > [I get a lot of letters from people saying, 'How do I get into radio, how do I get into telly?' and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-wogan/i-get-a-lot-of-letters-from-people-saying-how-do-i-get-into-radio-how/) [Terry Wogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-wogan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/230/terry-wogan-8372_answer_i-get-a-lot-of-letters-from-people-sayin_300649.jpg) > [A television chat show is light entertainment, so it is trivial by its very nature. It is hardly the place to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-wogan/a-television-chat-show-is-light-entertainment-so-it-is-trivial-by-its/) [Terry Wogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-wogan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eee/terry-wogan-8372_becomes_a-television-chat-show-is-light-entertai_2084353.jpg) > [BBC TV gets hold of an idea and beats it to death until we're all heartily sick of it. They buy people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-wogan/bbc-tv-gets-hold-of-an-idea-and-beats-it-to-death-until-we-re-all/) [Terry Wogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-wogan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed3/terry-wogan-8372_around_bbc-tv-gets-hold-of-an-idea-and-beats-it_2786256.jpg) ## Other authors on Television - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-neil-postman-70716.jpg) Neil Postman 35 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/television/neil-postman/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-joss-whedon-53730.jpg) Joss Whedon 31 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/television/joss-whedon/) - [Julie Plec 26 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/television/julie-plec/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-chuck-palahniuk-24118.jpg) Chuck Palahniuk 26 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/television/chuck-palahniuk/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 24 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/television/donald-trump/) - [Kevin Reilly 23 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/television/kevin-reilly/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-anwar-alawlaki-14363.jpg) Carlton Cuse 23 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/television/carlton-cuse/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-alysia-reiner-12018.jpg) Vince Gilligan 22 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/television/vince-gilligan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-amy-jo-martin-12468.jpg) Tom Shales 21 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/television/tom-shales/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rush-limbaugh-81741.jpg) Rush Limbaugh 20 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/television/rush-limbaugh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-adelaide-clemens-9427.jpg) Mitchell Hurwitz 20 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/television/mitchell-hurwitz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-shonda-rhimes-85145.jpg) Shonda Rhimes 18 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/television/shonda-rhimes/) ## More by Terry Wogan > [Oh, I'm a great believer in the power of the pause. Radio is a bit brasher now. My style was slower. I just used…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-wogan/oh-i-m-a-great-believer-in-the-power-of-the-pause-radio-is-a-bit/) [Terry Wogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-wogan/) > [My father was always slightly bemused by my success. Although he knew that I had reasonable intelligence, he always thought that I was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-wogan/my-father-was-always-slightly-bemused-by-my-success-although-he-knew/) [Terry Wogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-wogan/) > [I'm glad there's been so much laughter in the audience tonight." "But they're not laughing with you. They're laughing at you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-wogan/i-m-glad-there-s-been-so-much-laughter-in-the-audience-tonight-but/) [Terry Wogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-wogan/) > [A couple of years before he died, I kissed my father goodbye. He said, 'Son, you haven't kissed me since you were a little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-wogan/a-couple-of-years-before-he-died-i-kissed-my-father-goodbye-he-said/) [Terry Wogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-wogan/) > [I've always had an unsentimental view. I don't think the BBC is my auntie. I worked there for years, and you learn that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-wogan/i-ve-always-had-an-unsentimental-view-i-don-t-think-the-bbc-is-my/) [Terry Wogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-wogan/) > [I've no patience for people who say they never watch television. It's a great way to keep in touch with popular culture, and it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-wogan/i-ve-no-patience-for-people-who-say-they-never-watch-television-it-s/) [Terry Wogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-wogan/) > [I get a lot of letters from people saying, 'How do I get into radio, how do I get into telly?' and I wish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-wogan/i-get-a-lot-of-letters-from-people-saying-how-do-i-get-into-radio-how/) [Terry Wogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-wogan/) > [I have great fun with the Togs - Terry's Old Geezers and Gals. They're a group that formed around me over the years of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-wogan/i-have-great-fun-with-the-togs-terry-s-old-geezers-and-gals-they-re-a/) [Terry Wogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-wogan/) > [Age, they say, is only important if you're cheese. or a wine. They also say, if you are stuck behind one on a golf…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-wogan/age-they-say-is-only-important-if-you-re-cheese-or-a-wine-they-also/) [Terry Wogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-wogan/) > [I will never do 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!' There are certain things you'll do that you have some control over,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-wogan/i-will-never-do-i-m-a-celebrity-get-me-out-of-here-there-are-certain/) [Terry Wogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-wogan/) > [I'm asked to do 'Strictly Come Dancing' on a regular basis, but I always say no.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-wogan/i-m-asked-to-do-strictly-come-dancing-on-a-regular-basis-but-i-always/) [Terry Wogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-wogan/) > [A talk show is about having a look at a famous face, a bit of stand-up comedy, knockabout stuff - an interview is what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-wogan/a-talk-show-is-about-having-a-look-at-a-famous-face-a-bit-of-stand-up/) [Terry Wogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-wogan/) > [Worried about a skin condition? Leap smartly into a bath of porridge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-wogan/worried-about-a-skin-condition-leap-smartly-into-a-bath-of-porridge/) [Terry Wogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-wogan/) > [There's not enough silliness in the world. Eurovision helps to keep it balanced.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-wogan/there-s-not-enough-silliness-in-the-world-eurovision-helps-to-keep-it/) [Terry Wogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-wogan/) > [I have a happy temperament: a bit like 'Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-wogan/i-have-a-happy-temperament-a-bit-like-rebecca-of-sunnybrook-farm/) [Terry Wogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-wogan/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/television/terry-wogan/#itemlist", "name": "13 Television Quotes By Terry Wogan", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I have to say, without getting up on a soapbox, I find these reality shows absolutely disgusting.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Terry Wogan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-wogan/i-have-to-say-without-getting-up-on-a-soapbox-i-find-these-reality/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/576/terry-wogan-8372_absolutely_i-have-to-say-without-getting-up-on-a-so_2876523.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/576/terry-wogan-8372_absolutely_i-have-to-say-without-getting-up-on-a-so_2876523.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/576/terry-wogan-8372_absolutely_i-have-to-say-without-getting-up-on-a-so_2876523.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I have to say, without getting up on a soapbox, I find these reality shows absolutely disgusting.” — Terry Wogan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Television contracts the imagination and radio expands it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Terry Wogan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-wogan/television-contracts-the-imagination-and-radio-expands-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/734/terry-wogan-8372_contracts_television-contracts-the-imagination-and_3108265.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/734/terry-wogan-8372_contracts_television-contracts-the-imagination-and_3108265.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/734/terry-wogan-8372_contracts_television-contracts-the-imagination-and_3108265.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Television contracts the imagination and radio expands it.” — Terry Wogan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All reality TV shows are a triumph of voyeurism. 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