Sir Terry Wogan has vowed to bring back the 'golden age of BBC variety' with his new radio show live from BBC Radio Theatre.
The veteran broadcaster will host the two hour Sunday show on Radio 2, which will feature an 11 piece band and guests all performing in the Art Deco style Radio Theatre in Broadcasting House.
He said the new show – which will be live in front of a 350 seat audience – will hark back to the golden age of BBC variety shows.
“I got the idea when Take That were playing live, and as I passed I saw the long queue and I thought, great! The BBC doesn’t often use the Radio Theatre correctly, it needs to give Broadcasting House a bit of life, not just be a temple on a hill but a place to go. The live audience adds tremendously,” he told the Radio Times.
Sir Terry, 71, admitted that he still wakes up early despite hanging up his breakfast show headphones, but he did not mention tuning into Chris Evans, his replacement on the Radio 2 breakfast show.
He said: "I may wake round about six, but I don't get up. I lie and doze, this morning til nine".
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