News, highlights and banter from the team at BBC Genome – the website that shows you all the BBC’s listings between 1923 and 2009 (and tells you what was on the day you were born!) Join us and share all the oddities, archive gems and historical firsts you find while digging around… 2016-12-23T07:00:00+00:00 Zend_Feed_Writer https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/genome

2016-12-23T07:00:00+00:00 2016-12-23T07:00:00+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/genome/entries/2077cde4-7909-47d4-b8bc-af64b4fe6d66 <div class="component"> <img class="image" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p04m0tvm.jpg" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/80xn/p04m0tvm.jpg 80w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/160xn/p04m0tvm.jpg 160w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p04m0tvm.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/480xn/p04m0tvm.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/640xn/p04m0tvm.jpg 640w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/768xn/p04m0tvm.jpg 768w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/896xn/p04m0tvm.jpg 896w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1008xn/p04m0tvm.jpg 1008w" sizes="(min-width: 63em) 613px, (min-width: 48.125em) 66.666666666667vw, 100vw" alt=""></div> <div class="component prose"> <p>We're almost there! And what better way to get ready than by transporting yourself to 1984. The late Sir Terry Wogan's <a title="BBC Genome - Wogan" href="http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/6f9f8f758d694080a6e738dd138ad308" target="_blank">Christmas Day guests</a> included Freddie Starr, Kiri Te Kanawa and Elton John, with a special satellite interview with Victoria Principal, best known for her role as Pamela Barnes in American soap opera Dallas.</p> <p>You can watch the <a title="BBC iPlayer - Wogan" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00nyyt7/wogan-25121984" target="_blank">full programe here</a> or, if you're in the middle of Christmas preparations, enjoy this short clip of Terry Wogan being offered an unusual role in Dallas...</p> </div> <div class="component"> <div id="smp-0" class="smp"> <div class="smp__overlay"> <div class="smp__message js-loading-message delta"> <noscript>You must enable javascript to play content</noscript> </div> </div> </div><p> <em>Victoria Principal offers Terry Wogan a part of Dallas.</em> </p></div><div class="component prose"> <p>Don't forget you can find more BBC archive content by running a search on Genome and filtering the results by Programme Available. If you're feeling adventurous, just run an empty search and click on Programme Available, <a title="BBC Genome - Programme Available" href="http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?media=playable&adv=1" target="_blank">or click here.</a> There are more than 11,000 programmes you can watch or listen to on those dark December nights...</p> </div>