This was the second episode of Wogan that week; the show had missed its traditional Wednesday night slot due to BBC1 broadcasting European football.
As noted under several episodes, some of Terry Wogan's worst press came from newspapers published in his home country. Jenny Gleeson discussed the news that the show was due to end in "The Bray People" the day this edition aired.
Gleeson wrote (13th December 1991): "Try as I might, I couldn't quite bring myself to shed any tears - little-bitty or otherwise - at the news that Wogan is soon to vacate the screen. Yes, our Terry has made the right decision, for heaven knows he's been flogging a dead programme for some time now. lt's only surprising that it has taken this long for the penny to drop. In his heyday he was good. Relaxed and jovial, carrying his radio personality over and on to the box with comfortable competence even if he did stay up half the night working on his spontaneity. He was very capable of tickling any guest that he could get his cheque on into spending a few minutes on inconsequential talk. And that seemed to be his hallmark. Upbeat, cosy, teasy sort of conversation that didn't get up anyone's nose - even when it should have. And it was all bright and exciting when it was first time round for his guests. Even when it was second time round. When the "last time we met you were . . .'s" started appearing with increased regularity it was time to yawn and wish for something different. Why the show was given a three-times-a-week spot for so long I'll never know. Surely that was tempting fate and contempt. Could they not have trimmed it down to a once a week spot when TAM ratings dropped and the TV personality of the year awards stopped rolling in? But no - the Beeb, as he was known to call it, decided on over-exposure and Terry saturation. Maybe it was because they had nothing better to replace him with. It would have been better if he had confined himself to one night a week and done it properly. Maybe then he would have had time actually read some of the books that his guests had written. And maybe then he would have had time to think up a few of his own questions."
Gleeson wrote (13th December 1991): "Try as I might, I couldn't quite bring myself to shed any tears - little-bitty or otherwise - at the news that Wogan is soon to vacate the screen. Yes, our Terry has made the right decision, for heaven knows he's been flogging a dead programme for some time now. lt's only surprising that it has taken this long for the penny to drop. In his heyday he was good. Relaxed and jovial, carrying his radio personality over and on to the box with comfortable competence even if he did stay up half the night working on his spontaneity. He was very capable of tickling any guest that he could get his cheque on into spending a few minutes on inconsequential talk. And that seemed to be his hallmark. Upbeat, cosy, teasy sort of conversation that didn't get up anyone's nose - even when it should have. And it was all bright and exciting when it was first time round for his guests. Even when it was second time round. When the "last time we met you were . . .'s" started appearing with increased regularity it was time to yawn and wish for something different. Why the show was given a three-times-a-week spot for so long I'll never know. Surely that was tempting fate and contempt. Could they not have trimmed it down to a once a week spot when TAM ratings dropped and the TV personality of the year awards stopped rolling in? But no - the Beeb, as he was known to call it, decided on over-exposure and Terry saturation. Maybe it was because they had nothing better to replace him with. It would have been better if he had confined himself to one night a week and done it properly. Maybe then he would have had time actually read some of the books that his guests had written. And maybe then he would have had time to think up a few of his own questions."