Sir Terry Wogan: 'Someone tried to blow me up'

Sir Terry Wogan has revealed that a bomb parcel was once addressed to him.

The veteran broadcaster, best known for presenting Radio 2's breakfast show, said that he was on vacation when the parcel was delivered.

Wogan told Kirsty Young on Desert Island Discs: "My producer carried this parcel to the post room and was roundly castigated by the BBC - nearly lost his job for trying to blow himself up.

"Whoever sent in the bomb with my name on it couldn't have been much of a fan because I was on holiday."

The 73-year-old added: "It was very difficult. I was very conscious, for instance, that you'd [have to] come up [with] a cheery morning voice after some horrific bomb incident."

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