This edition of Wogan was the joint-fifth most watched programme on the BBC that week, with both it and a repeat of When I'm 65 (1978) drawing 13.15 million viewers. Had Wogan been ranked as individual episodes rather than collectively, it would have seen it placed at 13th in the charts.
Elvis Costello's cover of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" reached No.33 on the UK Singles Chart.