EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: The BBC is set to leave Radio 2's Wogan House less than eight years after it was named after legendary DJ Sir Terry Wogan

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Less than eight years after Sir Terry Wogan's widow Helen and her children gathered outside BBC Radio 2's London HQ to see the building renamed Wogan House, it is set to be abandoned as the Beeb moves out. 

A BBC spokesman confirms the exit, declining to say if Sir Terry will be commemorated elsewhere. 

His former colleague Ken Bruce describes the move as a shame and urges the Beeb to honour fellow DJ Steve Wright, who died last month. 

Less than eight years after Sir Terry Wogan's (pictured) widow Helen and her children gathered outside BBC Radio 2's London HQ to see the building renamed Wogan House, it is set to be abandoned as the Beeb moves out

A BBC spokesman confirms the exit, declining to say if Sir Terry will be commemorated elsewhere

Wogan House, named after the presenter in 2016, has been used by the BBC since the 1950s

His former colleague Ken Bruce describes the move as a shame and urges the Beeb to honour fellow DJ Steve Wright (pictured, in 1995), who died last month

'He deserves to be well remembered. It would be nice if there was a plaque like they did for Terry, but I think they are running out of buildings to put a plaque on.'

Having made a film with Neil Tennant's Pet Shop Boys, Alan Yentob threw his toys out of the pram when he discovered the synth-pop duo had granted an interview to Dermot O'Leary which featured on the front cover of The Radio Times. 

'I was like, "What the f*** is going on?"' barks Yentob. 'And Neil said to me: "Well the BBC… you are in charge of the BBC. We thought you'd agreed it."' 

Having made a film with Neil Tennant's Pet Shop Boys, Alan Yentob (pictured in February) threw his toys out of the pram when he discovered the synth-pop duo had granted an interview to Dermot O'Leary which featured on the front cover of The Radio Times

Neil, a word in your shell-like: Alan just thinks he runs the BBC.

Looking in fine fettle at 73, Jane Seymour, pictured, boasts of her aversion to Botox, declaring: 'My choice is to have a face that moves, so I can play very young and I can play an 85-year-old woman.' 

Very young? Cast as 12th-century queen consort Eleanor of Aquitaine in 2021 TV series Glow and Darkness, Ms Seymour bragged that she'd been told she could still pass for 25. 

Looking in fine fettle at 73, Jane Seymour (pictured, in March) boasts of her aversion to Botox, declaring: 'My choice is to have a face that moves, so I can play very young and I can play an 85-year-old woman'

Awkwardly, she belatedly discovered a younger actress had been cast for her flashback scenes.

Presenter Janet Street-Porter exacts revenge on retired hellraiser Keith Allen for his claim that he had his wicked way with her on a snooker table. 

'He said in his memoir that things happened at my house,' she tells ITV's Loose Women. 

Presenter Janet Street-Porter (pictured) exacts revenge on retired hellraiser Keith Allen for his claim that he had his wicked way with her on a snooker table

'All I remember is this man taking off all his clothes and running around the room. When I looked at what was on offer… I've seen bigger button mushrooms in the reduced aisle.'

Apropos Dominic West's reluctance to sample bacon from his beloved sow Marla; Winston Churchill had a wartime pet pig in the Downing Street garden which was converted to ham and sausages for a banquet thrown for a Russian delegation. 

When the waiter came round with the salver of choice cuts, Churchill (who loved his food) declined, explaining: 'That was a friend of mine.'

Asked about pre-dawn alarm calls for his GB News shifts, Eamonn Holmes explains: 'If the lights don't go on within a couple of minutes, I will feel a little lick from my dog, Maggie, on my feet or legs, and it makes me smile straight away. She doesn't bark or make any fuss, but she comes over and basically says, "Dad, the alarm's gone off – it's time to get up."' 

Where is wife Ruth when you need her?

Asked about pre-dawn alarm calls for his GB News shifts, Eamonn Holmes (pictured) explains: 'If the lights don't go on within a couple of minutes, I will feel a little lick from my dog, Maggie, on my feet or legs, and it makes me smile straight away'