I love Terry Wogan. He's surreal and quite the wit. Not only that, but the older he gets, the grumpier he becomes. His tussles with Eurovision and The BBC are becoming a great spectator sport. Well, not one to disappoint us proles, Wogan is kicking up the dust once more, and giving the biggest indication that the recent Eurovision will be his last...

So where to start? Well, Auntie is as good a place as any. Sir Tel has said that the BBC is no longer the finest broadcaster in the world and that its bosses lack "old-fashioned thoroughness and commitment".

In a interview with the Radio Times, which marks his 70th birthday, Wogan, said: "When I sent my first tape to the head of gramophone programmes at the BBC, I had made the fatal mistake of forgetting to rewind it to the start. Yet that gentleman took the time to wind it all the way back, and once he'd listened to it, things went from there. I can tell you, if I was a young chap coming over from Ireland today, they probably wouldn't even listen to my tape, let alone rewind it. Somehow, that old-fashioned thoroughness and commitment have disappeared. I suppose no one has the time for it anymore."

Wogan, who of course will be presenting a new Channel 4 quiz called Perfect Recall in the Richard and Judy slot, added that he doubted people who worked at the BBC today felt the broadcaster was a world class institution.

"When I started, people who worked for the BBC knew they weren't earning as much as people in commercial television, but they did have the satisfaction of knowing that they worked for one of the finest, if not the finest, broadcasting organisation in the whole world," he said. "I'm not sure they feel that any more, or at least that it means as much as it used to."

Now, the Eurovision bit...

Wogan said he did not want to front Eurovision any more following the increase in political voting which saw Russia win in Serbia this year after gaining the votes of former Soviet states. "I was considering giving up before Belgrade and now I have to say I'm very doubtful about ever wanting to do Eurovision again," he added. "I've had so much fun, but I think it's time for someone else to take over."