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Saturday Matters with Sue Lawley
Saturday Matters with Sue Lawley was a short lived, late night chat show presented by Sue Lawley, which aired on BBC One in late 1989. Originally intended as a breakout show for Lawley, who up until that point was best known as a BBC news presenter, although she had already proven her ability as a chat show host through being a regular stand-in for Terry Wogan in his own show "Wogan".
"Saturday Matters" departed from the format of traditional, light
the regular stand-in for Terry Wogan on his BBC1 thrice-weekly chat show "Wogan". From 1988 to 26 August 2006 Lawley was the presenter of "Desert Island Discs" on BBC Radio 4.
Other work.
In 1989, the BBC launched Lawley in her own Saturday night talk show titled "Saturday Matters with Sue Lawley", which was received badly by critics and was cancelled after one series. The very first guest interviewed was the then Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson. Lawley left the