Sir Terry Wogan

Although simple, this cheerful picture conveys some of the warmth of Sir Terry Wogan's personality

When I photographed Sir Terry Wogan at his home, I had no idea that he was ill, let alone that my pictures would be the last portraits made of the veteran TV and radio broadcaster. It was the second time I had done a shoot with him and both my experiences were very different.

The first shoot took place in Spring Studios, London, in January 2006. I was commissioned by his. I had previously photographed a number of broadcasters of a similar generation, such as Michael Parkinson and David Frost, and found them professional but also quite brusque and intimidating. On that first shoot, Terry was similarly ‘old-school’ and just wanted to get the pictures done. He was doing his shtick and putting on his public face for the camera; there wasn’t any great breaking-down of barriers to reveal the real Terry.