This edition did not make the BBC1 Top Ten that week. The tenth-rated programme, Episode dated 2 November 1984 (1984), was watched by 9.7 million viewers.
Before Wogan was a three-times-a-week live show, it was more difficult to feature musical guests around the same time as their single releases. Kim Wilde's performance of "The Second Time" on this edition was broadcast when the single had already been out for a month and had reached a peak of No.29. The following day it began to fall down the charts.