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The Old Grey Whistle Test

The Old Grey Whistle Test

1971 - 1987

Season 1, Episode 1

21st September 1971
Episode 1
No overview available.

Season 1, Episode 2

28th September 1971
Episode 2
No overview available.

Season 1, Episode 3

5th October 1971
Episode 3
No overview available.

Season 1, Episode 4

12th October 1971
Episode 4
No overview available.

Season 1, Episode 5

19th October 1971
Episode 5
No overview available.

Season 1, Episode 6

26th October 1971
Episode 6
No overview available.

Season 1, Episode 7

2nd November 1971
Episode 7
No overview available.

Season 1, Episode 8

9th November 1971
Episode 8
No overview available.

Season 1, Episode 9

16th November 1971
Episode 9
No overview available.

0Season 1, Episode 10

23rd November 1971
Episode 10
No overview available.

The Move

30th November 1971
Episode 11
The Move performed two songs, Ella James and The Words of Aaron

Series 1, Episode 12

7th December 1971
Episode 12
No overview available.

Series 1, Episode 13

14th December 1971
Episode 13
No overview available.

Series 1, Episode 14

28th December 1971
Episode 14
No overview available.

Series 1, Episode 15

4th January 1972
Episode 15
No overview available.

Series 1, Episode 16

11th January 1972
Episode 16
No overview available.

Series 1, Episode 17

18th January 1972
Episode 17
No overview available.

Series 1, Episode 18

25th January 1972
Episode 18
No overview available.

Poco

1st February 1972
Episode 19
No overview available.

Bowie

8th February 1972
Episode 20
No overview available.

Series 1, Episode 21

15th February 1972
Episode 21
No overview available.

Series 1, Episode 22

22nd February 1972
Episode 22
No overview available.

Series 1, Episode 23

29th February 1972
Episode 23
No overview available.

Series 1, Episode 24

7th March 1972
Episode 24
No overview available.

Series 1, Episode 25

14th March 1972
Episode 25
No overview available.

Series 1, Episode 26

21st March 1972
Episode 26
No overview available.

Series 1, Episode 27

28th March 1972
Episode 27
No overview available.

Kevin Ayers

4th April 1972
Episode 28
No overview available.

Series 1, Episode 29

11th April 1972
Episode 29
No overview available.

Series 1, Episode 30

18th April 1972
Episode 30
No overview available.

Jerry Lee Lewis

25th April 1972
Episode 31
No overview available.

Series 1, Episode 32

2nd May 1972
Episode 32
No overview available.

Series 1, Episode 33

9th May 1972
Episode 33
No overview available.

The Beach Boys

16th May 1972
Episode 34
"You Need A Mess Of Help To Stand Alone"

Series 1, Episode 35

23rd May 1972
Episode 35
No overview available.

Series 1, Episode 36

30th May 1972
Episode 36
No overview available.

Series 1, Episode 37

6th June 1972
Episode 37
No overview available.

Series 1, Episode 38

13th June 1972
Episode 38
No overview available.

Series 1, Episode 39

20th June 1972
Episode 39
No overview available.

Series 1, Episode 40

27th June 1972
Episode 40
No overview available.

Series 1, Episode 41

4th July 1972
Episode 41
No overview available.

Rolling Stones

11th July 1972
Episode 42
No overview available.
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The Old Grey Whistle Test is an influential BBC2 television music show that ran from 1971 to 1987. It took over the BBC2 late night slot from "Disco Two", which had been running since January 1970, while continuing to feature non-chart music. It was devised by BBC producer Rowan Ayers. According to presenter Bob Harris, the programme derived its name from a Tin Pan Alley phrase from years before. When they got the first pressing of a record they would play it to people they called the old greys—doormen in grey suits. The songs they could remember and whistle, having heard it just once or twice, had passed the old grey whistle test.

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