Season 1, Episode 1

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The Move

Series 1, Episode 12

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Poco

Bowie

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Series 1, Episode 27

Kevin Ayers

Series 1, Episode 29

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Jerry Lee Lewis

Series 1, Episode 32

Series 1, Episode 33

The Beach Boys

Series 1, Episode 35

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Series 1, Episode 37

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Rolling Stones

1971/2

That Was The Whistle Test That Was

The Old Grey Whistle Test

BBC Two

1972/3

1973/4

1974/5

1975/6

1976/7

1977/8

1978/9

1979/80

1980/81

1981/2

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1986/7

Specials

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.