Old Grey Whistle test Vol 1

John Martyn Live at the BBC

Guitar heroes at the BBC

Old Grey Whistle Test Unreleased Volume 1

Old Grey Whistle Test Unreleased Volume 2

Old Grey Whistle Test Unreleased Volume 3

Old Grey Whistle Test Volume Unreleased 4

Old Grey Whistle Test Volume Unreleased 5

Old Grey Whistle Test Volume Unreleased 6

Old Grey Whistle Test Volume Unreleased 7

Old Grey Whistle Test Volume Unreleased 8

Old Grey Whistle Test Volume Unreleased 9

70s Gold

Old Grey Whistle Test Volume 2

Old Grey Whistle Test Volume 3

Lynyrd Skynyrd in Concert

California Comes to the Whistle Test

For One Night Only

Specials

That Was The Whistle Test That Was

The Old Grey Whistle Test

BBC Two

1971/2

1972/3

1973/4

1974/5

1975/6

1976/7

1977/8

1978/9

1979/80

1980/81

1981/2

1982/3

1983/4

1984/5

1985/6

1986/7

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.