Blue / Jim Croce

Reggae in Edinburgh special

Rolling Stones / Country Gazette / Leo Kottke

Leo Sayer / Don McLean

Bloodstone / John Martyn

Episode 6

Episode 7

Brinsley Schwarz / Gallagher & Lyle / Golden Earring

Episode 9

Clifford T Ward / Greenslade / Stealers Wheel / Man / Bees Make Honey

New York Dolls / Michael Chapman / B.B. King

Hudson Ford / Gordon Giltrap / Mickey Dolenz

Episode 13

Sensational Alex Harvey Band / Rita Coolige / Kris Kristofferson / Linda Lewis / Jackson Browne / Billy Preston

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Episode 16

Dave Mason

Sutherland Bros and Quiver / Ralph McTell / Ducks Deluxe

Episode 19

Stevie Wonder / Doobie Brothers / Neil Sedaka

Pete Berryman / Cockney Rebel / Marshall Tucker Band

Horslips / Roy Harper / Joe Walsh / Maggie Bell

Babe Ruth / Argent / Loggins and Messina / Cheech and Chong / Steve Howe / Rick Wakeman / Cousin Joe / Bonnie Raitt

Canned Heat / Van Morrison / Bill Haley / Alquin

Episode 25

Rab Noakes / Chic Corea / Stefan Grossman

Saffrons / Stefan Grossman

Lindisfarne / Isotope / Sharks / Alice Cooper

Cashman & West / Argent / Cat Stevens

Strawbs / Judi Pulver / Jobraith

Jesse Colin Young / Robin Trower

Episode 32

Episode 33

Beckett / Graham Nash / Bill Wyman

Nazareth / James Griffin / Lesley Duncan / Tangerine Dream

Montrose / Tim Buckley / James Gang / Black Oak Arkansas

Van Morrison in concert

Episode 38

The Butts Band / Bridget St. John / Groundhogs / Pink Floyd

Captain Beefheart / Dory Previn / Paul Simon

Heavy Metal Kids / Pete Atkin / Ian Hunter / Loudon Wainwright III / JSD Band

Elton John / Dobie Gray / Adam Faith / Stevie Wonder

Rolling Stones, 1965 US tour film

1973/4

That Was The Whistle Test That Was

The Old Grey Whistle Test

BBC Two

1971/2

1972/3

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

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.