The Old Grey Whistle Test
Season 6 Episode 30 - The Kinks
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.
Episodes in Season 6
Bob Dylan
60 min
Episode 2
60 min
Janis Ian
60 min
Episode 4
60 min
Peter Frampton
60 min
Episode 6
60 min
Ralph McTell
60 min
Episode 8
60 min
Linda Ronstadt
60 min
Episode 10
60 min
Jackson Browne
60 min
Heart / Racing Cars
60 min
Macon Whoppee (Capricorn Summer Picnic)
60 min
Rod Stewart in concert
60 min
Pick of the Year
60 min
Episode 16
60 min
Episode 17
60 min
The Eleventh House
60 min
Ry Cooder & The Chicken Skin Band
60 min
Average White Band
60 min
Episode 21
60 min
Manhattan Transfer
60 min
Episode 23
60 min
Episode 24
60 min
Andrew Gold
60 min
The Kinks
60 min
Bandit
60 min
Emmylou Harris & The Hot Band
60 min
Episode 29
60 min
The Kinks
60 min
Episode 31
60 min
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
60 min
Dory Previn in concert
60 min
George Benson / Udio Lindberg
60 min
Episode 35
60 min
Eric Clapton
60 min
