Season
- Season 16 1986-09-20
- Season 15 1985-10-01
- Season 14 1984-10-23
- Season 13 1983-09-18
- Season 12 1982-09-17
- Season 11 1981-10-01
- Season 10 1980-10-07
- Season 9 1979-09-18
- Season 8 1978-09-19
- Season 7 1977-09-20
- Season 6 1976-09-28
- Season 5 1975-09-30
- Season 4 1974-09-24
- Season 3 1973-09-25
- Season 2 1972-09-12
- Season 1 1971-09-21
- Season 0
Episode
- Episode 1: Ramones
- Episode 2: Rezillos / Steven Bishop
- Episode 3: The Police
- Episode 4: Jethro Tull in concert
- Episode 5: Episode 5
- Episode 6: Siouxsie and the Banshees / The Cars / John Cooper Clarke / Steely Dan / Peter Tosh with Mick Jagger
- Episode 7: Episode 7
- Episode 8: Episode 8
- Episode 9: Buzzcocks
- Episode 10: Devo
- Episode 11: X-Ray Spex
- Episode 12: Muddy Waters / Devo
- Episode 13: Episode 13
- Episode 14: Rod Stewart in concert
- Episode 15: Pick of the Year, Part 1
- Episode 16: Pick of the Year, Part 2
- Episode 17: Episode 17
- Episode 18: Episode 18
- Episode 19: Episode 19
- Episode 20: Emerson, Lake & Palmer special
- Episode 21: Episode 21
- Episode 22: Episode 22
- Episode 23: Episode 23
- Episode 24: Episode 24
- Episode 25: Episode 25
- Episode 26: Episode 26
- Episode 27: Episode 27
- Episode 28: Episode 28
- Episode 29: Episode 29
- Episode 30: Iggy Pop / Tom Waits
- Episode 31: Johnny Winter in concert
- Episode 32: Episode 32
- Episode 33: Episode 33
- Episode 34: Episode 34
- Episode 35: Episode 35
- Episode 36: Episode 36
- Episode 37: Thin Lizzy in concerts
The Old Grey Whistle Test 1978/9 Jethro Tull in concert
7.5/10 users 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.
