Season
- Season 0 1970-01-01
- Season 1 1971-09-21
- Season 2 1972-09-12
- Season 3 1973-09-25
- Season 4 1974-09-24
- Season 5 1975-09-30
- Season 6 1976-09-28
- Season 7 1977-09-20
- Season 8 1978-09-19
- Season 9 1979-09-18
- Season 10 1980-10-07
- Season 11 1981-10-01
- Season 12 1982-09-17
- Season 13 1983-09-18
- Season 14 1984-10-23
- Season 15 1985-10-01
- Season 16 1986-09-20
Season 16 Episode
- Season 16 The Damned / Echo & the Bunnymen / Hang Wangford / Billy Bragg / Brendan Croker
- Season 16 Paul Simon special
- Season 16 End of the Year
- Season 16 Run DMC
- Season 16 Episode 5
- Season 16 Michelle Shocked
- Season 16 The Comfy Area
- Season 16 The Cult
- Season 16 Run DMC
- Season 16 World Party
- Season 16 Episode 11
- Season 16 Episode 12
- Season 16 Deep Purple / The Mission
- Season 16 U2 / Sinéad O’Connor
- Season 16 Episode 15
- Season 16 Wet Wet Wet
- Season 16 Paul Simon
- Season 16 Level 42 in concert
- Season 16 Big in Japan special
- Season 16 That Was The Whistle Test That Was
The Old Grey Whistle Test
7.50 60 minutes 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.
