The Old Grey Whistle Test Story
Jo Brand narrates a profile of the BBC's first flagship live music programme, The Old Grey Whistle Test, which ran from 1971-1987.
Jo Brand narrates a profile which celebrates the life and times of the BBC's first flagship live music programme, The Old Grey Whistle Test, which ran from 1971 to 1987. It looks at the music, the presenters, the TV rivals, the sparse studio and the legacy, finds out why Bob Harris whispered, what Sid Vicious tried to do to him and what Camel did with a woodwind quartet and why. All these questions are answered and many more, followed by loving compilations of those early 70s years, the era that time forgot.
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Music Played
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Bob Marley & The Wailers
Stir It Up
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Sex Pistols
Anarchy In The U.K.
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Deleted Record
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Tv Themes
The Young Ones
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Area Code 615
Stone Fox Chase (The Old Grey Whistle Test Theme)
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Jools Holland
Bird Cage Walk (Doing The)
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Jo Brand |
| Producer | Dione Newton |
| Director | Dione Newton |
| Participant | Bob Harris |
| Participant | Annie Nightingale |
| Participant | Jools Holland |
| Participant | Mark Radcliffe |
| Participant | Jarvis Cocker |
| Participant | Paul Morley |
| Participant | Charles Shaar Murray |
Broadcasts
- Wed 3 Jan 200722:30
- Tue 9 Jan 200703:15
- Sat 19 May 200723:50
- Sun 20 May 200702:50
Tue 29 May 200723:20BBC Two England, Northern Ireland (Analogue), Northern Ireland & Wales (Analogue) only- Sat 2 Jun 200701:10BBC Two Scotland
- Mon 7 Jan 200823:30
- Fri 23 Sep 201122:45
- Mon 26 Sep 201101:00
- Sat 24 Feb 201802:10
- Fri 14 May 202122:00
- Fri 17 Sep 202121:00
