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: Blue / Jim Croce
- Episode 2: Reggae in Edinburgh special
- Episode 3: Rolling Stones / Country Gazette / Leo Kottke
- Episode 4: Leo Sayer / Don McLean
- Episode 5: Bloodstone / John Martyn
- Episode 6: Episode 6
- Episode 7: Episode 7
- Episode 8: Brinsley Schwarz / Gallagher & Lyle / Golden Earring
- Episode 9: Episode 9
- Episode 10: Clifford T Ward / Greenslade / Stealers Wheel / Man / Bees Make Honey
- Episode 11: New York Dolls / Michael Chapman / B.B. King
- Episode 12: Hudson Ford / Gordon Giltrap / Mickey Dolenz
- Episode 13: Episode 13
- Episode 14: Sensational Alex Harvey Band / Rita Coolige / Kris Kristofferson / Linda Lewis / Jackson Browne / Billy Preston
- Episode 15: Emerson, Lake & Palmer
- Episode 16: Episode 16
- Episode 17: Dave Mason
- Episode 18: Sutherland Bros and Quiver / Ralph McTell / Ducks Deluxe
- Episode 19: Episode 19
- Episode 20: Stevie Wonder / Doobie Brothers / Neil Sedaka
- Episode 21: Pete Berryman / Cockney Rebel / Marshall Tucker Band
- Episode 22: Horslips / Roy Harper / Joe Walsh / Maggie Bell
- Episode 23: Babe Ruth / Argent / Loggins and Messina / Cheech and Chong / Steve Howe / Rick Wakeman / Cousin Joe / Bonnie Raitt
- Episode 24: Canned Heat / Van Morrison / Bill Haley / Alquin
- Episode 25: Episode 25
- Episode 26: Rab Noakes / Chic Corea / Stefan Grossman
- Episode 27: Saffrons / Stefan Grossman
- Episode 28: Lindisfarne / Isotope / Sharks / Alice Cooper
- Episode 29: Cashman & West / Argent / Cat Stevens
- Episode 30: Strawbs / Judi Pulver / Jobraith
- Episode 31: Jesse Colin Young / Robin Trower
- Episode 32: Episode 32
- Episode 33: Episode 33
- Episode 34: Beckett / Graham Nash / Bill Wyman
- Episode 35: Nazareth / James Griffin / Lesley Duncan / Tangerine Dream
- Episode 36: Montrose / Tim Buckley / James Gang / Black Oak Arkansas
- Episode 37: Van Morrison in concert
- Episode 38: Episode 38
- Episode 39: The Butts Band / Bridget St. John / Groundhogs / Pink Floyd
- Episode 40: Captain Beefheart / Dory Previn / Paul Simon
- Episode 41: Heavy Metal Kids / Pete Atkin / Ian Hunter / Loudon Wainwright III / JSD Band
- Episode 42: Elton John / Dobie Gray / Adam Faith / Stevie Wonder
- Episode 43: Rolling Stones, 1965 US tour film
The Old Grey Whistle Test 1973/4
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.
