The Old Grey Whistle Test 1973, the show changed to an entirely live format. On 23 February 2018, the BBC broadcast a special programme, hosted by Bob Harris, to mark the 30 years since the legendary series was last broadcast. This live studio show featured music, special guests and rare archive footage. It featured performances from Peter Frampton, Richard Thompson, Albert Lee and others. Bob Harris chatted to Whistle Test alumni, including Dave Stewart, Joan Armatrading, Ian Anderson, Chris Difford and Kiki Dee, as well as fan Danny Baker. The programme hosted many seminal acts of the era, including the first British TV performance of
The Apprentice (UK series 8) for the tenth series. Nick Holzherr, who would lose out in the final, would later go on to raise £1 million to invest in a new online business, "Whisk", and become a success story with what he learned from their participation in the programme. Key: <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Official episode viewing figures are from BARB. The Apprentice (UK series 8) Series eight of "The Apprentice" (UK), a British reality television series, was broadcast in the UK during 2012, from 21 March to 3 June on BBC One. It is the last series to be produced by Talkback Thames, before FremantleMedia assigned production