The Old Grey Whistle Test 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. Any song they could remember and whistle, having heard it just once or twice, had passed the old grey whistle test. On 23 February 2018, a one-off three hour special of The Old Grey Whistle Test was broadcast on BBC Four, hosted by Bob Harris to mark 30 years since the final episode aired. The show's focus on "serious" rock music, rather than chart hits covered on BBC1 by
The Good Old Days (UK TV series) to survive complete. 63 of the programmes were broadcast on BBC Four between November 2015 and January 2018. On Friday 30 December 1983 a "Goodbye to the Good Old Days" was shown, a documentary celebrating the end of the 30-year run that year; Barry Cryer served as narrator for the documentary. The Good Old Days (UK TV series) The Good Old Days is a BBC television light entertainment programme produced by Barney Colehan which ran from 1953 to 1983. It was performed at the Leeds City Varieties and recreated an authentic atmosphere of the Victorian–Edwardian music hall with songs and