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 Game (UK TV series) The Game (UK TV series) The Game is a British Cold War spy thriller television serial that takes place in London in 1972. It was first broadcast on BBC America in 2014. The six-part series was created by Toby Whithouse and written by Whithouse, Sarah Dollard and Debbie O'Malley. Whithouse confirmed via Twitter in July 2015 that there would not be a second series. Joe Lambe (Tom Hughes) is a young MI5 operative in 1972 London. The previous year, Joe had fallen in love with Yulia (Zana Marjanović), one of his Russian contacts. He had tried to defect to the