Sylvia (Focus song) on the "Old Grey Whistle Test", along with a number of UK gigs in late 1972, has been crediting with exposing the band and helping the single reach number 4 in the UK Singles Chart. The programme's presenter, Bob Harris, is quoted as saying that the band's appearance was so well received by the audience that the pressing plant for the single was overwhelmed and only produced copies of "Sylvia" for the following week to cater for the demand. Dave Thompson, writing for AllMusic, said that aside from the studio recording, the band's best version of the song was the
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