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[Music] The Old Grey Whistle Test to return - BBC4 tonight













GT49er

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happypig said:
Only for one three hour special though.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/whisper-it-bbc-revives-old-grey-whistle-test-ps5g7qlv0

I dunno why the Beeb don't show them all on BBC4, ok there was some dross but most of the time it was a cracking show.
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The Very, Very Old Grey Whistle Test, then.

Actually, the Beeb do show a lot of OGWT stuff, in programmes like Guitar Heroes at the Beeb, Great Guitar Riffs at the Beeb, Motown at the Beeb, etc, etc. A lot of the footage in these programmes is from the OGWT.
 






Official Old Man

Official Old Man

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Aug 27, 2011
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Interesting fact about the OGWT.
It was the last show on BBC2 prior to close down at night, national anthem and the test card. So there was no time limit for the length of the show. If a band started to play a long set, so be it, but if they only played one tune then end of show.
 






Guinness Boy

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What they say

"featuring artists that were on the original show"

What they mean

"featuring artists that were on the original show that haven't already died, gone mental, disappeared or got such bad arthritis they could no more pluck their guitar strings than a nubile teenager's budgie's tongue in the BBC store cupboard".
 




M

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Guinness Boy said:
What they say

"featuring artists that were on the original show"

What they mean

"featuring artists that were on the original show that haven't already died, gone mental, disappeared or got such bad arthritis they could no more pluck their guitar strings than a nubile teenager's budgie's tongue in the BBC store cupboard".
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In other words, those that weren't much cop, and have by no means improved in the meantime.
 






happypig

happypig

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May 23, 2009
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I remember the good times said:
Interesting fact about the OGWT.
It was the last show on BBC2 prior to close down at night, national anthem and the test card. So there was no time limit for the length of the show. If a band started to play a long set, so be it, but if they only played one tune then end of show.
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Another interesting fact; it was commissioned by David Attenborough.
 






OzMike

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WBH must have had a bit of spare time, he has 8 kids, !
Mind you, I got 6 brothers and 4 sisters myself.
 


Icy Gull

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Used to be one of two programmes on TV that I went out of my way to watch, back in the day. The other being Monty Python
 


Blue3

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I would stay up to watch the OGWT parents had gone to bed would site close to TV to try and here what Bob had to say which would result in failure so would turn the sound up only for the next band to start up and the whole house would be in turmoil happy days
 








Worried Man Blues

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Colour OGWT JCLs ! I remember little Shoreham Leo in his clown outfit doing The Dancer and probably The Show must go on.......
 


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