{"id":36581,"date":"2021-09-16T06:41:09","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T05:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/?p=36581"},"modified":"2021-09-16T06:41:09","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T05:41:09","slug":"toyah-on-tv-the-old-grey-whistle-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/toyah-on-tv-the-old-grey-whistle-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Toyah On TV: The Old Grey Whistle Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-28279 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ogwt18a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"134\" \/>Originally aired in 2018 to celebrate <em>The Old Grey Whistle Test<\/em>&#8216;s 30th anniversary. this mammoth 3hr+ programme is repeated in full this Friday on BBC Four. (Photo \u00a9 BBC)<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Old Grey Whistle Test Live: BBC Four<br \/>\nFriday 17th September : 9.40pm<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>For One Night Only<\/em>. Hosted by Bob Harris, this live studio show features music, special guests and rare archive footage to mark the 30 years since the legendary series was last broadcast. Featuring performances from Peter Frampton, Richard Thompson, Albert Lee and more. Bob also chats to Whistle Test alumni, including Dave Stewart, Joan Armatrading, Ian Anderson, Chris Difford and Kiki Dee, as well as fans Danny Baker and Al Murray.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;It\u2019s going to be a huge reunion&#8221;: Bob Harris reveals live line-up for Old Grey Whistle Test<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>BBC Music is reviving The Old Grey Whistle Test for a one-off live special on BBC Four. The revival marks 30 years since the legendary music TV show ended \u2013 it ran from 1971 to 1988 \u2013 and former host Bob Harris will be back at the helm.<\/p>\n<p>Harris presented the show with that famous \u201cwhispering\u201d delivery from 1972-78 and his spell included UK TV firsts including the performance from Bob Marley &amp; The Wailers. Forty-six years since he first hosted, Harris will be back for the live three-hour special, which has generated huge excitement among music fans of a certain age.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know, it feels very exciting at this end too \u2013 the interest has been absolutely incredible,\u201d the Radio 2 presenter told Music Week.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-28306 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ogwt18b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ogwt18b.jpg 600w, https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ogwt18b-300x151.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Originally aired in 2018 to celebrate The Old Grey Whistle Test&#8216;s 30th anniversary. this mammoth 3hr+ programme is repeated in full this Friday on BBC Four. (Photo \u00a9 BBC) The Old Grey Whistle Test Live: BBC Four Friday 17th September : 9.40pm For One Night Only. Hosted by Bob Harris, this live studio show features [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,2632],"tags":[313,362,989],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36581"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36581"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36591,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36581\/revisions\/36591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}