"The Houston concert is considered one of their best bootlegs. In the book ""The Show I'll Never Forget: 50 Writers Relive Their Most Memorable Concertgoing Experience"", novelist Tracy Chevalier recalls attending one of this tour's concerts at the age of 15: Robert Hilburn of the ""Los Angeles Times"" called this concert tour the band's ""most spectacularly staged and finely honed show yet"". ""We arrived in Las Vegas on Monday,"" recalled ""Old Grey Whistle Test"" presenter Bob Harris, who was travelling with the band for a filmed piece, ""and the band weren't playing until Thursday, so we had three days to"
"""The Old Grey Whistle Test"" rock music show on BBC television from 1972 until December 1979. His first appearance on the show was as chair of a debate on the Night Assemblies Bill, based on his experience as a journalist and at the invitation of producer Richard Williams. Shortly afterwards he was invited to be the main presenter. His velvety voice and quiet delivery earned him his enduring nickname. His hippie-style beard and laid-back presentation made him a favourite target for parody, most notably by Eric Idle on the 1970s BBC comedy show ""Rutland Weekend Television"". Harris later became notorious"
"a number of episodes have been made available on YouTube. The Old Grey Whistle Test The Old Grey Whistle Test (usually abbreviated to Whistle Test or OGWT) was a British television music show. It was commissioned by David Attenborough and aired on BBC2 from 1971 to 1988. It took over the BBC2 late night slot from ""Disco 2"", which ran between September 1970 and July 1971, while continuing to feature non-chart music. The show was devised by BBC producer Rowan Ayers. The original producer, involved in an executive capacity throughout the show's entire history, was Michael Appleton. According to presenter"
"station at 10am on 29 November. Skinner is married to Deborah and has two sons - Christopher (born 1977) and Jamie (born 1996). Richard Skinner (broadcaster) Richard Skinner (born 26 December 1951 in Portsmouth, Hampshire) is a British broadcaster. He was the opening announcer and TV anchor at the Live Aid concert in 1985, and is the only presenter to have fronted all three of the BBC's leading pop music programmes, ""The Old Grey Whistle Test"" and ""Top of the Pops"" on television and the Radio One Top 40 show. Skinner grew up in Portsmouth where he attended Portsmouth Grammar"
"Richard Skinner (broadcaster) Richard Skinner (born 26 December 1951 in Portsmouth, Hampshire) is a British broadcaster. He was the opening announcer and TV anchor at the Live Aid concert in 1985, and is the only presenter to have fronted all three of the BBC's leading pop music programmes, ""The Old Grey Whistle Test"" and ""Top of the Pops"" on television and the Radio One Top 40 show. Skinner grew up in Portsmouth where he attended Portsmouth Grammar School. He was a founder member of Portsmouth Hospital Broadcasting, which first went on air in April 1970. After studying newspaper journalism at"
"Bob Harris (radio) Robert Brinley Joseph Harris, OBE (born 11 April 1946), known as ""'Whispering Bob Harris"", is an English music presenter known for being a host of the BBC2 music programme ""The Old Grey Whistle Test"", and as a co-founder of the listings magazine ""Time Out"". Harris has been broadcasting on the BBC for over 40 years and has been recognised with the Americana Music Association of America Trailblazer Award, a UK Heritage Award, and a MOJO Medal, as well as his OBE for services to broadcasting. Born in Northampton, England, Harris first followed in his father's footsteps and"
"the Old Grey Whistle Test and a John Peel Session. The five tracks from the band 'In Concert' at the BBC were recorded on 22 January 1974 at the Hippdrome, Golders Green in London. It was first transmitted on 26 January 1974, and was introduced by Pete Drummond. The two tracks from the ""Old Grey Whistle Test"" were recorded on 10 February 1974 at the BBC TV Centre in London. The John Peel session, featuring five tracks, was produced by Tony Wilson for the BBC. It was recorded at Langham 1 on 28 May 1974, and was first transmitted on"
"managing editor of ""Mojo"". He later became the editor-in-chief of EMAP Metro overseeing 14 consumer magazines, but he left Emap after 16 years to join the independent publishing company Development Hell in 2002. He also has a long broadcasting career which includes contributions to BBC Radio 1 as stand-ins for David ""Kid"" Jensen and John Peel. He presented the BBC's ""The Old Grey Whistle Test"" from 1982 to 1987. He also co-presented the Live Aid TV broadcast in 1985. Ellen was the editor of ""The Word"", a UK music magazine which he started with long-time colleague, business partner and ""The"
"episodes, 1972–1974)<br> Amy Winthrop – Charlotte Mitchell (52 episodes, 1972–1974)<br> Kevin Gordon – Roderick Shaw (51 episodes, 1972–1974)<br> Squire Armstrong – Michael Culver (31 episodes, 1972–1974)<br> Vicky Gordon – Judi Bowker (26 episodes, 1972–1973)<br> Jenny Gordon – Stacy Dorning (25 episodes, 1973–1974)<br> Police Constable Dickins – Kenneth Thornett (16 episodes, 1972–1974)<br> Albert Clifton – Tony Maiden (14 episodes, 1972–1974)<br> Ned Lewis – Stephen Garlick (11 episodes, 1973–1974) Transmission dates given are for the network; they varied in London. The theme tune, ""Galloping Home"" was written by Denis King and performed by the London String Chorale. In 1973 it won the"
"of ""The Old Grey Whistle Test"" the programme became one of the few spaces on BBC television for live music performances. The programme originally featured a round-table discussion hosted by Clive James on Friday nights. However this format was dropped after the second series. ""The Late Show"" pulled in heavyweight popular music acts live or pre-recorded, including Van Morrison, Leonard Cohen, Public Enemy, Joni Mitchell, The Stone Roses, Dick Dale, and Jeff Buckley. At the time, ""The Late Show"" came under the now defunct Music and Arts Department at the BBC, which also produced the long-form ""Omnibus"" and ""Arena"" programmes."
"Old Grey Whistle Test"" co-presenter David Hepworth. The first issue was published in February 2003 and the magazine celebrated its 50th issue in March 2007. The closure of the magazine was announced in June 2012. His awards include the PPA's Magazine Of The Year for Q and the British Society Of Magazine Editors' special Mark Boxer Award in 2003. He won also the BSME's Editor's Editor Award in 2005 and again in 2011. He is a keen diver, cyclist, and a connoisseur of champagne. He supports QPR FC. Mark Ellen Mark Ellen (born 16 September 1953) is a British magazine"
"immediate aftermath of the shooting of John Lennon (who had appeared on the show in 1975). This particular episode consisted almost entirely of interviews with various people about Lennon's life and career. Following the departure of Nightingale in 1982, Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Richard Skinner also took turns as presenters. In 1983, the programme was moved to a live mid-evening slot. The title was abridged to Whistle Test and the title credits and music were changed. Andy Kershaw joined the series as a presenter in 1984. The same four presenters co-presented the BBC's television coverage of Live Aid in"
"until the 4th series, where he returned to the studio. Wogan continued to host the show until 8 November 2015 when, due to ill health, he was replaced by Richard Madeley. In 1971, and from 1974 until 1977, Wogan provided the BBC's radio commentary for the Eurovision Song Contest. He became known for his television commentary, which he handled first in 1973, again in 1978, then every year from 1980 until 2008. He co-hosted the 1998 contest with Ulrika Jonsson, in Birmingham's National Indoor Arena on 9 May. From 1977 until 1996, Wogan hosted the UK selection show each year,"
"Trevor Dann Trevor John Dann (born 6 November 1951) is a British writer and broadcaster. Dann was educated at Nottingham High School and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. Dann’s radio career began at BBC Radio Nottingham in 1974. He was a producer at BBC Radio 1 from 1979 to 1983, working principally with Noel Edmonds, Tommy Vance, Dave Lee Travis and John Peel as well as developing the ""25 Years of Rock"" series, which later transferred to TV as ""The Rock 'n' Roll Years"". In the 1980s he was a producer on BBC2’s ""Old Grey Whistle Test"" for four years and presented"
"of the show as part of ""Rutland Weekend Television"" in 1975, featuring Eric Idle as Harris, is the first known mention of the fictional band, ""Toad The Wet Sprocket"" – a later reference on a Monty Python album gave rise to the real-life band of the same name. The parody also featured ""all-dead"" musician Stan Fitch, whose silent, motionless performance was treated with quick zooms, close-ups, and other visual effects typical of shows like ""Whistle Test"". The show was parodied on an episode of ""The Benny Hill Show"", originally aired on 24 September 1975, being called ""Old Grey Whistle Tester""."
"Marley's first important cover stories. Williams moved on to new challenges in the early 1970s. Beginning in May 1970 he contributed to ""The Times"" and continued to write for that paper until October 1989. He also wrote regularly for ""Radio Times"". He left journalism to join Island Records' A&R department in 1973, becoming department head. For two years he signed and developed artists including Pete Wingfield, Stone Delight, Bryn Haworth and John Cale. The first presenter of the BBC rock show ""The Old Grey Whistle Test"" (launched in 1971) while still a member of the ""MM"" team, and shortly thereafter"
"fronting ‘The Tommy Boyd Late Show’ on local commercial radio station Hampshire Hit Radio. Tommy Boyd Timothy Leslie Boyd (born 14 December 1952), better known as Tommy Boyd, is a British radio presenter. From 1977 to 1980, Boyd was co-presenter of the ITV children's flagship magazine programme ""Magpie"" replacing Douglas Rae. In 1981 he presented ""What's Happening?"", a news quiz. He also presented the Saturday TV-am show ""Wide Awake Club"" from 1986–1990, and its Sunday spin-off ""WAC Extra"", throughout the 1980s. In 1982 he joined the cast of Jigsaw, including Janet Ellis, Sylvester McCoy and David Rappaport. Boyd also hosted"
"The series returned, on BBC2 with David Jacobs as host, from 23 August 1973 to 18 May 1974. Regular panelists were William Franklyn, Isobel Barnett (Lady Barnett), Kenneth Williams, and Anna Quayle; later in the run, Quayle was replaced by Nanette Newman. Eamonn Andrews returned to host a revival on ITV from 26 March 1984 with John Benson as announcer. This version aired at night and, although mainly recorded, some episodes were screened live. Taped episodes may be identified as opening with ""Tonight from London it's time for ""What's My Line?"""", while those broadcast live began with ""Live from London""."
"first introduced in 1955 by Peter Milne, and was later refined by McKenzie and David Butler and used nationally in the 1959 General election for the BBC. At first Butler used the meter, but in 1964 McKenzie enthusiastically took over. He appeared on all BBC election nights from 1955 to 1979, and was later replaced by Peter Snow in 1983 due to McKenzie's death in 1981. Additionally, he introduced and moderated the discussions in each episode of Milton Friedman's 1980 television series ""Free to Choose"". McKenzie also famously interviewed Lord Hailsham on the BBC programme ""Gallery"" in 1963, asking questions"
"British television programme ""The Old Grey Whistle Test"" in 1975. The lyrics describe a mystical figure who takes the narrator up through the sky. He ends up ""lost above"", but is ""in peace of mind"". He then instructs the listener to try to find a way. The guitar solo is played by Glenn Tipton. This song segues into the next song, ""Deceiver"", via a long, high pitched scream by Halford. Dreamer Deceiver ""Dreamer Deceiver"" is a power ballad by British heavy metal band Judas Priest, featured on their 1976 studio album ""Sad Wings of Destiny"". Unlike other songs on the"
"35 episodes was Gale Pedrick. It ended in 1964 when Andrews moved to Associated British Corporation, but it was revived on ITV (produced by Thames Television) in 1969. The only other occasion during Andrews' presentational run where he was not the presenter was in 1974 when he was the subject a second time, and the show was presented by David Nixon. Michael Aspel (himself, a ""victim"" in 1980) became presenter after Andrews died in 1987. The show returned to the BBC in 1994 but was still produced independently by Thames Television. The programme was discontinued again in 2003. At first,"
"home"". He was replaced by Kenneth Horne until 1967, followed by David Franklin from 1970 to 1972. A revival ran for one season in the 1990s on BBC Radio 4, hosted by Jeremy Beadle. A version with a rival line-up, produced by commercial station Radio Luxembourg, is not acknowledged by the BBC. Another revival, under the title ""Guess What?"", was hosted by Barry Took for a single series in 1998. A televised version ran from 1960 to 1961, produced by Associated-Rediffusion for ITV and hosted by Peter Jones (who later hosted in 1974). The ""mystery voice"" later became a running"
"Tommy Boyd Timothy Leslie Boyd (born 14 December 1952), better known as Tommy Boyd, is a British radio presenter. From 1977 to 1980, Boyd was co-presenter of the ITV children's flagship magazine programme ""Magpie"" replacing Douglas Rae. In 1981 he presented ""What's Happening?"", a news quiz. He also presented the Saturday TV-am show ""Wide Awake Club"" from 1986–1990, and its Sunday spin-off ""WAC Extra"", throughout the 1980s. In 1982 he joined the cast of Jigsaw, including Janet Ellis, Sylvester McCoy and David Rappaport. Boyd also hosted Children's BBC programme called ""Puzzle Trail"". Between 1982 and 1984, Boyd also fronted Central"
"on the BBC television show, ""The Old Grey Whistle Test"". Much of the television audience that night planned to watch ""Blue Movie"", a controversial film by Andy Warhol, but it was temporarily banned from being broadcast. Wakeman explained: ""It seems most of them, rather than watch repeats, switched over to ""Whistle Test"" and saw my preview of ""Henry"" ... and suddenly it seemed as if the whole country had discovered my music ... it was a tremendous break."" Following its release in January 1973, the album reached No. 7 in the UK and No. 30 in the US. ""Time"" named"
"properly after stepping down from his radio show. Gordon Burns Gordon Henry Burns (born 10 June 1942) is a Northern Irish journalist and broadcaster. He was the host of ""The Krypton Factor"" for its original 18-year run (1977–1995) and was the chief anchorman for the BBC regional news programme ""North West Tonight"" from January 1997 to October 2011. In November 2011, Burns moved back to Belfast where he was born. Due to his work commitments with Granada Television on programmes such as ""World in Action"" and ""Granada Reports"" and later BBC Manchester for ""North West Tonight"", he resided in Manchester"
"Ronnie Corbett - The Two Ronnies 1973 Eric Morecambe & Ernie Wise - The Morecambe and Wise Show 1974 Eric Morecambe & Ernie Wise - The Morecambe and Wise Show 1975 Stanley Baxter - The Moving Picture Show 1976 Ronnie Barker - Porridge 1977 Penelope Keith - The Good Life 1978 Ronnie Barker - Porridge"" & ""The Two Ronnies 1979 Ronnie Barker - Going Straight"" & ""The Two Ronnies 1980 John Cleese - Fawlty Towers 1981 Rowan Atkinson - Not The Nine O'Clock News 1982 Nigel Hawthorne - Yes, Minister 1983 Nigel Hawthorne - Yes, Minister 1984 Tracey Ullman -"
"the BBC schedule because of its falling ratings, and the last broadcast was on 27 December 1967, with original Jurors Pete Murray and Susan Stranks appearing once more. David Jacobs hosted a one off Juke Box Jury in 1989 to mark the centenary of the phonograph. Pete Murray was on the panel. The programme has been revived twice, first in 1979 with Noel Edmonds as presenter, and then with Jools Holland for two seasons in 1989/1990, ending on 25 November 1990. The 1979 series was most notable for a panel containing Johnny Rotten (John Lydon), who gave a characteristically acerbic"
"by Roy Castle, who broke nine world records on the show himself. As well as interviews with people who held British or World records, early editions of the programme would include a feature in which the studio audience would test the McWhirter brothers on their (almost infallible) knowledge of records, and the climax of each show would usually be a world record attempt in the studio. Ross was murdered by a Provisional IRA gunman in 1975, but his brother continued to appear on the show in the ""Norris On The Spot"" feature. Other hosts included Dilys Morgan (1973), Fiona Kennedy"
"retire in early 1973 during the eighth season of the show. He was replaced initially by Owen Brannigan and later, after Brannigan's sudden death, by John Amis. He also became the chairman of the very long running popular BBC radio panel game ""Twenty Questions"" from 1970 to 1972, following in the steps of fellow distinguished broadcasters Gilbert Harding, Richard Dimbleby, and Kenneth Horne. He died in 1973 at his home in Evesham, survived by his wife, Hilda (née Bickell) and two daughters. David Franklin (broadcaster) David Franklin (17 May 190822 October 1973) was a British opera singer and broadcaster. Born"
"Alfred Marks, Barry Took, John Wells (once in 1973, filling in for Muir; once in 1975, for Norden), and Katharine Whitehorn (once in 1975, for Anne Scott-James). After Edward J. Mason's death in 1971, Jack Longland, with the assistance of Peter Moore, took over responsibility for compiling most of the questions. After Longland's retirement, Moore became the sole question-setter. In 1980 Michael O'Donnell, who was already chairman of the programme, became the sole question-setter until the programme ended in 1988. The two teams faced questions devised by Mason, primarily word games and literary quizzes covering vocabulary, etymology, snippets of poetry,"
"Two pilot episodes were recorded for television in 1969 and 1981 but never broadcast, except in documentaries about Kenneth Williams. In 1994, 14 shows were broadcast on Carlton Television, ITV in London. Two additional variations were added: a round in which the team were presented with a mystery object to talk about, rather than a subject, and another round where the audience suggested a topic. Nicholas Parsons chaired the show, and Tony Slattery featured in all programmes. Other panellists were Tony Banks, Tony Blackburn, Jo Brand, Ann Bryson, John Fortune, Clement Freud, Mariella Frostrup, Jeremy Hardy, Tony Hawks, Hattie Hayridge,"
"Hugh Scully Michael Hugh Scully (5 March 1943 – 8 October 2015) was an English journalist, radio and television presenter. He is best known as the host and longest-serving presenter of the BBC programme ""Antiques Roadshow"" from 1981 to 2000. Born in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, he spent much of his childhood in Malta and Egypt, where his father was stationed with the Royal Air Force. He was sent to Prior Park College, a boarding school in Bath, at the age of thirteen, and after leaving worked for a period with the piano company Steinway & Sons. For a short time Hugh"
"to 13 May 1963. The host (called ""chairman"") on the premiere was Gilbert Harding, who was replaced by Eamonn Andrews for the remainder of the run. Regular panelists included Harding, Isobel Barnett, Barbara Kelly, David Nixon and Cyril Fletcher, while Katie Boyle, Jerry Desmonde, Ghislaine Alexander, Marghanita Laski, Frances Day and Elizabeth Allan were among the others. There was also a radio version for British listeners on Radio Luxembourg. As Andrews and Harding had exclusive contracts with the BBC, their places were taken by Peter Martyn (later Bernard Braden) and Richard Attenborough. Original-series regulars Nixon, Barnett and Kelly also appeared."