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Title: Old Grey Whistle Test
Post by RoyP on Jan 22^nd, 2014, 5:05pm

Dearest team

I honestly don’t know if you can help me with this request but if one doesn’t ask, and all that.

My mother is turning 80 this year. “so What” you may well say. However, she worked at the BBC for 30 something years with her biggest claim to fame being a part of the original team on The Old Grey Whistle Test. She stayed with the programme right until the bitter end.

I am trying to contact/track down members of the team and people that she worked with. My mother does have some of their details but I am trying to make this a surprise for her. All I am looking to do is to get photographs from old colleagues and friends with a few lines from them so that I can make a compilation of memories book for her. Also if there is any old photos of artists performing on the programme in the vaults could they be jpeged to me at the BBC. It is obviously purely for personal use only.

I am delighted to say the old girl is still going strong, still as eccentric as ever and still dashes around the place.

Mike Appleton, producer
Tom Corcoran, John Burrowes, David Croft, directors
Bob Harris, Annie Nightingale, David Hepworth, Mark Ellen,

She also worked on Late Night Line Up and Saturday review.
John Archer produced Saturday Review. There was Rock goes to College and Sight and Sound as well.

I have no idea how many other wonderful people are still around, upright and breathing to be honest but if you can help I would be so grateful

It would also be lovely for her 14yr old grandson to see what a crazy rocker she was…and the renegades that we hung out with

Roy player: 07778210206 (bbc leeds)roy.player@bbc.co.uk