Peel On Radio

Related article: Peel On TV
A preliminary attempt to list radio programmes featuring Peel. Please feel free to add any missing shows.
==Presenter==
*Paul And John Show (Radio KOMA, 1965)
*John Ravencroft Show (Radio KMEN, 1966-67)
*John Peel (three-hour shows in various time-slots between 6 a.m. and midnight] (Radio London, 1967)
*London After Midnight (12.00 - 2 a.m, Saturdays 11 p.m - 2 a.m) (Radio London, 1967)
*Perfumed Garden (Radio London, 1967).
*Top Gear (BBC Radio 1, 1967-1975: sole presenter from 1968).
*The Voice Of Pop (BBC Radio 1, 1968)
*Night Ride (BBC Radio 1, 1968-9).
*The Sunday Show (BBC Radio 1, 1970) Eventually became the 'In Concert' programme.
*In Concert (BBC Radio 1, 1970-2). Peel presented the occasional show thereafter on an irregular basis.
*Stenhousemuir 2: Cowdenbeath 2 (Radio Luxembourg, 1971-2).
*Friday Night Is Boogie Night (BBC Radio 1, 1972).
*John Peel's Music On BFBS (Forces Radio, 1972-2001). Summarily cancelled with no explanation given. Peel vaguely recalled them originally being known as 'Rock Today' or something similar.
*Sounds On Sunday (BBC Radio 1, 1973-5).Occasional presenter.
*Rock Week (BBC Radio 1, 1975).
*John Peel Show (BBC Radio 1, 1975-2004). Peel constantly insisted that these shows should be called 'Kat's Karavan' and saw them as a continuation of Top Gear. He sometimes called them 'The John Peel Wingding', but in the Radio Times they were merely referred to by his name.
*Insight (BBC Radio 1, 1976)
*Lifelines (Where It's At) (BBC Radio 3, 1976 & 1977).From 23 April 1976: John Peel considers in six programmes the present state and possible future of popular music. (repeated in 1977). BBC Genome / Radio Times listing
*Lifelines (Stand and Deliver) (BBC Radio 3, 1978).26 May 1978, CARY TAYLOR , JOHN PEEL and JOHN WALTERS discuss how to build an exciting act and talk about the realities of being a professional pop musician. 
Series producer DAVID EPPS BBC Genome / Radio Times listing ("Cary" Taylor is actually Gary Taylor, former bass player with the Herd and Radio One DJ)
*John Peel On The BBC World Service (1978-2004). Several pre-recorded shows were broadcast after Peel's death.
*Virgin In-Store (1979-80). Ten or more programmes transferred to cassette and sent out to Virgin record shops to be played while customers were shopping.
*Rock On Saturday (BBC Radio 1, 1980).
*The Sunday Request Show (BBC Radio 1, 1980).
*Stayin' Alive (BBC Radio 1, 1980).
*Peel's Pleasures (BBC Radio 1, 1981-2).
*Talkabout (BBC Radio 1, 1982-3).
*Radio One's 15th Birthday Concert (BBC Radio 1, 1982) BBC Genome/Radio Times listing
*Heroes And Villains(BBC Radio 1, 1983) - rpt of above show BBC Genome/Radio Times listing
*The Peel and Jensen Merseyside Music Show (BBC Radio 1, 1983).BBC Genome, 15 March 1983. 8 PM. 
*John Peel Show (VPRO, Netherlands, 1984-1986).
*Caribbean Celebration (BBC Radio 1, 1986).
*Janice and John in Japan (BBC Radio 1, 1986).BBC Genome 20 October 1986, 7.30 PM, with Janice Long.
*John Peel Show (Rock Radio, Radio Mafia, 1987-2003)
*Only At Christmas (BBC Radio 1, 1987). Christmas Day pre-recorded show, produced by John Walters: 'John Peel plays some of the good, the bad, the ugly, the yule-ish, coolish and foolish records that are released only at Christmas.'
*BBC Radio Cambridgeshire (1988 - 1990). A Sunday evening programme that was also broadcast by other East Anglian regional BBC stations.
*John Peel Show (Radio Bremen, Late 80’s - Early 90’s).
*Nachtexpress (O3, Austria, 1989-1994).
*John Peel In Scandinavia (BBC Radio 1, 1993).
*Peel Out In The States (syndicated, 1993). A series of 24 shows intended to be marketed to various stations.
*John Peel Show (XFM, Portugal 1993-4) 
*Offspring (BBC Radio 4, 1995-7).
*John Peel Show (FSK, Germany 1996-2004) 
*India Five-0 (BBC Radio 1, 1997). 
*Home Truths (BBC Radio 4, 1998-2004).
*Peel (Radio Eins, Germany, 1999-2003). The only Peel-helmed show to be identified by numbers. He left voluntarily to spend more time writing Margrave Of The Marshes.
==Guest Presenter==
*Radio One Club (1968-1973) Made his first guest appearance in November 1968; described the experience ("hell for my ego") in his column in the 29 November 1968 issue of International Times.
*University Radio York (1968). Relaunch show with Peel as guest presenter for one show only. He opened it by playing Pink Floyd's Let There Be More Light (from A Saucerful Of Secrets). 
*Inquiry (BBC Radio 4, 1969). Peel presented a number of episodes of this BBC Radio 4 Schools series. He is pictured visiting a school in Harrow on the BBC website. 
*Paul Gambaccini US Chart Show (BBC Radio 1, 1977). Peel sat in for one show (January 01) while Gambaccini was in New York.
*Annie Nightingale's Request Show (BBC Radio 1, 1986). For three weeks.
*Radio 1 More Time (BBC Radio 1, 1986-87)
*Suntory Sound Market (Tokyo FM, 1987) 
*Andy Kershaw (BBC Radio 1, 1987). Peel sat in for Andy Kershaw's show on 08 January 1987 (Andy Kershaw) while he was ill.
*John Peel Is Jakki Brambles (BBC Radio 1, 1993). For one week.
*Mark Radcliffe (BBC Radio 1, 1996). For three separate weeks.
*Radio One Chart Show (BBC Radio 1, 2003) Peel was originally planned to host the chart rundown as a guest presenter for a one-off in January 2003, but the BBC changed their minds at the last moment, as they didn't want too many radio DJ's hosting the programme before the relaunch.
==Subject==
*Serendipity (BBC Radio 4, 1977)
*Walhalla (Radio KRO, 1979). 
*Meet John Peel (BBC World Service, 1981).
*John Peel Interview (Radio Wexham, 1982) 
*My Top Ten (BBC Radio 1, 1984).
*Radio Radio (BBC Radio 1, 1986).
*Peeling Back The Years (BBC Radio 1, 1987).
*Portrait - John Peel (Ö3, 1988) 
*Desert Island Discs (BBC Radio 4, 1990).
*Reflections (BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, 1990).
*Partners In Dispute (BFBS, 1992)
*Chain Reaction (BBC Radio 5, 1992). Interviewed by David Gedge.
*Big Holy One (BBC Radio 1, Simon Mayo, 1993).
*Personal Records (BBC Radio 4, 1993).
*God Of The Week (BBC Radio 1, Simon Mayo, 1996).
*Private Passions (BBC Radio 3, 1996).
*Write On - special edition (BBC World Service, 2003)
*Write On - Defence of John Peel (BBC World Service, 2003)
*HappySad (Radio Eins, 2003)
*Front Row - John Peel tribute (BBC Radio Four, 2004)
*Book Of The Week (BBC Radio Four, 2005)
*John Peel's Scottish Sessions (BBC Radio Scotland, 2009)
*The Evolution of John Peel (BBC Six Music, 2017) Five-part series, each featuring a montage of tracks from various periods in Peel's career together with his comments on the featured track. Episode list here.
*John Peel's Welsh Sessions (BBC Radio Wales, 2017)
*Peel, Punk, Belfast and Beyond (BBC Radio 6 Music, 2018) 
== Interviewer==
*You'll Never Walk Alone (BBC Radio 1, 1983).
*Down Your Way (BBC Radio 4, 1988).
*Chain Reaction (BBC Radio 5, 1992). Interviewing Ian Rush.
== Participant==
*Kat's Karavan (1961-62) (Radio WRR)
*Ken Dowe Show (1964-65) (Radio KLIF)
*Beatles Press Conference (WDGY-AM, 1965)
*Breakthrough (BBC Radio London, 1971)"Breakthrough with Steve Bradshaw, Richard Neville and John Peel... Richard Neville and John Peel give a progress report on the state of the counter-culture..." Time Out, November 19-25, 1971, p. 24
*Questions Of Belief (BBC Radio 4, 1972).
*Radio Five (BBC Radio 1, 1974).
*Study On 3 (BBC Radio 3, 1974-1975).
*Round Table (BBC Radio 1, 1970s-1980s). A panel of DJs reviewed new releases. Most celebrated for an on-air rant by Peel about Patti Smith's Horses.
*Kid Jensen (BBC Radio 1, early 80's)
*Off The Record (3RRR, 1980, repeated in 2022) Cutdown of repeat John Peel section with music
*Christmas Dinner with DLT (BBC Radio 1, 1981). 
*Law Game (BBC Radio 2, 1982).
*Stayin' Alive (BBC Radio One, 1982) Dr Alan Maryon-Davis assembles some spare part people and discusses vegetarianism with John Peel. BBC Genome, 1982-05-24
*Peter Powell (BBC Radio One, 1982) 
*Saturday Live (BBC Radio One, 1984) 
*Radiophon 85 (BBC Radio One, 1985) Radio 1 stays on the air throughout the night to provide broadcast coverage of the Radiothon. Janice Long and John Peel at the Ritz in Manchester. BBC Genome 11 October 1985. 
*Tuesday Call (BBC Radio 4, 1986) 
*Quote...Unquote (BBC Radio 4, 1986). 
*Walter's Weekly (BBC Radio 1, 1988). 
*Dave Fanning Show (RTE, 1990).
*The Archers (BBC Radio 4, 1991).
*Cult Heroes - Marc Bolan (BBC Radio 5, 1992). 
*Where Were You In .. 1977? (BBC Radio 5 Live, 1992).
*Pink Pop (BBC Radio 1, 1993).
*Alan Parker's 29 Minutes Of Truth (BBC Radio 1, 1994). 
*Fourth Column (BBC Radio 4, 1994).
*The Music Machine (BBC Radio 3, 1994).
*Jim And The Doc (BBC Radio 5, 1994).
*Mediumwave (BBC Radio 4, 1996)
*BBC Radio Humberside News (BBC Radio Humberside, 1997) 
*Choice Of 3 (BBC Radio 3, 1997).
*Evening Session (BBC Radio 1, 1998) 
*Extra Time (BBC Radio 5, 1999).
*A Good Read (BBC Radio 4, 2001).
*Front Row (BBC Radio 4, 2002)
*The Archive Hour: DJ Culture (BBC Radio 4, 2001)
*Liz Kershaw (BBC 6 Music, 2004)
*Breaking the Barricades? The Story of Ulster Rock (BBC Radio 2, 2004).
==Contributor ==
*The Story of Pop (BBC Radio 1, 1973). Peel is attributed as writer of Part 21, together with John Pidgeon. 
*The Pink Floyd Story (Capital Radio, 1976) 
*25 Years Of Rock (BBC Radio 1, 1980) 
*The Story Of Pop Radio (Radio 1, 1982)
*When Pirates Waived The Rules (BFBS, 1984) 
*30 Years Of Rock (BBC Radio 1, 1985) 
*Sportswatch (LBC, 1986)
*Radio Active (BBC Radio 4, 1987). Peel was a guest on 'Radio Radio Programme', 1987-09-05. Subsequently repeated on BBC7. 
*Bowie At The Beeb (BBC Radio 1, 1987) 
*Come Rain Or Come Shine (BBC Radio 1, 1987) Reading Festival in the 1960s. Presented by Tommy Vance: TX 1987-08-22.
*Stereo Sequence - Substance (BBC Radio 1, 1988) 
*Revolutions In Sound (BBC Radio 4, 1988) 
*21 Years Of Radio 1 (BBC Radio 1, 1988).
*How To Survive Your Parents (BBC Radio 1, 1990).
*Strange Days: The Doors (BBC Radio 1, 1991).
*Look Out, It's Alive! (BBC Radio 1, 1991). Presented by John Walters: documentary about the Peel Sessions.
*Def Leppard (BBC Radio 1, 1993). Two-part history of the group: presented by Claire Sturgess. TX 1993-06-05.
*From Loon Pants To Safety Pins (BBC Radio 4, 1993).
*At The Beeb (BBC Radio 1, 1993)Series of four documentaries on the BBC sessions of Marc Bolan, David Bowie, The Smiths and Led Zeppelin to tie in with the publication of Ken Garner's In Session Tonight. TX 1993-09.
*Jonathan King At 50 (BBC Radio 2, 1994).
*The Music Machine (BBC Radio 3, 1994).
*The Story of Pop (BBC Radio 1, 1994). Alan Freeman history of pop music. Peel appears in programmes 26, 'Trip On The London Underground' (TX 1994-07-12) and 29, 'A Reasonable Guide To Horrible Noise' (TX 1994-08-02).
*Teenagers (BBC World Service, 1994). 
*Kaleidoscope (BBC Radio 4, 1995). Arts programme which included a piece on the battle between Blur and Oasis for pop supremacy. TX 1995-09-11. Peel had appeared on the programme on at least two previous occasions (see 12 June 1978 and 18 August 1978).
*TTFM (BBC Radio 1, 1995) 
*Kickin (BBC Radio 1, 1996). The increasingly glamourised image of football players. Presented by Nick Hancock. TX 1996-06-17.
*The Sixties At The Beeb (BBC Radio 2, 1996). Alan Freeman examines popular music broadcasting at the BBC in the 1960s. TX 1996-08-18.
*Founders Of The Sound (BBC Radio 1, 1996) 
*Collins and Maconie Live at the Mercury Music Prize (BBC Radio 1, 1996) 
*Pepper Forever! (BBC Radio 2, 1997). The Beatles LP, presented by Paul Jones. TX 1997-05-24.
*The Great Outdoors (BBC Radio 2, 1997). Open air jazz and pop music festivals in the 1960s, presented by Johnnie Walker. TX 1997-05-31.
*The Story Of Pop Radio (BBC Radio 2, 1997; revised from a 1982 Radio 1 series). He contributed to the episode 'A Life On the Medium Wave'. 
*The Summer Of Love (BBC Radio 2, 1997). 1967 and all that, presented by Brian Matthew. TX 1997-06-07.
*Falling Through Time (Resonance 107.3 FM, 1998). Grant Showbiz presents a history of the Fall.
*The Byrds Have Flown: The Story Of The Byrds (BBC Radio 2, 1999)
*Lamacq Live - Essential Albums (BBC Radio 1, 1999). 
*Annie Night (BBC Radio 1, 1999) 
*Today (BBC Radio 4, 2000)
*Big Shot A Trip Through the Canyons of Viv Stanshall's Mind (BBC Radio 2, 2001) 
*Rattlebag (RTE Radio 1, 2001)
*Tonight I'm Yours - The Rod Stewart Story (BBC Radio 2, 2003).
*Breaking The Barricades?The Story of Ulster Rock (BBC Radio 2, 2004).
==Narrator==
*The Pop Scene (BBC Radio 3, 1970).
*La Musique Hot (BBC Radio 3, 1973). ("JOHN PEEL looks at French jazz and popular music. Producer JOHN WALTERS") One-off programme that was part of a "French Sunday" on Radio 3.
*Insight (BBC Radio 1, 1975-76). Peel offered a profile of Rod Stewart in 1975 and talked about the 50 years of the [Melody Maker] in 1976.
*It Makes Me Laugh (BBC Radio 4, 1980).
*All The Lonely People ... (BBC Radio 1, 1982).
*You'll Never Be Sixteen Again (BBC Radio 4, 1985: repeated on Radio 1 in 1986 & 1987).
*Peel At The World Popular Song Festival In Japan (BBC Radio 1, 1986).
*John Peel At Eurovision (BBC Radio 1, 1987).
*Rebel Yell (BBC Radio 1, 1987).
*What's Love Got To Do With It? (BBC Radio 1, 1988).
*John Peel In Russia (BBC Radio 1, 1988).
*Promised Land (BBC Radio 1, 1988).
*John Peel Remembers 1967 (BBC Radio 1, 1988).
*Douze Points - John Peel At The Eurovision Song Contest (BBC Radio 1, 1989).
*Peel At The Brits (BBC Radio 1, 1990).
*TDK Song Search (BRMB, 1991). 
*Staying Single (BBC Radio 1, 1992).
*Hell For Leather (BBC Radio 1, 1993). Documentary about the history of the motorbike. 
*How Does It Feel - The New Order Story (BBC Radio 1, 1993: repeated 2008).
*Trouble At The Copper Kettle (BBC Radio 4, 1994).
*Lost In Music (BBC Radio 1, 1994). Documentary about the use of recreational drugs by popular musicians, critically acclaimed but slated within the BBC.
*Beam Me Up, Scotty (BBC Radio 4, 1996).
*Punk Fiction (BBC Radio 1, 1996). First programme only.
*40 Years Of Eurovision (BBC World Service, 1996) 
*John Peel's Classic Sessions (BBC Radio 1, 1996). Two series.
*The Doo-Wop Hall of Fame (BBC Radio 2, 1997)
*Fab And Fifty (BBC Radio 2, 1997). 'Feature on the post-war baby boom' (Ken Garner, The Peel Sessions, p. 236. 
*Surf's Up! (BBC Radio 2, 1997). Surf music, with particular reference to Dick Dale. TX 1997-06-03.
*Vinyl Resting Place (BBC Radio 2, 1997).
*The Shirehorses Story (BBC Radio 1, 1997). 
*Roy Orbison: The Big O (BBC Radio 2, 1998).
*Going For A Song (BBC Radio 2, 1998). 
*The Dansette Story (BBC Radio 2, 1998). 
*Race With The Devil: The Gene Vincent Story (BBC Radio 2, 1998).
*Jerry Wexler : Soul Man (BBC Radio 2, 1999: repeated on 6Music 2010, 2011).
*As I Roved Out: A Century Of Folk Music (BBC Radio 2, 1999).
*History Of Pop (BBC Radio 4, 1999)"John Peel presents the definitive history of carbonated water - drinks that have made millions and conquered the world." Four part series. 
*Pete Atkin and Clive James: Smash Flops (BBC Radio 2, 2000).
*The True Story Of British Pop (BBC Radio 2, 2001).
*The Kids Are All High (BBC Radio 2, 2001). 
*The Man In The Velvet Suit (BBC Radio 4, 2002: repeated 2004). The life of music hall comedian Billy Williams.
==Posthumous Appearances== 
*Teenage Dreams So Hard To Beat (BBC Radio 1, 2004 (part of Keeping It Peel), repeated on BBC Radio 1 Vintage, 2017in 2017 as part of R1's 50th anniversary celebrations, with new introduction by Jarvis Cocker.)
*Write On - John Peel (BBC World Service, 2004) 
*Suzi Quatro's Pioneers Of Rock (BBC Radio 2, 2005).
*Soup Songs - The Robert Wyatt Story (BBC Radio 2, 2005).
*John Peel Around The World (BBC Radio 1, 2005).
*Purely Peel (BBC Radio 7, 2005: repeated 2009). Music-free compilation, hosted by Steve Lamacq, of Peel's speech from the likes of Peeling Back The Years and Radio Radio.
*John Peel's Scottish Sessions (BBC Radio Scotland, 2009)
*John Peel's First Podcast (BBC 6Music, 2011). ...and to date, the only one (aka John Peel's Podcast - The Very First One). Poorly edited extracts from Peel shows, also broadcast separately.
*Sounds Of The 20th Century (BBC Radio 2, 2011). This archive documentary series (produced by Trevor Dann's company) was a re-edit with newly compiled episodes of the earlier 25 / 30 Years Of Rock (BBC Radio 1, 1980 / 1985), in which Peel had scarcely appeared. It took considerable advantage of the Peel material that had subsequently been rediscovered (and catalogued on this site), and clips of his shows feature in the years 1968, 1977, 1978, 1982 and 1994.
*John Peel Remembered (BBC 6Music, 2014)
*Tom Ravencroft's Campervan of Vinyl Dreamers (BBC Radio 4, 2015)
*Legends Of Rock 2 - Bernie Andrews (BBC regional radio stations, 2017)
*Radio 1 Vintage - John Peel (BBC Radio 1 Vintage, 2017) 
*John Peel's Welsh Sessions (BBC Radio Wales, 2017)
*Sesiynau Cymraeg John Peel (BBC Radio Cymru, 2018)
*Alternative Ulster - John Peel's Favourite Music Scene? (BBC Radio Ulster, 2023) 
*Sounds of the 80s - The Story of the 12” Single with Jo Whiley (BBC Radio 2, 2023)Features a short clip of Peel introducing New Order's Blue Monday, taken from his 20 February 1983 (BFBS) show. (BBC Sounds) 
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