1968

== Peelenium ==
;Broadcast
*04 November 1999
;Playlist
*Cream: Crossroads
*Buffalo Springfield: Expecting To Fly
*Bonzo Dog Band: The Canyons Of Your Mind
*T Rex: Salamanda Palaganda
;Events
*March 3: Police raid Middle Earth club in Covent Garden, London. Peel, who DJs regularly at club, expresses sympathy in his IT column for victims of police harassment .
*March 17: violent anti-Vietnam War demo in Grosvenor Square, London; Peel is present.
*April 4: Martin Luther King shot dead in Memphis, sparking riots in major US towns and cities.
*May: student revolt and workers' strikes in Paris threaten De Gaulle's government.
*June 5: assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Peel pays tribute to him on Night Ride.
*August 21-23: Soviet troops invade Czechoslovakia to crush Dubcek government's "Prague Spring".
*October: First sextuplets born in UK.
*November: Richard Nixon elected US President. Peel meets future wife Sheila ("Pig") while appearing on TV show "How It Is".
*November 22: The Beatles release The Beatles, later known as the White Album.
== Festive 50 ==
n/a
== Notable Shows ==
First Peel Night Ride
*06 March 1968
Night Ride with Lennon and Ono as studio guests
*11 December 1968
== See Also ==
*Top Gear
*Night Ride
*Gigography 1968
*Melody Maker: 1968
== Links ==
*(BBC) Peel Biography: 1968 - Night Ride
*Frequency Finder: Radio 1 Schedules 1967-69
*Wikipedia: 1968
*Wikipedia: 1968 In Music
*Marmalade Skies (1968): Jan / Feb / Mar / Apr / May / June / July / Aug / Sept / Oct / Nov / Dec
*List Of Shows
== Shows calendar ==
1968
JAN	FEB	MAR
Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa		Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa		Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
 	01	02	03	04	05	06		 	 	 	 	01	02	03		 	 	 	 	 	01	02
07	08	09	10	11	12	13		04	05	06	07	08	09	10		03	04	05	06	07	08	09
14	15	16	17	18	19	20		11	12	13	14	15	16	17		10	11	12	13	14	15	16
21	22	23	24	25	26	27		18	19	20	21	22	23	24		17	18	19	20	21	22	23
28	29	30	31	 	 	 		25	26	27	28	29	 	 		24	25	26	27	28	29	30
 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 		31	 	 	 	 	 	
APR	MAY	JUN
Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa		Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa		Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
 	01	02	03	04	05	06		 	 	 	01	02	03	04		 	 	 	 	 	 	01
07	08	09	10	11	12	13		05	06	07	08	09	10	11		02	03	04	05	06	07	08
14	15	16	17	18	19	20		12	13	14	15	16	17	18		09	10	11	12	13	14	15
21	22	23	24	25	26	27		19	20	21	22	23	24	25		16	17	18	19	20	21	22
28	29	30	 	 	 	 		26	27	28	29	30	31	 		23	24	25	26	27	28	29
 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 		30	 	 	 	 	 	
JUL	AUG	SEP
Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa		Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa		Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
 	01	02	03	04	05	06		 	 	 	 	01	02	03		01	02	03	04	05	06	07
07	08	09	10	11	12	13		04	05	06	07	08	09	10		08	09	10	11	12	13	14
14	15	16	17	18	19	20		11	12	13	14	15	16	17		15	16	17	18	19	20	21
21	22	23	24	25	26	27		18	19	20	21	22	23	24		22	23	24	25	26	27	28
28	29	30	31	 	 	 		25	26	27	28	29	30	31		29	30	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	
OCT	NOV	DEC
Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa		Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa		Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
 	 	01	02	03	04	05		 	 	 	 	 	01	02		01	02	03	04	05	06	07
06	07	08	09	10	11	12		03	04	05	06	07	08	09		08	09	10	11	12	13	14
13	14	15	16	17	18	19		10	11	12	13	14	15	16		15	16	17	18	19	20	21
20	21	22	23	24	25	26		17	18	19	20	21	22	23		22	23	24	25	26	27	28
27	28	29	30	31	 	 		24	25	26	27	28	29	30		29	30	31	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	
== Shows available online ==
* 07 January 1968 / 14 January 1968 / 21 January 1968 / 28 January 1968
* 04 February 1968 / 11 February 1968 / 18 February 1968 / 25 February 1968
* 06 March 1968 / 10 March 1968 / 17 March 1968 / 24 March 1968 / 27 March 1968 / 31 March 1968
*03 April 1968 / 07 April 1968 / 10 April 1968 / 28 April 1968
* 01 May 1968 / 05 May 1968 / 08 May 1968 / 12 May 1968 / 19 May 1968 / 22 May 1968 / 26 May 1968 / 29 May 1968
* 05 June 1968 / 09 June 1968 / 12 June 1968 / 16 June 1968 / 23 June 1968 / 26 June 1968 / 30 June 1968
* 07 July 1968 / 10 July 1968 / 14 July 1968 / 21 July 1968 / 24 July 1968 / 28 July 1968
* 04 August 1968 / 07 August 1968 / 11 August 1968 / 14 August 1968 / 18 August 1968 / 21 August 1968 / 25 August 1968 / 28 August 1968
*08 September 1968 / 11 September 1968 / 18 September 1968 / 22 September 1968 / 25 September 1968 / 29 September 1968
*06 October 1968 / 09 October 1968 / 13 October 1968 / 20 October 1968 / 27 October 1968 / 30 October 1968
*03 November 1968 / 06 November 1968 / 10 November 1968 / 13 November 1968 / 17 November 1968 / 20 November 1968 / 24 November 1968
*01 December 1968 / 04 December 1968 / 08 December 1968 / 11 December 1968 / 15 December 1968 / 18 December 1968 / 22 December 1968
*Bonzo Sessions / Pentangle First Session / John Renbourn Terry Cox Session / Fairport Convention 3rd Session / Nice 1967 1968 / Roy Harper 1968 1969 / Adrian Mitchell Night Ride mid 1968 / Night Ride 1968 The Lady King / Night Ride 1968 Alan Jackson / Night Ride 1968 Koerner, Ray & Glover / Donovan Top Gear 1968 / Donovan Top Gear 1968 (2) / Joni Mitchell Song To A Seagull / Beefheart 1968 / February 1968 / Fever Tree Top Gear 1968 / Penny Nichols Top Gear 1968 / Country Joe & The Fish Top Gear 1968 / Gordon Lightfoot Top Gear 1968 / Idle Race Top Gear 1968 / Colonel Bogey Night Ride 1968 / Night Ride Poets Mix / Meg Aikman and Nat Schaffer / Probably Gordon Smith / Gordon Smith 1968 / Top Gear Summer 1968 / John Peel's Night Ride: A 1968 Miscellany
Category:1968