my dream tribute(s)

[thebarguest]

Great to see JP's old employer devoting a lot
of broadcast time to the first anniversary of his untimely
death. Ah but, ah but, ah but ....... I wish these programs
would do more than the predictable cut-and-paste of old and
new interviews / narrations, tiny edits of the introduced
songs. They all seem to be aimed at people who knew nothing
about him. Is this modern media's "dumbing down" ?
Channel 4 did good when they repeated a whole, uncut program
of Peely visiting Oxford bands last year. 
MTV2 did excellent when they had a 4-hour video-show of Peel
"faves" through the years - I'm really hoping they repeat it
in a few months.
Why don't the BBC repeat say, one FULL peel show from each
decade ? Surely they have them on tape. Or the FULL "Desert
Island Discs" program - that would say a lot about the man.
Yes, they did have a show around JP's 60th birthday which was
full songs in video/film format - that was repeated last year.
Is that the exception that proves the rule ?

Sorry about the rant - I'm never satisfied !




Regards,
Mr Eek-a-Spider-in-my-Bananas