bits and pieces

[ken garner]

Blimey, I had completely forgotten about peel and walters co-hosting 
that TV show on pop videos until you mentioned it, but yes, I can see 
that now in my memory, that's right roger, it was called Video 
Jukebox. Might it have been one part of a BBC2 Pop Video night or 
some such? My guess would be sometime between 85-89... ah, here it 
is, just found it in INfax catalogue:

"Broadcast history: 09 May 1986 21:31-04:01 (BBC 1) 09 May 1986 22:31-
05:01 (BBC 1) 11 Jun 1987 22:31-05:01 (BBC 2) Editor: Producer: 
Notes: FIRST REEL WAS 72 PC ON 1987 REPEAT TX Description: John PEEL 
& John WALTERS pres prog telling story of pop video, traced through 
the musicals & promotional shorts of the 30s, the jazz sounds of the 
40s, rock 'n' roll films of 50s, pop progs of 60s, 1st videos of 70s 
& cable channels of 80s ContributorsJohn Peel John Walters Kevin 
Loader Richard Mcmanan-Smith (Designer) John Archer (Producer)."

The Peel radio shows giving the history of a band and its connections 
Roger recalls can be found in my book's shows index, p216:
M 9/8/76 - F 20/8/76, therefore 10 shows, "retrospectives" on The 
Who, Family, Fairports, Roxy Music, STones, Cream, Soft Machine, 
Faces, Yardbirds/Zepp, Beatles

I had that problem too with downloading the mystery christmas show 
in "rar", whatever that is. I'd like to get it mp3 someone. Which one 
is it? I have 98 (new order), 99, and 02, but not 96 (billy bragg) 
00, 01, or 03. Or is it conceivably an earlier one? The holy grail 
here would be a complete tape of the 26/12/70 original show featurng 
the carols concert, a session oft repeated in fragments (incl on 
ANita's first carols concert revival of 99), but the show itself???. 
I loved the 2000 one but for some daft reason did not tape it, though 
I did tape the "25 years of the Festive 50" spesh a couple of days 
earlier.

It is of course possible that Walters depped unannounced for Peel 
after spring 98, and I don't know - i could not double check every 
show in Radio Times / written archives! - but unlikely, it was never 
marked up on his wall planners, and certainly I do not recall him 
doing any after the show moved to weekends and became 3 hour shows 
for his last 9 months in charge, 90-91. Was the House of Love 
Christine their electric record version, or the acoustic sessions 
version of 89?

ken