Arena Special - sunday, tonite

[thebarguest]

Wow, wow, wow ............

What a great docu on Peely - maybe the best ......

A few observations .......

1. first 10 mins - those kids rehearsing in the big detached house 
with "working class" accents - in the words of 
John Foxx era Ultravox, "dislocation", perhaps ....... but then the
class system is so all-pervasive in UK, that maybe, quick  "makeover"
was used (a word unknown in 81) ............

2. Peel & Walters looked like twins - cropped beards & short hair, 
plus mild Liverpool, Brum accents (very similar) ........
    the Ant & Dec of 1980 .........

3. Weird seeing Peel doing the inverted snob, mimicking an upper-
class accent (class prejudice is still paramount in UK in 2007 -
just listen to any 'Johnny Rotten' interview or walk into any UK pub).
 
4. Thank u to all who led to this docu being shown !

5. Great to see those old cup, semi-circle headphones - my pair
   was Pioneer, I think, ah, nostalgia .......

6. Some musical / visual excerpts of Peel successes from the previous 
few years would have put the whole prog in context.



Cheers,
Henry Hunt




--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "Ed Duffy" <eddie.duffy@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the info!
> 
> I've just checked, and it's on the capping schedule at UKNova, so 
I'll
> be grabbing that for sure.
> 
> --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "dunelm61" <dunelm@> wrote:
> >




> > As part of their Radio Week, BBC4 are showing the "Today 
Carshalton 
> > Beeches...Tomorrow Croydon" Arena Special from 1980/81.
> >  
> > For those who didn't see it all those years ago, this is easily 
the 
> > best TV programme on Peel and Walters ever made, and it captures 
the 
> > Peel ethos perfectly. Even if you have no particular interest in 
the 
> > post-punk/pre-C86 era, this programme is not to be missed.
> >  
> > It goes out at 11.40pm on Sunday 30 September, which means it 
clashes 
> > with Elijah Wood's Keeping It Peel tribute on Radio 1. You wait 
all day 
> > for a bus . . .
> >
>