7 Aug 1985 (Pete Drummond)

[Darren Giddings]

Here's the Cure session from that evening with (mercifully brief)  
links from Pete at 0.00, 2.45, 6.12, 8.32 and 13.25 for anyone who  
wants to get a 'flavour' of how the show sounded:

http://www.colander.org/peel/cure-07-08-85.mp3

On 30 Dec 2011, at 09:17, peel@yahoogroups.com wrote:

>>> I think I remember this. The BBC (under pressure from the  
>>> government) pulled a TV broadcast in the "Real Lives" series  
>>> which dealt with Northern Ireland terrorism. BBC staff responded  
>>> with a one-day strike in protest and Peel refused to cross the  
>>> picket line.
>>>
>>> My recollection of Pete Drummond was how out of his depth he was  
>>> trying to play Peel's playlist.