Peel anniversary on BBC 6 Music

[Paul Webster]

Some upcoming programmes to mark what would have been Peel's 75 birthday and also the 10th (!) anniversary of his death
- including opportunity to influence what gets played.

Now Playing @6Music
On: BBC 6 Music Sunday 31st August 2014 18:00 to 20:00
As part of the 6 Music's John Peel anniversary programming, Tom Robinson listeners to create a special playlist
celebrating the man and the music he championed.

30 August would have marked the 75th birthday of the inimitable DJ, who sadly passed away 10 years ago this October
after a heart attack.

His now legendary Peel Sessions have given a platform to more than 2,000 then new acts from Bowie and Led Zeppelin,
through to The Undertones, The Fall, Nirvana, Pulp, The White Stripes and beyond.

For Now Playing's #Peel6Music playlist listeners can pick their favourite Peel Session track, those acts that featured
in his Festive Fifty, artists from his Dandelion Records or Strange Fruit labels, or any other interesting music link.

Tom Robinson will also be sharing his own memories, including receiving replies to his letters as a young music fan from
Peel. Tom later performed his own Peel Session in the 1970s, and went on to become good friends with the DJ.

Plus the show will also feature classic archive, including John Peel in his own words.

Suggestions are invited by Twitter via #Peel6Music, posting on the show blog or the 6 Music or Now Playing Facebook
pages, dragging tracks onto the show's collaborative Spotify or Rdio playlists, or the other usual live show contact
methods.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04g7861


My Top 10
On: BBC 6 Music Saturday 30th August 2014 04:00 to 05:00
John Peel
To mark the day on which John Peel would have been 75, there's a chance to hear a programme first broadcast on Radio 1
in 1984, in which the unique DJ picks ten favourite records and talks to Andy Peebles about his life and work.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04fl2p6


6 Music Live Hour
On: BBC 6 Music Saturday 30th August 2014 03:00 to 04:00
John Peel 75th Anniversary Special
In a special programme on the day that John Peel would have been 75, Chris Hawkins presents a selection of Peel session
tracks ranging from some of the earliest to the very last and including the likes of Soft Machine, Misty in Roots, the
Wedding Present and the Slits.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04flpm5


John Peel Remembered
On: BBC 6 Music Sunday 31st August 2014 13:00 to 14:00
This year John Peel would have been 75 years old. To celebrate his birthday and to mark the 10th Anniversary of his
passing 6 Music remembers John with contributions from Steve Lamacq, Lauren Laverne, Annie Nightingale, Don Letts, Mary
Anne Hobbs with a mixture of Peel sessions and extracts from his legendary Radio shows.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04g785v


Paul Webster