[peel] Peel anniversary on BBC 6 Music

[Alan Ford]

Thanks Paul.
No mention of Tom Ravenscroft?



On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 7:43 AM, Paul Webster paul@... [peel] <
peel@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> 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
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> Paul Webster
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