John Peel
Biography
John Peel was a British radio presenter, record producer and music journalist. He's best known for his regular "Peel sessions", a segment in his radio show on BBC 1 in which music bands introduced new songs live in the studio, and for his voice over work on BBC television documentaries.
Birthday
Aug 30, 1939
Place of birth
Heswall, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK
Deathday
Oct 25, 2004
Also known as
- John Robert Parker Ravenscroft
Credited in
As cast
- Gimme Shelter
- Rock and Roll's Greatest Failure: Otway the Movie
- Fairport Convention and Matthews Southern Comfort
- The Fall: The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E. Smith
- Five Seconds to Spare
- Radio Wonderful
- The Artist Formerly Known As Captain Beefheart
- John Peel: Suffolk Comfort
- Do You Remember the First Time?
- Everyday Something: True Stories from the 21st Century
- The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs
- Nul Points?!
- Mr Trebus: A Life of Grime
- Vivian Stanshall: The Early Years
- Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind
- When Hippies Ruled The World
- It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline
- The Fall
- Smashie and Nicey: The End of an EraNo picture available
- Here Comes the Summer: The Undertones Story
- Brass Tacks: Punk Rock
- Marc Bolan: The Final WordNo picture available
- The Story of the Undertones - Teenage Kicks
- King Rocker
- Funk Me Up, Scotty
- John Peel's Record Box
- Richard Thompson: Solitary Life
- Cardigans at ChristmasNo picture available
