Discover AI Trending My List About Blog

John Peel

John Peel

John Peel

1939-08-30

Heswall, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK

ACTING

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.

Best known for:

Top of the Pops

Natural World

Shooting Stars

Room 101

Wogan

Grumpy Old Men

King Rocker

Five Seconds to Spare

The Fall: The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E. Smith

Everyday Something: True Stories from the 21st Century

The Story of the Undertones - Teenage Kicks

Rock and Roll's Greatest Failure: Otway the Movie

Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era

When Hippies Ruled The World

Cyderdelic

John Peel's Record Box

Fairport Convention and Matthews Southern Comfort

Radio Wonderful

Brass Tacks: Punk Rock

Gimme Shelter

John Peel: Suffolk Comfort

Vivian Stanshall: The Early Years

Nul Points?!

Do You Remember the First Time?

Funk Me Up, Scotty

REMOVE ADS

Filmography:

Classic Trains (1997)
APPEREAD AS:
Narrator
Five Seconds to Spare (2000)
APPEREAD AS:
Big Jon
Everyday Something: True Stories from the 21st Century (2001)
APPEREAD AS:
Narrator (voice)
Richard Thompson: Solitary Life (2003)
APPEREAD AS:
Narrator
Cyderdelic (2004)
APPEREAD AS:
Narrator
You and Yours (2018)
WORK AS:
Producer

REMOVE ADS