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John Peel
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English DJ and radio presenter (1939–2004)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1954
- Works
- 191
Top works
- View to a Thrill
- The Eiffel Target
- Sandblast
- Live and let's dance
- Sword of death
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Film & TV
Heswall, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK
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.
Known for
- The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs — Self (archive footage)2024
- Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party — Self (Archive Footage)2023
- King Rocker — Self2020
- It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline — Himself2014
- Rock and Roll's Greatest Failure: Otway the Movie — Self (archive footage)2013
- Here Comes the Summer: The Undertones Story — Himself (Archive Footage)2012
- The Fall — Himself (Voice Only)2009
- Marc Bolan: The Final Word2007
- The Fall: The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E. Smith — Himself2005
- John Peel's Record Box — Self (archive footage)2005
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- England
- Active from
- 1939
- Active to
- 2004
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 9,042
- Total plays
- 83,291
Tags
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), known professionally as John Peel, was a British disc jockey, radio presenter, and journalist. He was one of the original DJs of BBC Radio 1 in 1967 and of those the only one remaining on Radio 1 at the time of his death. Known for the extraordinary range of his taste in music and the occasional mistakes (such as playing records at the wrong speed or playing the wrong track entirely) that marked his shows <a href="https://w
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Heswall
- Place of death
- Cusco
- Occupation
- television presenter
- Educated at
- Shrewsbury School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- honorary doctorate
- Military branch
- British Army
- Official website
- www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel
- Image
- John Peel BBC cropped.jpg
- Residence
- Burton
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- Commons category
- John Peel
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1939-08-30
- date of death
- 2004-10-26
- manner of death
- natural causes
- medical condition
- diabetes
- pseudonym
- Eddie Lee Beppeaux
- birth name
- John Robert Parker Ravenscroft
- place of burial
- Suffolk
- name in kana
- ジョン・ピール
- name in native language
- John Peel
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