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John Peel

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Also known as John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, Eddie Lee Beppeaux

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

Acting · 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

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
9,042
Total plays
83,291

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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

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Recent publications · Crossref

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  5. The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)

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Wikidata facts

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John Peel
date of birth
1939-08-30
date of death
2004-10-26
pseudonym
Eddie Lee Beppeaux
birth name
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft
name in kana
ジョン・ピール
name in native language
John Peel
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