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John Robert Parker Ravenscroft OBE (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), better known as John Peel, was an English radio presenter and journalist.He was the longest-serving of the original disc jockeys on BBC Radio 1, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004.
Headstone of John Peel in the churchyard of St Kentigern's Church, Caldbeck, Wigton, Cumbria, UK. Peel was born at Park End, near Caldbeck, Cumberland; his family moved a short time after to the Greenrigg farm. [1] He was baptised on 24 September 1777, but most sources suggest he was born the previous year. Peel married in 1797 to Mary White. [1]
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Home Truths is a weekly BBC Radio 4 programme which began on 11 April 1998 and was usually hosted by the DJ John Peel until his death in October 2004. In the Saturday 9 – 10 am slot, it gradually became one of Radio 4's most successful programmes.
(The Fall would record a total of 24 sessions for Peel, who became a devoted fan of the group.) [16] Martin Bramah blamed the dissolution of the original line-up on Smith's style of leadership, together with Carroll's favouring of her partner: "The break-up wasn't so much about the music, though; it was more how we were being treated as people ...
Glastonbury’s Emily Eavis has revealed that the John Peel Stage has been renamed after almost 20 years.. The news arrives at the same time as the remaining headliners for the 2023 festival were ...
His contribution to Inspiral Carpets' 1994 song "I Want You" won UK top 20 recognition, topped John Peel's influential Festive Fifty [32] and resulted in Smith's first appearance on the UK TV show Top of the Pops. [33] He worked with Mouse on Mars on the project Von Südenfed, whose album, Tromatic Reflexxions, was released in May 2007. [18]