John Peel
Birthday: 1939-08-30
Place of Birth: Heswall, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK
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.
Movies
Gimme Shelter
A charity music video collection from the UK-based music paper Melody Maker....
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Rock and Roll's Greatest Failure: Otway the Movie
Documentary about the rise and fall and rise again of the legendary John Otway....
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Fairport Convention and Matthews Southern Comfort
Directed by renowned British film director Tony Palmer, this film captures the band at the Maidstone...
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The Fall: The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E. Smith
A 1-hour Documentary looking at the Manchester post-punk group and its infamous leader Mark E Smith....
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Five Seconds to Spare
A young musician travels to London in pursuit of his dreams, but winds up the sole witness to a biza...
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Radio Wonderful
This documentary is about the first five years of BBC Radio 1 and contains interviews with the disc ...
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The Artist Formerly Known As Captain Beefheart
Elaine Shepherd’s classic BBC documentary, introduced and narrated by John Peel. Completely wonderf...
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John Peel: Suffolk Comfort
A 30 minute documentary, made by BBC East in 1990: it was never broadcast at the time, for reasons w...
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Do You Remember the First Time?
An unconventional promo for the 1994 single of the same name by British band Pulp. Various celebriti...
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Everyday Something: True Stories from the 21st Century
Based on the filmmaker's collection of newspaper cuttings the film presents private moments that giv...
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The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs
In 1980, two Cork outsiders, Cathal Coughlan and Sean O’Hagan, met at a New Year's Eve party. Bondin...
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Nul Points?!
Love it or hate it, the Eurovision Song Contest has not only redefined Europe, it has redefined musi...
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Mr Trebus: A Life of Grime
A heartfelt tribute to Edmund Trebus, the UK's most famous hoarder, who gained national recognition ...
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Vivian Stanshall: The Early Years
The great eccentric and raconteur Vivian Stanshall performs music pieces and talks to us about his e...
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Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind
Documentary about the life of the Bonzo Dog Band singer....
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When Hippies Ruled The World
When Hippies Ruled The World takes a trip back to the end of the psychedelic Sixties - the dreams, t...
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It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline
Dandelion Records and DVD's present Probably the nearest you will ever get to an official documentar...
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The Fall
Mick Middles's previously unreleased documentary on The Fall from 1994. Made available as an extra o...
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Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era
A mockumentary, rockumentary featuring the spoof radio DJ's from Harry Enfield's sketch shows. Telli...
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Here Comes the Summer: The Undertones Story
In 1978 the Undertones released Teenage Kicks, one of the most perfect and enduring pop records of a...
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Brass Tacks: Punk Rock
Brass Tacks was a current affairs programme shown on BBC2 between 1977 and 1988. On this episode cal...
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Marc Bolan: The Final Word
A documentary which examines Marc Bolan's childhood ambitions of fame and where it led him, using pr...
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The Story of the Undertones - Teenage Kicks
Veteran BBC Radio DJ John Peel takes his first visit to Derry and discovers for himself the band tha...
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King Rocker
How does a working class autodidact, with no visible means of support, maintain his role as the lead...
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Funk Me Up, Scotty
JP takes us on a 15-minute trek through the musical careers of assorted crew members of the Enterpri...
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John Peel's Record Box
John Peel's Record Box is a documentary film made by Elaine Shepherd, released on 14 November 2005 o...
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Richard Thompson: Solitary Life
A portrait of Richard Thompson, co-founder of folk-rock group Fairport Convention and also an eminen...
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Cardigans at Christmas
A feast of old chestnuts from the glory days of Christmasses past with this look at the rise and dem...
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