John Peel

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

40

Gender

Male

Birthday

1939-08-30

Deathday

2004-10-25 (65 years old)

Place of Birth

Heswall, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK

Also Known As

John Robert Parker Ravenscroft

John Peel

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.

Known For

Top of the Pops

6.6%

Top of the Pops

Jan 1, 1964

Top of the Pops

6.6%

Top of the Pops

Jan 1, 1964

Natural World

7.1%

Natural World

Oct 30, 1983

Room 101

6.3%

Room 101

Jul 4, 1994

The Goodies

7.5%

The Goodies

Nov 8, 1970

Shooting Stars

7.6%

Shooting Stars

Dec 27, 1993

Wogan

4.5%

Wogan

May 4, 1982

King Rocker

7.4%

King Rocker

Oct 31, 2020

Grumpy Old Men

7.2%

Grumpy Old Men

Oct 10, 2003

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

5.6%

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

Jan 21, 2005

Five Seconds to Spare

4.6%

Five Seconds to Spare

Oct 30, 2000

Rock and Roll's Greatest Failure: Otway the Movie

5.5%

Rock and Roll's Greatest Failure: Otway the Movie

Jun 30, 2013

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Acting

2024

The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs as Self (archive footage)

2020

King Rocker as Self

2014

It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline as Himself

2013

Rock and Roll's Greatest Failure: Otway the Movie as Self (archive footage)

2012

Here Comes the Summer: The Undertones Story as Himself (Archive Footage)

2009

The Fall as Himself (Voice Only)

2007

Marc Bolan: The Final Word

2005		John Peel's Record Box as Self (archive footage)
2005		The Fall: The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E. Smith as Himself

2004		Celebrity Going Home as Self
2004		Celebrity Going Home as Narrator
2004		Cyderdelic as Narrator

2003		Grumpy Old Men as Self
2003		Richard Thompson: Solitary Life as Narrator
2003		Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind as Self

2002		Mr Trebus: A Life of Grime as Self - Narrator
2002		When Hippies Ruled The World as Self
2002		The Story of the Undertones - Teenage Kicks as Himself

2001

Everyday Something: True Stories from the 21st Century as Narrator (voice)

2000

Five Seconds to Spare as Big Jon

1999

A Life of Grime

1997		The Artist Formerly Known As Captain Beefheart as Himself (Narrator)
1997		Classic Trains as Narrator

1996

Funk Me Up, Scotty as Himself

1994		Room 101 as Self
1994		Do You Remember the First Time?
1994		Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era as John Past-Bedtime

1993

Shooting Stars as Self

1992

Nul Points?! as Self

1991

Vivian Stanshall: The Early Years as Self - (1995 obituary show)

1990

John Peel: Suffolk Comfort as Himself

1987

1983

1982

Wogan as Self

1977

Brass Tacks Punk Documentary as Self

1973

Radio Wonderful

1972

Fairport Convention and Matthews Southern Comfort as Self - Narrator

1970

1964		Top of the Pops as Self - Presenter
1964		Top of the Pops as Self - Host

Crew

1998

Classic Plant as Presenter

1964

Top of the Pops as Presenter

Production

2018

You and Yours as Producer

Writing

2002

The Story of the Undertones - Teenage Kicks as Writer

John Peel