John Peel

1939 - 2004 (age 65) • Acting

Born: 8/30/1939 in Heswall, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK

Died: 10/25/2004 (age 65)

Known for: Acting

John Peel

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

66%

Self - Host / Self - Presenter

1964

Natural World

74%

Unknown

1983

Shooting Stars

77%

Self

1993

Room 101

66%

Self

1994

King Rocker

73%

Self

2020

Grumpy Old Men

74%

Self

2003

Wogan

53%

Self

1982

Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party

59%

Self (Archive Footage)

2023

The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs

70%

Self (archive footage)

2024

Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party

59%

Self (Archive Footage)

2023

King Rocker

73%

Self

2020

You and Yours

Producer

2018

It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline

Himself

2014

Beautiful Noise

65%

Self

2014

Rock and Roll's Greatest Failure: Otway the Movie

55%

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 Word

2007

John Peel's Record Box

80%

Self (archive footage)

2005

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

56%

Himself

2005

Celebrity Going Home

Narrator / Self

2004

Cyderdelic

58%

Narrator

2004

Grumpy Old Men

74%

Self

2003

Richard Thompson: Solitary Life

Narrator

2003

Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind

80%

Self

2003

Mr Trebus: A Life of Grime

Self - Narrator

2002

When Hippies Ruled The World

50%

Self

2002

The Story of the Undertones - Teenage Kicks

67%

Himself

2002

The Story of the Undertones - Teenage Kicks

67%

Writer

2002

Everyday Something: True Stories from the 21st Century

70%

Narrator (voice)

2001

Top of the Pops: The True Story

Self

2001

Wild About Harry

60%

2000

Five Seconds to Spare

51%

Big Jon

2000

A Life of Grime

70%

Unknown

1999

Classic Plant

80%

Presenter

1998

Cardigans at Christmas

Self - Narrator (voice)

1997