BBC Radio Three

BBC Radio 3 is a British radio network operated by the BBC. Its output centres on classical music and opera, but jazz, world music, drama, culture and the arts also feature. The station is the world’s most significant commissioner of new music, and through its New Generation Artists scheme promotes young musicians of all nationalities. The station is notable for its broadcast of the BBC Proms concerts, live and in full, each summer in addition to performances by the BBC Orchestras and Singers. There are regular productions of both classic plays and newly commissioned drama.

Links To Peel
Peel did some narrating on cultural programmes in the 70's on Radio 3, especially relating to modern rock and even jazz music. In the 80's according to the Genome website, he didn't do any programmes for the station, until the 90's, where he was once interviewed for Private Passions about his favourite classical music pieces in 1996. After Peel's death, Fiona Talkington presented selections from Pig's Big 78 on her BBC Radio 3 Late Junction programme in 2006 to coincide with the release of The Pig's Big 78s - A Beginner's Guide.

The Pop Scene
In 1970, Peel narrated a series of ten programmes surveying the evolution of pop music from the 1950s to the 1960's.

La Musique Hot
In 1973, Peel looked at French jazz and popular music for this programme.

Study On 3
In 1974, Peel, John Walters and Gary Taylor discuss the realities of being a professional pop musician.

Lifelines
Between 1976 and 1977, Peel narrated cultural programmes for this series related to pop music.

The Music Machine
John Cavanagh talks to Camille Paglia, John Peel and Jeremy J Beadle about why we need young dead heroes for this 1994 documentary.

Private Passions
In 1994, Composer Michael Berkeley talks to Peel about his favourite classical music pieces.

Choice of 3
In 1997, John Peel joins Fiona Talkington to preview the Radio 3 week.