BFBS

Background

 * Forces' Radio began during the Second World War in 1943 as a morale-boosting experiment for the troops on active service, and was renamed BFBS (British Forces Broadcasting Service) in 1965. It is still active today.
 * Peel recorded weekly two-hour Saturday programmes for the German part of the network, along with other British DJs such as Tommy Vance and Kenny Everett. From comments made by his producer Charles Foster, it appears he started doing this in 1972 and continued until the show was summarily cancelled in 2002: Foster produced the programmes from 1984 onwards (and Peel also mentions a recording engineer, possibly Denis O'Keeffe). He related that he received little or no feedback concerning his shows from the military, for whom the programmes were primarily intended, but had a large fanbase of civilians.

Shows Available

 * John Peel Torrent Compilation 8 of 17 (1967-1993)
 * 19 June 1993 (BFBS) / 26 June 1993 (BFBS) / 31 July 1993 (BFBS) / 27 October 1993 (BFBS) / 16 June 1995 (BFBS) (misdated 1993)


 * John Peel Torrent Compilation 9 of 17 (1994-2001)
 * 05 August 1995 (BFBS)


 * Other sources
 * 27 November 1997 (BFBS) / 01 November 1998 (BFBS) / 08 November 1998 (BFBS) / 29 November 1998 (BFBS) / 27 December 1999 (BFBS)

Links

 * BFBS Wiki entry
 * BFBS Radio homepage
 * BFBS Radio history (brief mention of Peel)


 * Footnotes