1997

Peelenium

 * Broadcast
 * 13 January 2000

Playlist


 * Inter: Happy Ending
 * Clinic: IPC Subeditors Dictate Our Youth
 * Helen Love: Does Your Heart Go Boom
 * The Delgados: Pull The Wires From The Wall

Main Events
 * Fashion designer Gianni Versace shot to death by spree killer Andrew Cunanan.
 * Comet Hale-Bopp makes its closest approach to Earth.
 * The English Patient wins Best Picture at the Oscars.
 * The Labour Party under Tony Blair wins the UK General Election by a landslide, ending 18 years of Conservative Government.
 * Publication of J.K. Rowling's first Harry Potter novel.
 * Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule after 100 years of UK sovereignty.
 * NASA's Pathfinder probe lands on the surface of Mars.
 * Death of Diana Princess Of Wales in a car accident.
 * UK Home Secretary Michael Howard states that Moors Murderer Myra Hindley will serve a full life tariff in prison. She appeals, but loses.
 * In music, deaths of Billy Mackenzie, The Notorious BIG, Laura Nyro, Jimmy Witherspoon, Michael Hutchence and Stephane Grappelli.

Festive 31
1997 Festive Fifty
 * 23 December 1997

Other notable shows

 * 30th anniversary special
 * 01 October 1997


 * Blur at Peel Acres
 * 05 May 1997

Links

 * (BBC) Peel Biography: 1990-1997 - From The Archers To Nirvana
 * Frequency Finder: Radio 1 Schedules 1994-97
 * Wikipedia: 1997
 * Wikipedia: 1997 In Music
 * List Of Shows

Shows calendar
Shows move to midweek (Tue, Wed, Thur, 8.30-10.30pm) from 18 February 1997. Start time changes to 8.40pm from 08 April 1997.

Shared

 * 05 January 1997 / 11 January 1997 / 12 January 1997 / 25 January 1997 / 26 January 1997
 * 01 February 1997 / 02 February 1997 / 15 February 1997 / 16 February 1997 / 18 February 1997 / 19 February 1997 / 20 February 1997 / 25 February 1997 / 26 February 1997
 * 04 March 1997 / 06 March 1997 / 11 March 1997 / 13 March 1997 / 18 March 1997 / 19 March 1997 / 20 March 1997 /  25 March 1997 / 27 March 1997
 * 01 April 1997 / 10 April 1997* / 17 April 1997* / 27 April 1997
 * 05 May 1997 / 08 May 1997 / 28 May 1997 / 29 May 1997
 * 26 June 1997 / 28 June 1997
 * 10 July 1997 / 22 July 1997 / 30 July 1997* / 31 July 1997*
 * 21 August 1997*
 * 04 September 1997 / 11 September 1997 / 24 September 1997
 * 01 October 1997 / 16 October 1997 / 23 October 1997
 * 20 November 1997
 * 18 December 1997 / 23 December 1997
 * Peel Spring 1997 / Peel Mid to Late 1997

(*) John Peel Torrent Compilation 9 of 17 (1994-2001) shows.

BFBS

 * 17 March 1997 (BFBS) / 10 April 1997 (BFBS) / 24 April 1997 (BFBS) / 16 May 1997 (BFBS) / 22 May 1997 (BFBS) / 23 May 1997 (BFBS) / 07 August 1997 (BFBS) / 14 August 1997 (BFBS) / 11 September 1997 (BFBS) / 18 September 1997 (BFBS) / 25 September 1997 (BFBS) / 09 October 1997 (BFBS) / 23 October 1997 (BFBS) / 27 November 1997 (BFBS) / 04 December 1997 (BFBS) / 11 December 1997 (BFBS) / 18 December 1997 (BFBS)

BBC World Service

 * 05 January 1997 (BBC World Service) / 12 January 1997 (BBC World Service) / 19 January 1997 (BBC World Service) / 09 February 1997 (BBC World Service) / 16 February 1997 (BBC World Service)

Tracklistings

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