1979

Peelenium

Broadcast

• 01 December 1999

Playlist

• Gang Of Four: At Home He's A Tourist
• Quads: There Must Be Thousands
• Misty In Roots: Man Kind
• Freshmen: You've Never Heard Anything Like It

Events

• Winter of discontent.
• Margaret Thatcher becomes UK prime minister.

Festive 50

1979 Festive Fifty

• 20 December 1979: #50 - #41
• 24 December 1979: #40 - #31
• 26 December 1979: #30 - #21
• 27 December 1979: #20 - #11
• 01 January 1980: #10 - #1

Other Notable Shows

Radio 1's Week in Yorkshire, from Leeds:

• 26 March 1979 / 27 March 1979 / 28 March 1979 / 29 March 1979

40th Birthday

• 29 August 1979 / 30 August 1979

See Also

• John Peel Show
• Gigography 1979
• BFBS Calendar 1979
• 1979 In Concert
• 1979 Top Twenty Albums

Links

• (BBC) Peel Biography: 1974-1979 - The Wedding Present
• Frequency Finder: Radio 1 Schedules 1975-79
• Wikipedia: 1979
• Wikipedia: 1979 In Music
• List Of Shows

Shows calendar

{{#calendar: year=1979 | format=%d %B %Y}} BFBS Calendar 1979

Shared

• 01 January 1979 / 02 January 1979 / 08 January 1979 / 09 January 1979 / 10 January 1979 / 11 January 1979 / 16 January 1979 / 22 January 1979 / 24 January 1979 / 25 January 1979 / 29 January 1979

• 01 February 1979 (Paul Gambaccini) / 05 February 1979 / 06 February 1979 / 13 February 1979 / 14 February 1979 / 19 February 1979 / 21 February 1979 / 22 February 1979 / 26 February 1979

• 06 March 1979 / 07 March 1979 / 14 March 1979 / 15 March 1979 / 26 March 1979 / 27 March 1979 / 29 March 1979

• 02 April 1979 / 03 April 1979 / 05 April 1979 / 12 April 1979 / 16 April 1979 / 17 April 1979 / 19 April 1979 / 23 April 1979 / 24 April 1979 / 30 April 1979

• 01 May 1979 / 07 May 1979 / 14 May 1979 / 21 May 1979 / 24 May 1979 / 28 May 1979 / 29 May 1979 / 30 May 1979

• 04 June 1979 / 05 June 1979 / 06 June 1979 / 07 June 1979 / 11 June 1979 / 12 June 1979 / 13 June 1979 / 14 June 1979 / 18 June 1979 / 21 June 1979 / 25 June 1979 / 26 June 1979 / 27 June 1979 / 28 June 1979

• 02 July 1979 / 09 July 1979 / 11 July 1979 / 12 July 1979 / 16 July 1979 / 17 July 1979 / 18 July 1979 / 19 July 1979 / 23 July 1979 / 24 July 1979 / 25 July 1979 / 26 July 1979 / 30 July 1979 / 31 July 1979

• 01 August 1979 / 02 August 1979 / 06 August 1979 / 07 August 1979 / 09 August 1979 / 12 August 1979 / 13 August 1979 / 14 August 1979 / 15 August 1979 / 16 August 1979 / 20 August 1979 / 21 August 1979 / 22 August 1979 / 27 August 1979 / 28 August 1979 / 29 August 1979* / 30 August 1979

• 03 September 1979 / 04 September 1979 / 05 September 1979 / 06 September 1979 / 10 September 1979 / 11 September 1979 / 12 September 1979 / 13 September 1979 / 17 September 1979 / 18 September 1979 / 19 September 1979 / 24 September 1979 / 25 September 1979 / 26 September 1979 / 27 September 1979

• 01 October 1979 / 02 October 1979 / 03 October 1979 / 04 October 1979 / 08 October 1979 / 09 October 1979 / 10 October 1979 / 11 October 1979 / 15 October 1979 / 16 October 1979 / 17 October 1979 / 18 October 1979 / 22 October 1979 / 23 October 1979 / 24 October 1979 / 29 October 1979 / 30 October 1979 / 31 October 1979

• 01 November 1979 / 05 November 1979 / 06 November 1979 / 07 November 1979 / 12 November 1979 / 13 November 1979 / 15 November 1979 / 19 November 1979 / 20 November 1979 / 21 November 1979 / 22 November 1979 / 26 November 1979 / 27 November 1979 / 28 November 1979 / 29 November 1979

• 03 December 1979 / 04 December 1979 / 05 December 1979 / 06 December 1979 / 10 December 1979 / 11 December 1979 / 12 December 1979 / 13 December 1979 / 18 December 1979 / 19 December 1979 / 20 December 1979 / 24 December 1979 / 26 December 1979 / 27 December 1979
• Peel Late February 1979 / Late December 1979 / Best of 1979 Pt 1 Specials - Damned - Numan / Tape 061A: 1980-3 (mixtape)
• KevH Tape 1 / KevH Tape 20

Other

• 16 October 1979 (Virgin In-Store) / 05 December 1979 (Virgin In-Store)
• 24 December 1979 available on both John Peel Torrent Compilation 8 of 17 (1967-1993) and as part of 1979 Festive Fifty edited file

BFBS

• 12 May 1979 (BFBS) / 26 May 1979 (BFBS) / 02 June 1979 (BFBS) / 09 June 1979 (BFBS) / 16 June 1979 (BFBS) / 23 June 1979 (BFBS) / 30 June 1979 (BFBS) / 07 July 1979 (BFBS) / 14 July 1979 (BFBS) / 21 July 1979 (BFBS) /  28 July 1979 (BFBS) / 04 August 1979 (BFBS) / 11 August 1979 (BFBS) / 18 August 1979 (BFBS) / 25 August 1979 (BFBS) / 01 September 1979 (BFBS) / 08 September 1979 (BFBS) / 15 September 1979 (BFBS) / 22 September 1979 (BFBS) / 29 September 1979 (BFBS) / 06 October 1979 (BFBS) / 13 October 1979 (BFBS) / 20 October 1979 (BFBS) / 27 October 1979 (BFBS) / 03 November 1979 (BFBS) / 10 November 1979 (BFBS) / 17 November 1979 (BFBS) / 24 November 1979 (BFBS) / 01 December 1979 (BFBS) / 08 December 1979 (BFBS) / 15 December 1979 (BFBS) / 22 December 1979 (BFBS)

Upcoming 400 Box shows

• 07 July 1979 / 19 July 1979
• 21 August 1979 / 22 August 1979 / 23 August 1979 / 27 August 1979 / 28 August 1979 / 29 August 1979