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Changes to the look of John Peel Wiki will take place in the near future due to a new skin being rolled out over Oct/Nov across Wikia. Please see the Wikia Staff Blog for further details. On this site, the changes will affect the navigation from the left menu, as well as introduce a fixed page width with narrower content space. Please be patient while adjustments are made for the switch to the new system.

UPDATE: As the change is now in force for some users, I have switched the navigation to the simplified one for the new system. Please check Navigation in the Help section if you can't find things. I also initially made small adjustments to the front page layout, but have now reverted to the old look until all users are on the new system.

COUNTDOWN: Just a reminder for people still using Monaco that the final switch to the new skin is due on Nov. 3. After that, it will no longer be offered as an option. Sorry. Nothing to do with me.

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PeelChoice

The Jocks Choice were short interview snippets with BBC Radio One DJ's in the book, '25 Years Of Pop', that was published by the BBC in 1992 to commemorate the silver jubilee of the radio station. The Jocks Choice involved BBC Radio One DJ's answering questions about what their favourites in entertainment and life. Peel was asked several questions that were published in the book and these were his answers:

Peel's Answers[]

Best Singles[]

  1. Undertones: Teenage Kicks
  2. Four Brothers: Pasi Pano Pane Zviedzo
  3. The Fall: New Face In Hell
  4. Wayne Wonder & Cutty Ranks: The Lambada
  5. Bang Bang Machine: Geek Love

Best Albums[]

  1. Misty In Roots: Live At Counter Eurovision Festival
  2. Babes In Toyland: Spanking Machine
  3. Captain Beefheart: Trout Mask Replica
  4. Big Black: Songs About Fucking
  5. The Fall: Code Selfish

Best Film[]

Most Important Artist[]

Most Important Group[]

Best DJ[]

Worst Thing[]

  • The world's inability to cope with war, famine, pestilence, greed, etc

Best Thing[]

  • Meeting, living with, having children with, being inspired by, going to the pub with Sheila Gilhooly of Shipley, Yorkshire.

Favourite Radio 1 Memory[]

  • Kid Jensen having start to my programme because I was on the floor sobbing after another Liverpool European Cup victory. [1]

External Links[]

Footnotes
  1. This was broadcast on 30 May 1984