In 1999, BBC cleared the schedules on the evening of Saturday 29th August 1999 to air a series of TV programmes to mark Peel's 60th birthday the following day:
- Dear John - Charlie Higson & Paul Whitehouse (1999)
- Dear John - Clare Grogan (1999)
- Dear John - Kevin Samson (1999)
- Dear John - Loudon Wainwright III (1999)
- Dear John - Ronnie Wood (1999)
- Father And Son (1999)
- John Peel TV Personality (1999)
- Peel's Sounds Of The 60s And 70s (1999)
- Turn That Racket Down (1999)
- Peel's Sounds Of The 80s And 90s (1999)
- The Artist Formerly Known As Captain Beefheart (1997)