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Christmas
Festive Fifty
Christmas Compilations
Christmas Video Gallery

Christmas

Peel's festive programmes are among the most cherished.

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Festive Fifty

The yearly chart voted for by listeners of John Peel.

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Christmas Compilations

Various Artists get seasonal.

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Christmas Video Gallery

A-Z of Christmas songs played by Peel.

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Christmas
Festive Fifty
Christmas Compilations
Christmas Video Gallery
*Christmas | Festive Fifty | Christmas Compilations | Christmas Video Gallery
*2025 Festive Fifty (Dandelion Radio)

Monthly Spotlight


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Peel TV


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QED The Mike Burrows Lotus Bike Story 1992 Olympic cycling making Chris Boardman aerodynamic bike.

JP narrates the story of the Lotus superbike, in QED: The Bike (BBC1, 1993).


R.I.P.


Rafael Ithier Crop
Rafael Ithier
El Gran Combo
29 Aug 1926 – 6 Dec 2025
Herman Deinum Crop
Herman Deinum
Cuby + Blizzards
8 Nov 1946 – 5 Dec 2025
Tetsu Crop
Tetsu Yamauchi
Kossoff, Kirke, Tetsu and Rabbit
21 Oct 1946 – 4 Dec 2025

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John-Peel
Record Collection: Details of the first 100 LPs of each letter of John Peel's record collection were released at The Space website in 2012, including unexpected items featuring Spoken Word, Comedy, Classical and Opera. A later Record Boxes series featured selections from the collection by key music figures. All material was subsequently re-posted at John Peel Archive and YouTube.

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Peel Mailing List: Long hosted by Yahoo, the online group dedicated to Peel moved to groups.io at the end of Nov. 2019.

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If you have tapes of vintage Peel shows that you would like to share or get help converting to digital formats, please contact the Peel Mailing List, where you will find many people keen to help you. For information on previously shared tape collections, see Tape Collections category.

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Independent. Original. Uncompromising. Official home of the Festive Fifty since 2006.

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The John Peel Centre for Creative Arts is a vibrant venue run by enthusiastic volunteers in Stowmarket, Suffolk. Music, dance, theatre & visual arts.

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Working with the Ravenscroft family to build a digital archive of John Peel's record collection.

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(John Peel updates on Google Alerts.)

Northwood Close lighting it up for Christmas - Local Matters - - 2025/12/07 20:10

John Peel has brought his Christmas spirit to from Sandringham to Northwood Close. Forget about Franklin Road for Christmas lights. You only need ......

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(John Peel's All-Time Festive 50 (2000))