Muriel Gray (born 30 August 1958) is a Scottish author, broadcaster and journalist. She came to public notice as an interviewer on Channel 4’s alternative pop show The Tube and then appeared as a regular presenter on BBC radio. Gray has written for Time Out, the Sunday Herald and The Guardian, among other publications, as well as publishing successful horror-novels. She is the only woman to have been Rector of the University of Edinburgh and is the first female chair of the board of governors at Glasgow School of Art.
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Muriel Gray hosted some of Peel's shows, whilst on holiday in the 80's. In April 1985 Radio Times' Hear This section highlighted Gray's "schizophrenic professional life", which included her standing in for, "her hero John Peel" for two shows.[1] On his 19 September 2000 show, Peel announced her as the woman of the hour after she gave an eulogy of Paula Yates, who died of a heroin overdose:
"The woman of the hour for me, actually, I don't know if you saw her on television over the weekend, is Muriel Gray, who used to do these programmes when I went away on holiday. I've always thought the world of her, and her angry defence of Paula Yates was intensely moving, much more so than eulogies and so forth. If you're listening, Muriel, thank you for that....."
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Muriel Gray sat in for Peel on the following occasions:
1985
- 02 April 1985
- 03 April 1985
- 04 April 1985
- 08 April 1985
- 09 April 1985
1987