John Peel

Known for: Acting
Born: August 30, 1939, Heswall, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK
Died: October 25, 2004
Movies: 36

John Peel was a British radio presenter, record producer and music journalist. He's best known for his regular "Peel sessions", a segment in his radio show on BBC 1 in which music bands introduced new songs live in the studio, and for his voice over work on BBC television documentaries.

Upcoming John Peel Movies

Little Red Robin Hood

Release date TBA

Best-Known Movies

6.0

Wild About Harry

2000

6.5

Beautiful Noise

2014

7.3

King Rocker

2020

5.1

Five Seconds to Spare

2000

5.9

Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party

2023

5.6

The Fall: The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E. Smith

2005

6.5

Pulp: What Do You Do for an Encore?

2026

7.0

Everyday Something: True Stories from the 21st Century

2001

7.7

Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era

1994

6.7

The Story of the Undertones - Teenage Kicks

2002

Filmography

2026	Pulp: What Do You Do for an Encore?	Self (archive footage)
2024	The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs	Self (archive footage)
2023	Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party	Self (Archive Footage)
2020	King Rocker	Self
2014	It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline	Self
2014	Beautiful Noise	Self
2013	Rock and Roll's Greatest Failure: Otway the Movie	Self (archive footage)
2012	Here Comes the Summer: The Undertones Story	Himself (Archive Footage)
2009	The Fall	Himself (Voice Only)
2007	Marc Bolan: The Final Word
2005	John Peel's Record Box	Self (archive footage)
2005	The Fall: The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E. Smith	Himself
2003	Richard Thompson: Solitary Life	Narrator
2003	Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind	Self
2002	Mr Trebus: A Life of Grime	Self - Narrator
2002	When Hippies Ruled The World	Self
2002	The Story of the Undertones - Teenage Kicks	Himself
2001	Everyday Something: True Stories from the 21st Century	Narrator (voice)
2001	Top of the Pops: The True Story	Self
2000	Wild About Harry
2000	Five Seconds to Spare	Big Jon
1997	Cardigans at Christmas	Self - Narrator (voice)
1997	The Artist Formerly Known As Captain Beefheart	Himself (Narrator)
1996	Funk Me Up, Scotty	Himself
1994	Do You Remember the First Time?
1994	Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era	John Past-Bedtime
1992	Nul Points?!	Self
1991	Vivian Stanshall: The Early Years	Self - (1995 obituary show)
1990	John Peel: Suffolk Comfort	Himself
1987	Gimme Shelter
1981	Today Carshalton Beeches... Tomorrow Croydon	Self
1977	Brass Tacks: Punk Rock	Self
1973	Radio Wonderful
1972	Fairport Convention and Matthews Southern Comfort	Self - Narrator

Directing, Writing & Producing

2018	You and Yours	Producer
2002	The Story of the Undertones - Teenage Kicks	Writer

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