Pink Floyd in "John Peel in Session", BBC TV, tonight |
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Written by Matt
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Wednesday, 15 December 2004 |
A reminder for our European visitors that a tribute to the late, great John Peel is on tonight, in three programmes on digital TV channel BBC 4 which celebrate the life of the British DJ. One of the programmes includes Pink Floyd and Ron Geesin, amongst others...
At 10pm GMT is 'Dear John' - tributes to the man, 10.30pm GMT 'Teenage Kicks - the Undertones' and at 11.10pm GMT 'John Peel: In Session Tonight'. This is described as "a look through the archives at some of the acts that John championed on his Radio 1 show through the decades. Here's who appears, and the songs that they perform:
The Pink Floyd - Astronomy Domine
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Wild Thing
The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - Canyons of Your Mind
Ron Geesin - Untitled
The Faces - Stay With Me
David Bowie - Oh You Pretty Thing
Bridget St John - Want to Be with You
Roxy Music - Do the Strand
Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the Jar
Bob Marley and the Wailers - Stir It Up
Brinsley Schwarz - Surrender to the Rhythm
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Love in a Void
Joy Division - Transmission
Linton Kwesi Johnson - It Dread inna Inglan
The Specials - Too Much Too Young
The Teardrop Explodes - Reward
The Smiths - This Charming Man
Misty In Roots - Poor and Needy
Billy Bragg - A New England
Half Man Half Biscuit - Trumpton Riots
Happy Mondays - Kinky Afro
The Fall - Telephone Thing
Elastica - Line Up
Pulp - Babies
Roni Size Reprazent - Brown Paper Bag
Blur - Song 2
Orbital - Satan
Delgados - Thirteen Gliding Principles
The White Stripes - Hotel Yorba
Ash - Teenage Kicks
The show lasts for 90 minutes, and can be viewed on Digital Satellite, cable and via Freeview, and is broadcast in stereo widescreen.
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