Peelenium[]
- Broadcast
- Playlist
- Birthday Party: Release The Bats
- Specials: Ghost Town
- Heaven 17: (We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang
- Altered Images: Dead Pop Stars
- Events
- Bob Marley dies of cancer.
- Liverpool win European Cup for third time.
- Government agrees to cut student grants.
Festive 50[]
- 23 December 1981: #50 - #41
- 24 December 1981: #40 - #31
- 28 December 1981: #30 - #21
- 29 December 1981: #20 - #11
- 30 December 1981: #10 - #01
Other Notable Shows[]
- Radio 1 Week in Edinburgh: 23 March 1981, 24 March 1981, 25 March 1981, 26 March 1981
- 28 May 1981: Peel celebrates Liverpool's European Cup victory in Paris the previous evening, with numerous personal anecdotes of the trip
- First series of Peel's Pleasures
Top Of The Pops appearances[]
See Also[]
Links[]
- (BBC) Peel Biography: 1980-1984 - New Decade, New Music
- Frequency Finder: Radio 1 Schedules 1980-82
- Wikipedia: 1981
- Wikipedia: 1981 In Music
- List Of Shows
Shows calendar[]
1981 |
JAN | FEB | MAR |
Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa | Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa | Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa |
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04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||
11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | ||
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05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||
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05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||
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Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa | Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa | Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa | ||
01 | 02 | 03 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | ||||||||
04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||
11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | ||
18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | ||
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- 01 January 1981 / 05 January 1981 / 06 January 1981 / 07 January 1981 / 08 January 1981 / 12 January 1981 / 13 January 1981 / 14 January 1981 / 15 January 1981 / 19 January 1981 / 20 January 1981 / 21 January 1981 / 26 January 1981 / 28 January 1981
- 02 February 1981 / 03 February 1981 / 05 February 1981 / 09 February 1981 / 10 February 1981 / 11 February 1981 / 12 February 1981 / 16 February 1981 / 17 February 1981 / 18 February 1981 / 23 February 1981 / 24 February 1981 / 25 February 1981 / 26 February 1981
- 02 March 1981 / 03 March 1981 / 04 March 1981 / 05 March 1981 / 09 March 1981 / 10 March 1981 / 11 March 1981 / 12 March 1981 / 16 March 1981 / 17 March 1981 / 19 March 1981 / 23 March 1981 / 24 March 1981 / 25 March 1981 / 26 March 1981 / 30 March 1981 / 31 March 1981
- 01 April 1981 / 06 April 1981 / 07 April 1981 / 08 April 1981 / 09 April 1981 / 14 April 1981 / 15 April 1981 / 16 April 1981 / 20 April 1981 / 21 April 1981 / 22 April 1981 / 23 April 1981 / 27 April 1981 / 28 April 1981 / 30 April 1981
- 04 May 1981 / 05 May 1981 / 06 May 1981 / 07 May 1981 / 11 May 1981 / 12 May 1981 / 13 May 1981 / 14 May 1981 / 16 May 1981 / 18 May 1981 / 19 May 1981 / 21 May 1981 / 25 May 1981 / 27 May 1981 / 28 May 1981
- 01 June 1981 / 02 June 1981 / 03 June 1981 / 04 June 1981 / 08 June 1981 (John Walters) / 09 June 1981 (John Walters) / 10 June 1981 (John Walters) / 11 June 1981 / June 1981 (John Walters) / 16 June 1981 / 17 June 1981 / 18 June 1981 / 22 June 1981 / 23 June 1981 / 24 June 1981 / 25 June 1981 / 29 June 1981 / 30 June 1981
- 02 July 1981 / 09 July 1981 / 13 July 1981 / 14 July 1981 / 15 July 1981 / 16 July 1981 / 20 July 1981 / 21 July 1981 / 23 July 1981 / 27 July 1981 / 28 July 1981 / 29 July 1981 / 30 July 1981
- 03 August 1981 / 04 August 1981 / 05 August 1981 / 06 August 1981 / 10 August 1981 / 11 August 1981 / 12 August 1981 / 13 August 1981 / 17 August 1981 / 18 August 1981 / 19 August 1981 / 22 August 1981 / 24 August 1981 / 29 August 1981 / 31 August 1981
- 01 September 1981 / 02 September 1981 / 03 September 1981 / 05 September 1981 / 07 September 1981 / 08 September 1981 / 09 September 1981 / 10 September 1981 / 14 September 1981 / 15 September 1981 / 21 September 1981 / 22 September 1981 / 23 September 1981
- 05 October 1981 / 06 October 1981 / 07 October 1981 / 14 October 1981 / 15 October 1981 / 19 October 1981 / 26 October 1981 / 27 October 1981 / 29 October 1981
- 02 November 1981 / 05 November 1981 / 09 November 1981 / 10 November 1981 / 11 November 1981 / 12 November 1981 / 16 November 1981 / 17 November 1981 / 18 November 1981 / 19 November 1981 / 23 November 1981 / 24 November 1981 / 30 November 1981
- 09 December 1981 / 10 December 1981 / 14 December 1981 / 15 December 1981 / 21 December 1981 / 23 December 1981 / 24 December 1981 / 28 December 1981 / 29 December 1981 / 30 December 1981
BBC World Service Shows[]
- 09 July 1981 (BBC World Service) / 16 July 1981 (BBC World Service) / 23 July 1981 (BBC World Service) / 30 July 1981 (BBC World Service) / 05 November 1981 (BBC World Service) / 12 November 1981 (BBC World Service) / 10 December 1981 (BBC World Service) / 17 December 1981 (BBC World Service)
BFBS Shows[]
- 03 January 1981 (BFBS) / 11 January 1981 (BFBS) / 18 January 1981 (BFBS) / 25 January 1981 (BFBS) / 05 February 1981 (BFBS) / 08 February 1981 (BFBS) / 19 February 1981 (BFBS) / 22 February 1981 (BFBS) / 01 March 1981 (BFBS) / 08 March 1981 (BFBS) / 19 March 1981 (BFBS) / 22 March 1981 (BFBS) / 29 March 1981 (BFBS) / 05 April 1981 (BFBS) / 11 April 1981 (BFBS) / 23 April 1981 (BFBS) / 26 April 1981 (BFBS) / 03 May 1981 (BFBS) / 10 May 1981 (BFBS) / 21 May 1981 (BFBS) / 28 May 1981 (BFBS) / 04 June 1981 (BFBS) / 07 June 1981 (BFBS) / 18 June 1981 (BFBS) / 21 June 1981 (BFBS) / 28 June 1981 (BFBS) / 02 July 1981 (BFBS) / 12 July 1981 (BFBS) / 19 July 1981 (BFBS) / 30 July 1981 (BFBS) / 02 August 1981 (BFBS) / 13 August 1981 (BFBS) / 16 August 1981 (BFBS) / 23 August 1981 (BFBS) / 03 September 1981 (BFBS) / 10 September 1981 (BFBS) / 17 September 1981 (BFBS) / 24 September 1981 (BFBS) / 27 September 1981 (BFBS) / 04 October 1981 (BFBS) / 15 October 1981 (BFBS) / 22 October 1981 (BFBS) / 25 October 1981 (BFBS) / 01 November 1981 (BFBS) / 12 November 1981 (BFBS) / 15 November 1981 (BFBS) / 22 November 1981 (BFBS) / 29 November 1981 (BFBS) / 06 December 1981 (BFBS) / 17 December 1981 (BFBS) / 20 December 1981 (BFBS) / 27 December 1981 (BFBS)
Mixtapes[]
- John Peel's Mixtape / John Peel - Bow Wow Wow - 81 / John Peel - Fire Engines / Peel 1981 / The Fall 81 / Dr Mango Tape1 (mixtape) / Liverpool's Night Of Victory / John Peel - Altered Images 81 / June 1981 (mixtape) / Rolf Harris 81 / Tape 061A: 1980-3 (mixtape)
- The Peel Sessions Vol.1 / Mr maudlin's Peel Sessions Vol2 mix tape / Mr maudlin's Peel Sessions Vol3
- Karl's Tape Dec 1980 Jan 1981 / Karl's Tape Early February 1981 / Karl's Tape Late February 1981 / Karl's Tape End February 1981 / Karl's Tape Early March 1981 / Karl's Tape March 1981 / Karl's Tape April May 1981 / Karl's Tape May 1981 / Karl's Tape June 1981 / Karl's Tape July 1981 / Karl's Tape August 1981 / Karl's Tape October 1981 / Karl's Tape November 1981 / Karl's Tape December 1981
- KevH Tape 2 / KevH Tape 3a / KevH Tape 3b / KevH Tape 4 / KevH Tape 6 / KevH Tape 7 / KevH Tape 8 / KevH Tape 23 / KevH Tape 24 / KevH Tape 26 / KevH Tape 36 / KevH Tape 37 / KevH Tape 44
- Play It As It Lays Volume 35 - A John Peel Thing
- The Warm Glow Of John Peel / January 1981
- Peel December 1980 January 1981 / Peel January February 1981 / Peel April To July 1981 / Peel July 1981 / Peel July August 1981 / Peel August 1981 / Peel Late August Early September 1981 / Peel September 1981 / Peel October November 1981 / Peel November 1981 to January 1982
- John Peel Show BBC 1981
- John Peel June 1981 / John Peel Summer 1981 to Summer 1982 / John Peel December 1981 to January 1982 / John Peel Various 1981
- Peel Various 1980-81