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Peelenium

Broadcast

07 December 1999

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

1981 Festive Fifty

50 - #41: 23 December 1981
40 - #31: 24 December 1981
30 - #21: 28 December 1981
20 - #11: 29 December 1981
10 - #01: 30 December 1981

Other Notable Shows

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

25 December 1981 (TOTP)

See Also

Pop Quiz

Links

Shows calendar

{{#calendar: year=1981 | format=%d %B %Y}}

Shared

01 January 1981 / 05 January 1981 / 07 January 1981 / 08 January 1981 / 12 January 1981 / 13 January 1981 / 14 January 1981 / 19 January 1981 / 22 January 1981 / 26 January 1981 / 28 January 1981
02 February 1981 / 03 February 1981 / 05 February 1981 / 09 February 1981 / 10 February 1981 / 12 February 1981 / 16 February 1981 / 17 February 1981 / 18 February 1981* / 23 February 1981 / 24 February 1981 / 25 February 1981
02 March 1981 / 04 March 1981 / 05 March 1981 / 09 March 1981 / 10 March 1981 / 11 March 1981 / 16 March 1981 / 17 March 1981 / 23 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 / 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 / 28 May 1981
01 June 1981 / 02 June 1981 / 04 June 1981 / 08 June 1981 (John Walters) / 09 June 1981 (John Walters) / 11 June 1981 / 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 / 07 July 1981 / 13 July 1981 / 14 July 1981 / 15 July 1981 / 21 July 1981 / 23 July 1981 / 27 July 1981 / 30 July 1981
03 August 1981 / 04 August 1981 / 05 August 1981 / 10 August 1981 / 11 August 1981 / 12 August 1981 / 13 August 1981 / 17 August 1981 / 18 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 / 09 September 1981 / 10 September 1981 / 14 September 1981 / 15 September 1981 / 21 September 1981 / 22 September 1981 / 23 September 1981
06 October 1981 / 07 October 1981 / 14 October 1981 / 15 October 1981 / 19 October 1981 / 26 October 1981 / 29 October 1981
02 November 1981 / 05 November 1981 / 11 November 1981 / 12 November 1981 / 16 November 1981 / 17 November 1981 / 18 November 1981 / 23 November 1981 / 30 November 1981
09 December 1981 / 17 December 1981 / 23 December 1981 / 24 December 1981 / 28 December 1981 / 29 December 1981 / 30 December 1981

(*) John Peel Torrent Compilation 8 of 17 (1967-1993)

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)

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