After the Peelenium had finished, we decided that it would be a nice idea to include just one 78-rpm record in each of John’s late night programmes. And because I’d been conned into reading out the tracks for the Peelenium, John persuaded me to introduce one vintage record in every programme. And so it became “The Pig’s Big 78” because listeners liked it very much indeed – surprisingly.

- Sheila Ravenscroft (aka Pig), from sleevenotes of The Pig’s Big 78s: A Beginner’s Guide, Trikont, 2006

The title that this feature was given by Peel is probably a variation of the 'Peel's Big 45' spot that John ran in the mid 70s where he would give substantial airplay to a well-liked current single (see 10 December 1976 (Transcript) for mentions of this).

Songs played and show dates appear on the pages below. Data was is researched from the database of this site and Phil's Mighty Database but is incomplete, due partly to missing tracklistings and occasional failure to indicate the Pig's Big 78 on BBC pages. Please help fill in the gaps.

• Pig's Big 78 2000
• Pig's Big 78 2001
• Pig's Big 78 2002
• Pig's Big 78 2003
• Pig's Big 78 2004

Links Edit

• Trikont Online catalogue listing for 'Pig's Big 78's - A Beginner's Guide', including tracklisting and links for reviews
• Drowned In Sound: Life still has surface noise: Trikont release Pig's Big 78 album