Keeping It Peel

Keeping It Peel, web

Commissioned by the BBC's Radio and Music Interactive department, Keeping it Peel was launched to coincide with the first anniversary of the legendary broadcaster's tragically early death. Given the length and diversity of John's career, this was always going to be a BIG project, but the resulting site is immense, with hundreds of audio- and video-rich pages documenting the DJ's career in music radio.

Commissioned by the BBC's Radio and Music Interactive department, Keeping it Peel was launched to coincide with the first anniversary of the legendary broadcaster's tragically early death. Given the length and diversity of John's career, this was always going to be a BIG project, but the resulting site is immense, with hundreds of audio- and video-rich pages documenting the DJ's career in music radio. Highlights include...

Bio

An in-depth biography and analysis of John's broadcasting history, with dozens of rarely seen photographs.

Sessions

Arguably the heart of the site, a decade-by-decade look at John's famous sessions, with each one documented on its own page with full recording and personnel details and sound clips.

Glastonbury

Video highlights from John's TV appearances at Glasto over the last decade.

Festive 50s

John presented the listeners' choices for a two-hour Christmas special for three decades, from 1976 onwards; this section documents them in detail.

Tributes

A testament to both John's impact and the love so many people had for him; hundreds of written tributes from fans, artists, friends and colleagues.

The project team on the site - who worked on it for almost five months - brought together a whole range of disciplines, from researchers through to software engineers, reflecting not only the site's size but it's complexity... and Somethin' Else's absolute need to make it perfect.

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