John Peel Movies

Based on the filmmaker's collection of newspaper cuttings the film presents private moments that give strange glimpses into everyday life.

A 1-hour Documentary looking at the Manchester post-punk group and its infamous leader Mark E Smith. The Film follows the current band recording...

Documentary about the life of the Bonzo Dog Band singer.

How does a working class autodidact, with no visible means of support, maintain his role as the leader of a cult British underground band into its...

Documentary about the rise and fall and rise again of the legendary John Otway.

Dandelion Records and DVD's present Probably the nearest you will ever get to an official documentary on Mark E Smith and The Fall. Put together over...

In 1980, two Cork outsiders, Cathal Coughlan and Sean O’Hagan, met at a New Year's Eve party. Bonding over music, a friendship and songwriting...

When Hippies Ruled The World takes a trip back to the end of the psychedelic Sixties - the dreams, trips, movies, and music - to a time that love was...

Directed by renowned British film director Tony Palmer, this film captures the band at the Maidstone Fiesta during the summer of 1970 as they run...

A portrait of Richard Thompson, co-founder of folk-rock group Fairport Convention and also an eminent singer/guitarist/songwriter in his own right.

A documentary which examines Marc Bolan's childhood ambitions of fame and where it led him, using previously lost TV and radio interviews,...

Veteran BBC Radio DJ John Peel takes his first visit to Derry and discovers for himself the band that forged his favourite pop song 'Teenage...

JP takes us on a 15-minute trek through the musical careers of assorted crew members of the Enterprise (and others). Broadcast in 1996 as part of a...

A charity music video collection from the UK-based music paper Melody Maker.

A 30 minute documentary, made by BBC East in 1990: it was never broadcast at the time, for reasons which are currently unknown. The documentary...

Tonight: The Disc Jockeys Radio 1 is wonderful. Or so the jingles say. And the stars of this two-year-old, all pop, wonderland, are the Disc Jockeys...