Andy Peebles

Andy Peebles

Radio

 * BBC Radio 1
 * 13 November 1981, 8.00 pm - debut. "I must be one of the few people whose hobby is also their job. I used to think I'd make a great drummer until I realised Buddy Rich could play better with one hand than I could with two hands and both feet"
 * 31 December 1978 - New Year Disco
 * In Concert - occasional presenter, from 1979
 * 28 May 1979 - Elton John Live from Moscow Andy Peebles sets the scene in the Rossya Hall, Moscow, where Elton John and Ray Cooper continue their tour of Russia.
 * 18 June 1979 - Stayin' Alive (weekly series)
 * July & August 1979 - The Breakfast Show
 * Talkabout - from September 1979
 * from September 1979, 2.00 pm weekday slot - features: All-Time Top Ten, Mystery Star Competition, British Number Ones Competition
 * 18 November 1979 - Hot Chocolate Special
 * 02 December 1979 Year of the Child Concert
 * 26 May 1980: Paul McCartney: The Man and his Music
 * Rock On Saturday
 * Radio 1 Roadshow - August 1980
 * 25 August 1980 - Elton John - 21 at 33
 * from September 1980, 10.30 am slot
 * 05 January 1981 David Bowie - A Radio 1 special, recorded in New York
 * 18 January 1981 John Lennon 1940-1980 - The first of a five-part tribute based on a conversation between John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Andy Peebles recorded in New York on 06 December last year - two days before John Lennon's tragic death.
 * tbc

TV

 * 11 October 1979 - Top of the Pops DEBUT (did not appear as presenter until Feb 1983)
 * 30 September 1982 - Radio 1 15th Anniversary edition
 * Christmas 1981 & 1982 Specials
 * 24 February 1983 - with DLT (first regular joint co-host)
 * Christmas 1983 Special
 * 20 September 1984 - final edition (with Steve Wright)