Muriel Gray hosted some of Peel's shows, whilst on holiday in the 80's and on his 19 September 2000 show, he announced her as the woman of the hour after she gave an eulogy of Paula Yates, who died of a heroin overdose: "The woman of the hour for me, actually, I don't know if you saw her on television over the weekend, is Muriel Gray, who used to do these programmes when I went away on holiday. I've always thought the world of her, and her angry defence of Paula Yates was intensely moving, much more so than eulogies and so forth. If you're listening, Muriel, thank you for that....."