In 1999, BBC cleared the schedules on the evening of Saturday 29th August 1999 to air a series of TV programmes to mark Peel's 60th birthday the following day: * Dear John - Charlie Higson & Paul Whitehouse (1999) * Dear John - Clare Grogan (1999) * Dear John - Kevin Samson (1999) * Dear John - Loudon Wainwright III (1999) * Dear John - Ronnie Wood (1999) * Father And Son (1999) * John Peel TV Personality (1999) * Peel's Sounds Of The 60s And 70s (1999) * Turn That Racket Down (1999) * Peel's Sounds Of The 80s And 90s (1999) * The Artist Formerly Known As Captain Beefheart (1997)