Peter Gabriel BBC Radio Special

To celebrate his 75th Birthday, BBC Radio 2 will broadcast a special about Peter Gabriel. This special contains songs and interviews.

Over the years, Peter Gabriel stuff was broadcasted by the BBC. This is not limited to his songs, but there are also interviews. BBC Radio 2 will broadcast a special about Peter Gabriel and this will also feature material from the BBC archive.

The BBC says:

As we celebrate his 75th birthday, with his usual humour and self-deprecation, Peter Gabriel discusses his early releases Solsbury Hill, Games Without Frontiers and Shock The Monkey. These singles, from his identically self-titled debut solo albums, came after his surprising departure from Genesis just as they were enjoying worldwide success. Peter also acknowledges the breakthrough 1986 landmark album So, his first with a proper title in this country. It changed his life, transforming him from prog rock cult artist into an MTV generation worldwide superstar, pioneer of world music and hugely respected cultural and political figure.

Peter also remembers the unexpected recording history behind Sledgehammer and the endurance test that was the video shoot, with the talented team who went on to make Wallace and Gromit. Peter’s career has always combined huge hits (backed up by ground-breaking videos and concepts) with extraordinarily personal, experimental, haunting and memorable songs such as Biko, Don’t Give Up, Digging In The Dirt, San Jacinto and In Your Eyes. Peter talks about his participation in the OVO show at the Millennium Dome, singing with an orchestra, his film work on Babe 2 and Wall-E and his contribution to Nelson Mandela’s 46664 campaign.

He remembers his idea of lying flat and being passed around the auditorium in gigs and also, when he sang from the back of a venue, an over-enthusiastic security worker not letting him back onto the stage at his own concert. Brian Pern, the actor and comedian Simon Day’s parody of a very similar character, makes him see the funny side of his life.

This new compilation of archive broadcasts and key tracks comes from decades of BBC radio, online and television interviews with Peter, conducted by Matt Everitt, Bob Kilby, Tom Robinson, David Jensen, Andy Peebles, Ro Newton, Johnnie Walker, Steve Wright, Tim Smith, Richard Skinner, Jools Holland, producer Mark Simpson, Andrew Marr, John Wilson and OJ Borg.

This special will be available from 9 February via this link.