Peelie was and always will be priceless.
A landmark that I shall always remember, for all my days - by some weird happenchance, somebody at work had the radio on - very unusual - and his death was announced and various people commented - I shall never forget Jo Whiley in particular. I recall that I was the only one who understood or had even heard of John.
If any one person did more than any other for popularising and exposing off-beat music to the masses, it must be John. RIP, margrave of the marshes