IT is a typically eclectic mixture of 1970s German rock, hardcore “grime” and Liverpool indie. The final programme recorded by John Peel will be broadcast by the BBC World Service next week.

Peel’s weekly show allowed millions of listeners to share his musical passions and fans in China and India were among the thousands sending tributes to the Service. He recorded a series of programmes before his trip to Peru where he suffered a fatal heart attack. The last will be transmitted this Friday.

“Unwrapping the final John Peel programmes was a bittersweet experience,” said Bobby Seiler, his producer. He added: “What this programme does do is represent the breadth of music that John always promoted. Among the records on this show, there are examples of music from Sweden, Germany, the United States, Czech Republic and his own beloved Liverpool.”

There is a track by Neu, a 1970s German band whose driving “motorik” sound influenced electronic pop music. A classical cellist-turned hip-hop producer from Brooklyn calling himself Mad provides a track called I am 6 on the Ad Noiseam label.

Ella Guru, a new Liverpool band, are given a spin along with a Czech techno act called Matoa. The final record is Dr Venom an artist from the underground “grime” hip-hop scene with a track called Mumra.

Mr Seiler said: “You’re always looking out for that monumental moment where John hints at some unforeseen event or some double meaning in the records he chose. As it happens, there is none of this, as unsurprisingly John never expected this to be his last programme.

“He was truly one of the planet’s favourite voices. His weekly e-mails ranged from Malaysia to Manchester, Israel to Ipswich, and his patronage of new artists extended well beyond the English Channel.”

The prerecorded programmes also included The Fall, Peel’s all-time favourite, and one track from an album of Lebanese/Egyptian Arabic hip-hop.

The final programme will be introduced by World Service presenter Mark Coles and broadcast on Friday at 10:30am, then repeated at 1:30pm, 7:30pm and Saturday at 01:45am. HMV’s 200 stores across Britain and Ireland observed a minute’s silence at noon yesterday in honour of the DJ. Music fans said Peel would have preferred one minute of noise. Each store then played Peel’s favourite song, The Undertones’ Teenage Kicks as a tribute.

• An acclaimed band championed by Peel who influenced U2, Franz Ferdinand and the Red Hot Chili Peppers yesterday announced they are to reform after 20 years.

  Gang of Four, from Leeds, were described as the first band to mix punk, funk and revolutionary Marxism. Promoters had offered the band large amounts of money and they have “finally acquiesced to public demand”.

PEEL’S FINAL PLAYLIST

• The Doll House, Swedish band
• Neu, 1970s German band
• Ella Guru, new Liverpudlian band
• Matoa, from Prague
• The Woggles, a band from Athens, Georgia
• Mad EP, I am 6
• Dr Venom, Mumra “inspired by the baddie in Thundercats”

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