In two days he manages to film four extra items for my programme, including a riverside picnic with Yotam Ottolenghi, attend every party going, participate in three sessions and make time for a languorous wine-soaked afternoon with me.
He added: "Everyone said I had no chance for my programme, which I admit is a difficult programme … but for the French to choose with such a big percentage to support me means they believe in this programme.
However in Pakistan, I was given the advice that in order for my programmes to be socially accepted, I needed to engage men and boys as well.
In Berlin's Philharmonie, you get the feeling people would rather impale themselves on their Mahler box sets than clear their throat in a concert; I received an incredibly stern Teutonic telling-off for turning the page of my programme.
Marc Riley (6 Music DJ) Rufus Wainwright, Want One (2003 LP) The more time I spend listening to one LP, the less time I have to listen to new releases for my radio programme, so I try to keep level-headed.
It's important for my research programme that I come back with good data, but if the ocean is too rough or too calm I could come back empty-handed.
In planning my programme for the next four years, I have one burning ambition for London that will guide every decision I make – ensuring that all Londoners can have the same opportunities to get on in life that London gave me.
While drafting my programme for Paris 2020, I was inspired by the visions of other great cities – including London, New York, Singapore, Sydney and Vancouver.
In 1998, Peel was awarded an OBE: he summed up his work with the words, "You get free records, you get paid for playing them on the radio, I choose all the music for my own programmes... it seems to me to be almost the perfect life, really".
Having opted for a vocational course, getting value-for-money from my degree programme was about being prepared for the world of work.
With their help, we managed to write a scientific project proposal and a working programme for my 1-year stay in Tübingen.
