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Although the BBC put the programming knife into the Blue Room they couldn’t finish off another one of their better shows.

They moved the Gilles Peterson show, Worldwide show, from its nice midnight Sunday slot to some crazy 2:00am Thursday morning time slot. Maybe they’re trying to get Peterson to quit but all those years of club DJing seems to have allowed Peterson the ability to adjust to that crazy time slot.

I’m sure the BBC is trying to get the knife in on the Worldwide show since its actually good and no matter what the BBC says they only want music on BBC1 that is aimed at 14-18 year olds.

But back to the show which as per my life schedule requires that it be available in a listen again format. Actually with the new BBC schedule the show plays on Wednesday evening all across North America so the new time slot works for North Americans. But if you miss the Worldwide shows live broadcast it is available from the BBC site for one week after broadcast. We’ll have some more info about other broadcasts from Monsieur Peterson in the future.

Anyways the Worldwide show is great because although Peterson still knows whats up with modern music he has a vast knowledge of what was good over the past few decades. He owns a MASSIVE vinyl library which he digs into on almost every show. He also has some Brownswood specials where he only plays older stuff. Lots of old funk and some very nice tunes that help pass the time in front of the computer. Plus he loves the Brazilian grooves so its nice to hear that sometimes.

So I suggest you listen to the show on the BBC and check out all the links from the Gilles Peterson section of the BBC website.