Tom Ravenscroft is the son of the late DJ John Peel.
11 Facts About Tom Ravenscroft
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In November 2005, to coincide with John Peel's posthumous induction into the UK Music Hall of Fame, Tom Ravenscroft organised the production and release of a tribute single to him, a cover version of one of Peel's favourite songs, Buzzcocks's Ever Fallen in Love.
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Peel had once described the majority of music radio output in Britain as "predictable porridge", and from 2005 Tom Ravenscroft was involved with his brother William in developing a service for unsigned acts.
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Tom Ravenscroft presented the New Music Download podcast for the station's website.
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Paul Rodgers, then 6 Music's editor at the BBC, greeted Tom Ravenscroft's appointment, describing him as "a great young broadcaster with all the knowledge, passion and articulacy that you might expect from someone of his lineage".
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Tom Ravenscroft joined the station during a threat of closure, but an audience surge, alongside a campaign website hosted by the British Phonographic Industry, ultimately secured its survival.
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Since 2014 Tom Ravenscroft has hosted a weekly midnight slot as part of the nightly 6 Music Recommends show, which features new music edited by several of the station's DJs.
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In 2011, Tom Ravenscroft introduced the inaugural "John Peel Lecture" given by Pete Townshend.
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Tom Ravenscroft became presenter for Channel 4's Abbey Road Debuts series featuring hotly tipped new acts performing at the fabled London studios.
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In October 2017, Tom Ravenscroft DJed alongside Underworld's Rick Smith at a preshow event for an Underworld concert in the Passage of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
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Tom Ravenscroft is the son of BBC Radio 1 disc jockey John Robert Parker Tom Ravenscroft, better known as John Peel, and his wife Sheila Gilhooly.