[Steve in Pudsey]

Radio 1 have curated a collection of interviews and documentaries with Annie from over the years

www.bbc.co.uk 

I guess the difference between John Peel's death and how it was covered is that he was more well known to the (daytime) Radio 1 audience, was still turning up on the TV coverage of Glastonbury etc, whereas Annie has been tucked away in the schedule with a very niche show - which is incredible at her age to still be there and still be relevant to that section of the audience.

In 2004 you had the likes of Moyles, Whiley, Murray, Bowman, and Mills on daytime Radio 1 and a quite a chunk of their audience, who grew up listening to Peel in his prime and could share anecdotes, whereas the likes of Matt and Mollie - and I take nothing away from their tribute or the sincerity of it - and crucially their listeners weren't writing in to Annie's request show on a Sunday night.

I think they got the tone right, and I'm confident (but haven't checked) that Scott Mills will have cleared his running order on Radio 2 to share tributes from listeners etc.