A couple famous for re-creating a John Lennon-Yoko Ono anti-war protest have given a tribute to disc jockey John Peel who died this week.

Andrew and Christine Gale, from Addingham, took to their bed for a day in protest at the beginning of the war in Iraq last year in a recreation of the protest made by the famous duo about the American role in the Vietnam War.

While the former Beatle spent a honeymoon week-long love-in at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel in 1969, the Gales staged a 24-hour lie-in for world peace which began at midnight on St Valentine's Day.

The Gales' gesture made international headlines, prompting Yoko Ono to send them a bunch of flowers and her best wishes.

The couple went on to appear on the Radio 4 show Home Truths, hosted by John Peel.

After the disk jockey's sudden death from a heart attack while on holiday in Peru with his wife Sheila, tributes have been pouring in from across the world.

And the Gales were invited back to Home Truths to pay a short tribute to the 65-year-old broadcaster on this morning's slot along with other guests.

Mr Gale, a scriptwriter, said: "We're very saddened by John Peel's sudden death. He was a truly unique broadcaster, who had the ability of making you feel totally at ease.

"I remember him interviewing us. My wife and I had a very difficult link with John in his London studio. There was this incredible delay of our voices in the headphones. Every two seconds or so we heard what we just said. This was very unnerving, and we thought of calling the whole thing off. The technicians could not fix it, John Peel said: 'Carry on, it sounds okay at our end.' Because of his composure and easy manner we got through a difficult interview.

"The interview was about receiving a telephone call from Yoko Ono. While the technicians tried to fix the problem we talked freely about John Lennon and Yoko, he told us how he used to visit them when they lived in England.

"It was then that I realise he was more than a DJ. He had personal involvement and enthusiasm with many known and unknown bands.

"One thing he said to us was that he always felt he was welcome when he visited John and Yoko when they lived in England. I'm sure he was more than welcome anywhere."

Mr Peel's wife of 30 years, Sheila, was born and raised in Shipley. The couple's first date was on the Bradford University campus to see local band Andromeda. They went on to have four children together.

Hundreds of poignant tributes from Peel's legion of devoted listeners have flooded the messageboards on the BBC.