- Somethin' Else
- info@somethinelse.com
- Somethin' Else Ltd
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- 20-26 Brunswick Place
- London, N1 6DZ
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- Tel:
- +44 (0) 207 250 5500
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- Fax:
- +44 (0) 207 250 0937
Television
- Contact
- Jez Nelson
- jez.nelson@somethinelse.com
Television History
Somethin' Else specialises in Music, Arts, Factual Entertainment and Factual programming. We've made shows for major terrestrial and digital stations including BBC 1, 2, 3 and 4, ITV, Channel 4, five, SKY, Discovery, Artsworld and Rapture TV.
The TV department evolved from our passion to tell good stories about the music we love. Over the last 5 years we've made scores of shows profiling everyone from Brian Eno to Sonic Youth, Lee Scratch Perry to The Hacienda Club. We're also live music specialists. We've also done major live shows for BBC 3 (Guerilla Gig Live) and BBC 4 (Jazz Britannia) and have recently produced performance DVDs for Dido, Nick Cave, Craig Armstrong and Franz Ferdinand.
We transformed the hit40uk chart into a TV format for Channel 4 and have made a bunch of one-off factual entertainment docs for C4, Five and Sky.
We work increasingly hand-in-glove with our buddies over in interactive to make video stuff that can sit as comfortably on mobile phones as it does on TV.
1959 - The Year That Changed Jazz Forever
Somethin’ Else have been commissioned by BBC 4 to produce a sixty minute documentary "1959 - The Year That Changed Jazz Forever".
Latitude
Somethin' Else head to Henham Park to film the Latitude festival for ITV
Box Wars
Somethin' Else Vision filmed 2 stressed out individuals learning to let go through the power of Box Wars and win the silliest battle of their life!
BBC introducing : Bestival
Somethin' Else filmed the performances of 22 bands in the BBC introducing tent at Bestival, for the BBC
Get a Life, TV
Somethin' Else teamed up with LIVINGtv transform the lives of five socially challenged individuals.
MyTv: Homegrown, Trouble TV
MyTv: Homegrown is the UK’s first ever user generated TV show, a constantly evolving and original format driven by Trouble's Homegrown community.
The Real Casino Royale
A BBC4 documentary exploring the crucial moments in Ian Fleming's life which inspired the creation of James Bond.
George Clinton - Tales of Dr. Funkenstein
The fourth film Somethin' Else has made for the acclaimed BBC series "Originals", airing on BBC2 and BBC4.
Brother From Another Planet - The Sun Ra Story, BBC4, BBC2
Don Letts directed this beautiful and hilarious film about one of the truly great eccentric geniuses of music – Sun Ra.
Franz Ferdinand: The South American Way, Channel 4
Somethin' Else has once again teamed up with legendary producer Don Letts to produce a new documentary about Franz Ferdinand for Channel 4.
Guerilla Gig Live, BBC3
Zane Lowe, Nihal and Annie Mac hosted this amazing pilot for a new live music show for BBC3.
Seu Jorge, ITV
Our first documentary for the prestigious South Bank Show. Beautifully shot on location in the favelas of Rio it tells the story of Seu Jorge.
DVDs
Producing DVDs for our friends in the record industry is a natural extension of what we do for TV.
Jazz Britannia, BBC4, BBC2
Somethin’ Else has been producing jazz TV shows for many years – including many hours of live performance.
Janet Saves The Monarchy, Sky One
Janet Street Porter gives her Maj’ the advice she badly needs.
hit40uk, Commercial Radio, Web, Channel 4, Podcast
Producing the UK's biggest chart show has provided Somethin' Else with a great opportunity to flex our cross-platform muscles, as well as a chance to work at the heart of pop culture!