''Something Else'' was a television show, produced by the

British Broadcasting Corporation The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public broadcasting, public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved in ...

(BBC) and scheduled on its

BBC2 BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's second flagship channel, and it covers a wide range of subject matter, incorporating genres such as comedy, drama and ...

channel between 1978 and 1982, targeted specifically at a youth audience. It began in 1978 on Saturday evenings and is an early example in British television of the genre known as "Youth TV" (later deliberately misspelled and referred to as "Yoof TV"), encompassing unknown and largely untrained young presenters with undisguised regional accents, minimal scripting, a magazine format, and freeform discussion of contemporary concerns to young people, interspersed with performances by up-and-coming new bands. The programme's innovative presentation style influenced subsequent shows in the genre such as ''

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'', '' Oxford Road Show'', '' Network 7'' and '' The Word''. It was also satirised by ''

Not the Nine O'Clock News ''Not the Nine O'Clock News'' is a British television sketch comedy show that was broadcast on BBC2 from 16 October 1979 to 8 March 1982. Originally shown as a comedy alternative to the '' Nine O'Clock News'' on BBC1, the show features satirical ...

'' (as ''Hey Wow''), which began that same autumn, and also in '' The Young Ones'' (as ''Nozin' Aroun). During its run, it captured on film

The Clash The Clash were an English Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1976. Billed as "The Only Band That Matters", they are considered one of the most influential acts in the original wave of British punk rock, with their music fusing elements ...

performing "Clash City Rockers" and "Tommy Gun" in 1978, in their only televised performance for the

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; the last (and only nationally broadcast) television appearance by

Joy Division Joy Division were an English Rock music, rock band formed in Salford in 1976. The group consisted of vocalist, guitarist and lyricist Ian Curtis, guitarist and keyboardist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris (musici ...

, playing "Transmission" and "She's Lost Control" live in the studio in September 1979;

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(on the same episode) playing "Eton Rifles"; and U2 featured in May 1982 performing a three-song set consisting of "Rejoice", "I Will Follow" and "With a Shout (Jerusalem)", promoting their second L.P., '

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'. Programme guide *1978-03-11

*1979-09-15

John Cooper Clarke John Cooper Clarke (born 25 January 1949) is an English performance poet and comedian who styled himself as a "punk poet" in the late 1970s. In the 1970s and early 1980s, he released several albums and performed on stage with punk and post-punk ...

(in Manchester) *1979-10-06

The Specials The Specials, also known as the Special AKA, were an English 2 tone and ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry. After some early changes, the first stable lineup of the group consisted of Terry Hall and Neville Staple on vocals, J ...

Linton Kwesi Johnson Linton Kwesi Johnson Order of Distinction, OD (born 24 August 1952), also known as LKJ, is a Jamaica-born, British-based dub poetry, dub poet and activist. In 2002, he became the second living poet, and the only black one, to be published in th ...

*1979-11-03

Siouxsie and the Banshees Siouxsie and the Banshees ( ) were a British Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1976 by vocalist Siouxsie Sioux and bass guitarist Steven Severin. Post-punk pioneers, they were widely influential, both over their contemporaries and later ...

*1979-12-22 The Skids / The Revillos *1979-12-01 Rudi /

The Undertones The Undertones are a rock band formed in Derry, Northern Ireland in 1974. From 1975 to 1983, the Undertones consisted of Feargal Sharkey (vocals), John O'Neill (rhythm guitar, vocals), Damian O'Neill (lead guitar, vocals), Michael Bradle ...

*1980-05-24

Secret Affair Secret Affair are a mod revival band, formed in 1978 and disbanded in 1982 during which period their work is predominantly best-known. They reformed in 2002 and have since then produced an album in 2012. Career Formed after the demise of th ...

Sad Café Sad Café are an English rock music, rock band formed in Manchester in 1976, who achieved their peak of popularity in the late 1970s and early 1980s. They are best known for the UK top 40 singles "Every Day Hurts", "Strange Little Girl", "My Oh ...

*1980-11-10 Dexy's Midnight Runners / Regulators *1980-11-17 Young Marble Giants / The Damned *1980-11-24 The Specials /

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*1980-12-08 Ian Dury & The Blockheads /

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*1980-12-15 Siouxsie & The Banshees / God's Toys *1981-01-05 Adam & The Ants / Linx *1981-09-25 Angelic Upstarts /

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*1981-10-02

The Questions The Questions were a Scottish pop band, active during the late 1970s and early 1980s. History The Questions formed in the summer of 1977 at St. Augustine's High School in Edinburgh, and performed their first gig in December of that year a ...

/ Dolly Mixture / The Jam /

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/ Anne Clark *1981-10-09 The Beat /

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*1981-10-16 The Raincoats
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Kirsty MacColl Kirsty Anna MacColl (, ; 10 October 1959 – 18 December 2000) was a British singer and songwriter. The daughter of folk singer Ewan MacColl, she recorded several pop hits in the 1980s and 1990s, including "There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop ...

*1981-11-06

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*1982-05-07

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/ Clint Eastwood & General Saint *1982-01-01 Compilation of performances. *1982-04-23

Fun Boy Three Fun Boy Three were an English new wave pop Fun Boy Three Allmusic bio/ref> band, active from 1981 to 1983 and formed by singers Terry Hall, Neville Staple and Lynval Golding after they left the Specials. They released two albums and had se ...

*1982-04-30 Dr Fantasy's Devils / Blue Poland *1982-05-14 Jam Today / Sophisticated Boom Boom *1982-05-21 U2 *1982-10-01 Birds With Ears *1982-10-15 Abacush / Barnes & Barnes *1982-10-23 Joeys *1982-10-25 debates *1982-10-27 debates *1982-10-28 debates *1982-10-29 debates *1982-11-05 John Cooper Clarke / Linton Kwesi Johnson / Steel

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