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Jeremy Nelson
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(born 1 April 1964) is a
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broadcaster and television producer.


Education

Nelson was educated at
Dulwich College Dulwich College is a 2–19 Independent school (United Kingdom), independent, Day school, day and boarding school for Single-sex education, boys in Dulwich, London, England. As a Public school (United Kingdom), public school, it began as the Col ...
(a boys' independent school in
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, South London) and at King's College London, where he first began to DJ.


Career

After working on several
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jazz radio stations, including KJazz, he joined the newly licensed Jazz FM in the late 80s. Having left Jazz FM in 1991, Nelson joined
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and, along with former colleagues Sonita Alleyne and Chris Philips, founded the media production company Somethin' Else. The business has become the largest independent radio production company in the UK and is a leading cross-platform content producer. In 2009, Nelson succeeded Alleyne as CEO of Somethin' Else. He has also presented many
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television and radio programmes, including '' It'll Never Work?'' for Children's BBC, which led to a presenter's role on the primetime ''
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'' show. He has also presented
Formula Five ''Formula Five'' was a British science magazine programme on BBC Radio 5 (former), BBC Radio 5 aimed at listeners in their late teens. It ran from 1990 to 1994, when the network closed. Sue Nelson presented the program for most of its time on air ...
and Radio 3's ''Jazz on 3''. He is a Fellow of The
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.The Radio Academ
"Fellows"


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Somethin' Else with Jez Nelson on Jazz FM
1964 births Alumni of King's College London BBC Radio 3 presenters British media executives British radio personalities Living people People educated at Dulwich College {{UK-tv-bio-stub