Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version (2015)
Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version (2015)
Through ten carefully chosen cover versions that whisk us from the British Invasion to a noughties X Factor final, this film journeys over five decades to track how artists as varied as The Moody Blues, Soft Cell, Puff Daddy and Alexandra Burke have scored number 1s with their retake on someone else's song. Each of the ten classic cover versions has its own particular tale, tied not only into its musical and cultural context but also the personal testimony of the artists, producers and songwriters whose lives were changed in the process.

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Meera Syal Meera Syal As: Narrator
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Through ten carefully chosen cover versions that whisk us from the British Invasion to a noughties X Factor final, this film journeys over five decades to track how artists as varied as The Moody Blues, Soft Cell, Puff Daddy and Alexandra Burke have scored number 1s with their retake on someone else's song. Each of the ten classic cover versions has its own particular tale, tied not only into its musical and cultural context but also the personal testimony of the artists, producers and songwriters whose lives were changed in the process.


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Genres: Documentary, Music

Language: English

Release Date: 06 November 2015

Country: GB

Runtime: 60m

Company Credits

Company: BBC Music

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Cast

Meera Syal

Meera Syal

Narrator

Directed By

Writing Credits

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Production Crew

Mark Cooper

Mark Cooper

Executive Producer

Stephania Minici

Stephania Minici

Production Executive

Jo Sinkins

Jo Sinkins

Production Manager

Celina Parker

Celina Parker

Development Producer

Mei Ye Li

Mei Ye Li

Production Coordinator

Edited By

Costume and Makeup

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Sound

Graham Kirkman

Graham Kirkman

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Visual Effects

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Camera

Fred Fabre

Fred Fabre

Camera Operator

Lighting

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Art Department

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Other Crew

Jan Younghusband

Jan Younghusband

Commissioning Editor

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