David Bowie: Verbatim (2016)
A journey through a musical universe - Bowie's extraordinary life and unparalleled career told in his own words.
With previously unheard interviews, studio out-takes and a collection of musings from throughout the years, the story of David Bowie's extraordinary life and career told in his own words.
By his own count, David Bowie inhabited seven different personas throughout his career and, while each one of those creations channelled wildly different musical influences that were often difficult to identify, Bowie was always able to articulate with great conviction which musical universe he was inhabiting at each turn β even if he often contradicted himself.
βI usually donβt agree with what I say very much. Iβm an awful liarβ, he claimed in 2002, while summarising his many changes in style.
Producer: Des Shaw
A Ten Alps production first broadcast on ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in January 2016.
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Producer Des Shaw on listening back to hours of interviews with the icon.
Broadcasts
- Sat 30 Jan 2016 20:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Sat 21 Dec 2019 08:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 21 Dec 2019 15:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Sun 22 Dec 2019 03:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 9 Jan 2021 20:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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