David Bowie: Five Years
An intimate portrait of five key years in David Bowie's career, featuring interviews with his closest collaborators and a wealth of previously unseen archive material.
An intimate portrait of five key years in David Bowie's career. Featuring a wealth of previously unseen archive this film looks at how Bowie continually evolved, from Ziggy Stardust to the soul star of Young Americans and the 'Thin White Duke'. It explores his regeneration in Berlin with the critically acclaimed album Heroes, his triumph with Scary Monsters and his global success with Let's Dance. With interviews with all his closest collaborators, this film investigates how Bowie became an icon of our times.
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'Loving The Alien'
Duration: 05:30
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'Modern Love'
Duration: 01:17
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'Golden Years'
Duration: 02:45
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'Ziggy Stardust'
Duration: 02:32
Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:00David Bowie
Rebel Rebel
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00:00David Bowie
Fame
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00:01David Bowie
Fashion
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00:01David Bowie
Let's Dance
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00:01David Bowie
Ashes to Ashes
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00:01David Bowie
Starman
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00:02David Bowie
Rebel Rebel
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00:02David Bowie
Oh! You Pretty Things
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00:02David Bowie
Sound And Vision
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00:03David Bowie
Five Years
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00:03David Bowie
Fashion
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00:04David Bowie
Sound And Vision
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00:04David Bowie
Sound And Vision
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00:06David Bowie
Andy Warhol
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00:06David Bowie
Changes
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00:07David Bowie
Life On Mars?
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00:11David Bowie
Queen Bitch
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00:11David Bowie
Queen B****
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00:12David Bowie
Moonage Daydream
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00:13David Bowie
Moonage Daydream
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00:13David Bowie
Queen B****
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00:13David Bowie
Suffragette City
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00:15David Bowie
Moonage Daydream
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00:16David Bowie
Ziggy Stardust (Live at Santa Monica)
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00:18David Bowie
Starman
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00:21David Bowie
Right
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00:22David Bowie
Starman
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00:27David Bowie
Young Americans
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David Bowie
Footstomping
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00:28David Bowie
Fame
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00:31Aretha Franklin
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
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00:32David Bowie
Fame
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00:36David Bowie
Golden Years
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00:36David Bowie
Golden Years
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00:38David Bowie
Station to Station
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00:38David Bowie
Golden Years
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00:43Brian Eno
Discreet Music
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00:45David Bowie
Speed Of Life
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00:46Carlos Alomar, Dennis Davis & David Bowie
Breaking Glass
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00:48David Bowie
Warszawa
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00:50David Bowie
Art Decade
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00:51David Bowie
V-2 Schneider
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00:52David Bowie
Sense of Doubt
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00:53David Bowie
Beauty And The Beast
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00:56David Bowie
Beauty and The Beast (Extended Version) (Remastered)
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00:57David Bowie
'Heroes'
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01:01David Bowie
Space Oddity
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01:03David Bowie
Ashes to Ashes
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David Bowie
Fashion
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01:12David Bowie
Criminal World
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01:22David Bowie
China Girl
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01:22David Bowie
Let's Dance
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01:14David Bowie
Without You
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01:18David Bowie
Let's Dance
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01:19David Bowie
Let's Dance
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01:19David Bowie
China Girl
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01:23David Bowie
Fame
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01:26David Bowie
The Stars (Are Out Tonight)
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01:28David Bowie
Five Years
A tribute to Trevor Bolder
In Hull, they nicknamed him ‘Trumpets’ because trumpet was his first instrument. On Planet Rock he was Trevor Bolder, who bestrode the stage as bassist with David Bowie & The Spiders From Mars.
David Bowie Is...
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Director | Francis Whately |
| Producer | Francis Whately |
| Executive Producer | Phil Dolling |
Broadcasts
Sat 25 May 2013 21:20- Fri 13 Dec 2013 21:00
- Sat 14 Dec 2013 02:00
- Sat 18 Jul 2015 22:40
- Mon 11 Jan 2016 23:15BBC Two except Northern Ireland & Scotland
- Mon 11 Jan 2016 23:45BBC Two Scotland
- Tue 12 Jan 2016 00:15BBC Two Northern Ireland
- Sat 30 Jul 2016 00:20
- Fri 13 Jan 2017 23:00
- Sat 14 Jan 2017 02:05
- Fri 12 Jan 2018 21:00
- Thu 14 Feb 2019 23:15BBC Two except Wales
- Sat 13 Jun 2020 22:45BBC Two except Scotland
- Fri 7 Jan 2022 22:50
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