
David Bowie: Finding Fame
Part three of Francis Whately’s Bowie trilogy, telling the story of how David Robert Jones became David Bowie, how Bowie became Ziggy Stardust and how Ziggy became immortal.
This is the David Bowie story you don’t know. The story of how David Robert Jones became David Bowie, how David Bowie became Ziggy Stardust and how Ziggy became immortal, changing the musical landscape as he did so. The story that finally makes sense of one of the greatest icons of the 20th and 21st centuries. Part three of Francis Whately’s Bowie trilogy.
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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:01
David Bowie
Fashion
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00:03
David Bowie
The Jean Genie
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00:04
David Bowie
Time (Single Edit)
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00:05
David Bowie
I Can't Explain
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00:05
Davy Jones & The Lower Third, Davy Jones, The Lower Third
You've Got A Habit of Leaving (Remastered)
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00:07
David Bowie
Baby Loves That Way
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00:09
Dick Van Dyke, Julie Andrews
Chim Chim Cher-Ee
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00:12
David Bowie
Can't Help Thinking About Me
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00:15
David Bowie
Do Anything You Say
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00:18
Percy Faith
Theme from A Summer Place
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00:20
David Bowie
The London Boys
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00:23
The Velvet Underground
Venus In Furs
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00:25
The Riot Squad
I Take It We're Through
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00:26
The Riot Squad
Waiting For My Man
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00:27
Max Harris
Gurney Slade (Theme from)
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00:29
David Bowie
The Laughing Gnome
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00:34
David Bowie
Love You Till Tuesday
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00:36
Danny Kaye
Inchworm
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00:47
David Bowie
Ching-A-Ling
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00:52
David Bowie
When I'm Five
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00:56
David Bowie
Space Oddity
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01:00
David Bowie
Starman (Original Single Mix)
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01:02
David Bowie
Letter To Hermione
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01:10
David Bowie
Looking For A Friend
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01:12
David Bowie
She Shook Me Cold (Remastered)
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01:13
David Bowie
Running Gun Blues (Remastered)
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01:13
David Bowie
All The Madmen
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01:16
David Bowie
The Man Who Sold The World
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01:21
David Bowie
Changes
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01:23
David Bowie
Five Years (Bbc Session)
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01:26
David Bowie
Moonage Daydream
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01:27
David Bowie
Farewell Speech
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01:28
David Bowie
Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
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01:29
David Bowie
Rebel Rebel
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Director | Francis Whately |
Executive Producer | Philip Dolling |
Broadcasts
- Sat 9 Feb 2019 21:00
- Sat 16 Feb 2019 01:20
- Sat 4 May 2019 01:55BBC Two except Scotland
- Fri 15 Nov 2019 23:00
- Sat 13 Jun 2020 21:15BBC Two except Scotland
- Sat 1 May 2021 22:05BBC Two except Northern Ireland, Scotland & Northern Ireland HD
- Sat 1 May 2021 22:35BBC Two Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD only
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