David Bowie: Verbatim
A journey through a musical universe - David Bowie's extraordinary life and career told in his own words. From 2016.
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, 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 鈥 even if he often contradicted himself.
鈥淚 usually don鈥檛 agree with what I say very much. I鈥檓 an awful liar鈥, he claimed in 2002, while summarising his many changes in style.
Producer: Des Shaw
A Ten Alps production for 麻豆社 Radio 4, first broadcast 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 20:00麻豆社 Radio 4
- Sat 21 Dec 2019 08:00麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 21 Dec 2019 15:00麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
- Sun 22 Dec 2019 03:00麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 9 Jan 2021 20:00麻豆社 Radio 4
- Wed 7 Jan 2026 10:00麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
- Wed 7 Jan 2026 16:00麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
- Thu 8 Jan 2026 00:00麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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