BBC has confirmed that a new David Bowie documentary is in the works. David Bowie: The First Five Years is set to air on BBC Two next year – it will mark the 50th anniversary of Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’. It is the third instalment of the trilogy that includes other titles ‘Five Years’ and ‘The Last Five Years’.
This documentary will focus on Bowie before Ziggy Stardust. Following the period from 1966 onwards, when he changed his name from David Jones to David Bowie. The 90-minute documentary will present unheard recordings, unpublished documents and exclusive interviews with David’s family, romantic partners and early collaborators.
Deadline has reported that contributors will include Bowie’s and close friend Kristina Amadeus and former girlfriend Hermione Farthingale, who have never done a filmed interview about him before; the last filmed interview with the late Lindsey Kemp; an interview with longtime producer Tony Visconti and many others.
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Director Francis Whately has detailed the making of this trilogy “Making this trilogy has been an incredible experience for me, unearthing rare recording, footage and archive, and the privilege of speaking to so many of his friends and collaborators who were so open in talking about the Bowie they knew, loved and admired so much. He is possibly now even more famous in death than in life and I hope this film will bring some new understanding to this great artist from the early years of his incredible life.”
Earlier this month it was announced that David Bowie’s 2000 performance at Glastonbury would be released as a film.
