The David Bowie Story 1976 & 1993

For your consideration, a 6 part David Bowie audio documentary by the BBC. It was broadcast in 1993. The documentary ends with Bowie talking about his Black Tie White Noise album.

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PART 1

Bowie recalls his many and varied attempts at pop stardom in the late 60s and his eventual breakthrough with Space Oddity. Also featuring Tony Visconti, Gus Dudgeon and Ken Pitt. Producer Kevin Howlett.

First broadcast on 3rd April 1993.

PART 2

Bowie recalls the making of ground-breaking albums The Man Who Sold the World, Hunky Dory and Ziggy Stardust. "I'd found my character, my Pierrot."

PART 3

Ziggy goes to America and becomes Aladdin Sane. Bowie recalls the rock theatre of Diamond Dogs and the "plastic soul" of Young Americans. 

PART 4

Bowie recalls his collaboration with Brian Eno to make Low, Heroes and Lodger.

PART 5

Bowie recalls the triumphant early 80s, which started with the number one Ashes to Ashes and peaked with his biggest selling album Let's Dance.

PART 6

Bowie recalls the Glass Spider Tour and his involvement with the controversial Tin Machine. The story comes up to date with his current solo album Black Tie White Noise, which has returned him to the top of the charts.

Here's a second David Bowie Audio Documentary that ends on 1976 during the Station to Station/Thin White Duke tour/character.

PART 1

'I guess I was one of the first to come out and say that I'm making use of rock and roll.'

David Bowie is probably the most complex star to have been spawned by the lock era. At a time when American rock and rollers were coming off the production line, he was searching for individual means of expression Even now, you can't pin him down - he has too many faces.

With his help and that of others, this four-part series will show some of those faces and perhaps shed more light on the man behind them.

PART 2

Eventually the pop star Bowie was to emerge from the remnants of all the early persona - at least 'Ziggy Stardust' was to emerge, and he and Bowie were not necessarily one and the same. Whatever the case, one of them was making a lot of impact.

PART 3

The Spiders probably suffered much more of an identity crisis than 'Ziggy Stardust,' who, before their very eyes, became 'Aladdin Sane' and then a 'Diamond Dog.' The shapes of things were never still as the Genie worked his spells.

PART 4

Bowie's vision of a world in chaos came to an end with Diamond Dogs. The album which followed, Young Americans, was a pure attempt to mirror American radio 1975, and succeeded to the extent that it gave him an American number 1. Then came his starring role in The Man Who Fell to Earth. Today you may recognize him as 'The Thin White Duke' - on the other hand he may well be wearing his next new guise.