Bowie Five Years On

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David Bowie In Concert (2002)2011021020201123 (R2)
20210110 (R2)
Featuring Rebel Rebel, Look Back In Anger, 5:15 the Angels Have Gone and Survive.

Celebrating the life and influence of a trailblazer, five years after his passing.

01Bowie: Dancing Out In Space20210110David Bowie; a thinker, seer and prophet. Throughout his life, Bowie predicted the future. He was a visionary artist whose natural fluidity, curious imagination and disregard for the rigidity of categories enabled him to foretell cultural change. On the fifth anniversary of David Bowie's death, Stuart Maconie hosts a special show in honour of the future-facing artist to be broadcast simultaneously on BBC Radio 4 and 6 Music. Leading figures from music, literature, philosophy, technology and comedy talk about the impact of Bowie on their lives and how he always managed to be ahead of the curve. In order of appearance they are: Charli XCX, Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Chris Hadfield, Hanif Kureishi, Harris Reed, Christine and the Queens, Grayson Perry, Tony Visconti, Simon Critchley, Deborah Levy, Beth Greenacre, Ron Roy, David Baddiel and Ricky Gervais.

Stuart Maconie explores the impact of Bowie and how he was always ahead of the curve.

Celebrating the life and influence of a trailblazer, five years after his passing.