US EditionDavid Bowie's Years in Berlin to Be Explored in New BBC Documentary
The 90-minute documentary explores Bowie's artistic rebirth and collaborations during his Berlin years, featuring rare interviews with four women who influenced his work, executive produced by Louis Theroux.
- In autumn 2026, BBC Two and BBC iPlayer will air Bowie in Berlin, a 90-minute documentary marking the 50th anniversary of David Bowie’s arrival in Berlin.
- Seeking to escape fame and addiction, Bowie moved to Berlin in 1976, a period the film explores, using over 90,000 of his possessions and insights from four women close to him.
- Using archival footage and rare interviews, the film features Clare Shenstone, Romy Haag, Sarah-Rena Hine and Sydne Rome, directed by Francis Whately and executive produced by Louis Theroux and Mandy Chang in a Mindhouse/Blackstar Films co-production.
- The Berlin years helped Bowie regenerate artistically, producing the Berlin Trilogy — Low, Heroes and Lodger — and influencing Iggy Pop’s early solo work.
- Amid renewed Bowie interest, Francis Whately's pedigree includes directing three BBC Two Bowie documentaries, while Louis Theroux called the film `This is a dream project` following the V&A East Storehouse's David Bowie Centre opening recently.
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New BBC documentary will explore David Bowie’s Berlin years
: David Bowie poses for a portrait in 1976. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) The 50th anniversary of David Bowie’s arrival in Berlin will be celebrated with a new documentary on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer. Tentatively titled Bowie in Berlin, the film will be directed by Francis Whately, who previously directed three other BBC Two Bowie docs: David Bowie: Finding Fame, David Bowie: The Last Five Years and David Bowie: Five Years. Accord…
BBC Pop Music Television To Explore David Bowie’s Berlin Years With ‘Bowie In Berlin’ Documentary Exec Produced By Louis Theroux
BBC Two and BBC iPlayer are due to celebrate David Bowie in the fall of next year with Bowie in Berlin (w/t), a 90-minute documentary marking the 50th anniversary of the iconic musician’s arrival in the German capital. A Mindhouse/Blackstar Films co-production, executive produced by Louis Theroux and Mandy Chang, and directed by Francis Whately (David Bowie: […]
David Bowie’s Berlin Era to Be Spotlighted in Upcoming Film
The BBC has announced a new David Bowie documentary currently in production, tentatively titled Bowie in Berlin. The film will delve into one of the most creatively fertile periods of the artist’s life—his late 1970s relocation to the German capital. It was there that Bowie shed the excess of his Los Angeles years and redefined […]
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