Daisy Dunn

How Berlin nearly broke Bowie

Plus: a documentary on the state of British trains that had value but wasn't exactly scintillating radio

Bowie in Berlin, 1978. Image: Erika Rabau / ullstein bild / Getty Images 
issue 14 September 2024

  • Archive on 4: Bowie in Berlin; Off-Peak Performance

    BBC Radio 4

This week’s Archive on 4 is a treat for David Bowie fans. Francis Whately, the producer behind several of the BBC’s Bowie films, including The Last Five Years, has patched together old recordings and new interviews with Bowie’s lovers and friends to examine his life in West Berlin between 1976 and 1978.

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