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World Service,16 Jan 2016,49 mins

David Bowie - The Music and the Legacy

The Documentary

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Behzad Bolour considers the music and influence of the British singer who died of cancer on 10 January 2016. We hear Bowie’s music, from people who helped him make it and from the man himself. The programme assesses the lasting impact on music, fashion, teenage culture and on attitudes to gender, of the boy from south London. Image: David Bowie performing in London UK, 1976 Credit: BBC

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