Before he was Ziggy, before the Berlin years, before the global icon status—David Bowie was a curious teenager sneaking onto the BBC as part of a youth panel. That’s how Bowie at the BBC: A Life in Interviews begins, and from there, it unfolds like a cosmic radio transmission, tracing a shape-shifting genius through four decades of conversation, confession, and cultural transformation.
Compiled by journalist Tom Hagler, this beautifully curated collection doesn’t analyze Bowie from a distance. It brings him close, allowing readers to experience the art and ideas as he articulated them in real time—from his earliest stirrings of fame to his final interviews. Whether he’s discussing space, fame, fear, fashion, or failure, Bowie remains sharp, self-aware, and often disarmingly funny.
Across more than 35 interviews on BBC radio and television, we see the artist’s evolution: from anxious outsider to global trailblazer, from the glam alien to the grounded innovator reflecting on a career that reshaped pop music. Read together, these transcripts don’t simply show what Bowie did—they reveal how he thought. That’s what makes this book so compelling.
Bowie at the BBC is more than a collection of interviews. It’s a time-lapse of transformation, a conversation between past and present, and an invitation to understand Bowie’s creative journey from the inside out. For longtime fans and newcomers alike, it’s a reminder that behind every reinvention was a voice—calm, clever, and always looking one step ahead.
