
Coming 50 years after the release of Space Oddity, the 90-minute film explores the Bowie before Ziggy Stardust, following the period from 1966 when he changed his name from David Jones to Bowie. It includes footage from the BBC Archives including footage of a BBC audition in 1965 of David Bowie and the Lower Third, which included a performance of Chim-Chim-Cheree and Baby That's A Promise.
Cast

David Bowie
Self (archive footage)
Kristina Amadeus
Self
Hermione Farthingale
Self

Lindsay Kemp
Self

Tony Visconti
Self

Dana Gillespie
Self
Geoff MacCormak
Self
George Underwood
Self
Mike Vernon
Self
Tony Hatch
Self
Phil Lancaster
Self

Rick Wakeman
Self

Russell Harty
Self (archive footage)

Gus Dudgeon
Self (archive footage)

Mick Woodmansey
Self
Crew

Francis Whately
Director, Author, Producer
Kim Tae Hak
Editor
Ged Murphy
Editor
Phil Dolling
Executive Producer
Paul Williams
Producer
Louis Gaufield
Camera Operator
Richard Numeroff
Camera Operator
Greg Gettens
Sound Mixer
Alberto Battocchi
Sound
Ricky Barber
Sound
Nigel Chatters
Sound
Martin Evanson
Sound
Sean O'Neil
Sound
Rod Thomas
Sound
Emma Lawrence
Production Manager
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