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“We've got five years, what a surprise”

The BBC’s Ariel page has an item by Claire Barrett entitled David Bowie from the horse's mouth.

It’s a piece which mainly concerns itself with some of the things Director Francis Whately said, by way of introduction, at the preview screening of his David Bowie Five Years film at the V&A.

You can read the item here.

Meanwhile the image here lists comments from many of the reviews that we just so happen to agree with.

“Five years stuck on my eyes”

Last week we told you that the Radio Times would be publishing a front-cover Bowie feature today, and what do you know? They have.

You can scroll across the images above to view the spreads inside the magazine, but if you want to read the two-page feature about Steve Turner’s personal encounters with a pre-fame Bowie, we’re afraid you’ll have to splash out £1.60 at your local weekly TV listings publication outlet.

Turner’s feature is followed by two pages of contributions from half a dozen folk that crossed Bowie’s path at some point during his career.

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“Switch on the TV we may pick him up on channel two”

Having enjoyed the preview screening of Francis Whately's Five Years documentary at the V&A last week, we’re pleased to be able to report that the film is a true treasure for all that appreciate the work of David Bowie.

If you think you’re familiar with all the footage of David Bowie that’s out there, then you didn’t reckon on the skill of the researchers for this 90-minute visual feast.

Beautifully edited, in both sound and vision, Five Years is a film you will want to watch more than once and it just confirms how lucky we are to be

“But are you sure that it really was him?”

One week on from its release, there’s a great full-page piece in this week’s NME (May 18) regarding the video for The Next Day.

Headlined The Jean Jesus, the intro goes like this:

It’s a story now sewn into the very fabric of western culture – the outsider whose divine wisdom and messianic magic made worshippers of millions, and whose incredible resurrection wowed the world. But enough about David Bowie – let’s talk about Jesus Christ.