David Bowie • Arena Rock • BBC TV • 1978

Video Source: Arena Rock • BBC Broadcast Archive • Directed by Nigel Finch • Produced by Alan Yentob • Broadcast 24th May 1978 Music by David Bowie: Ziggy Stardust • Live in Dallas • 1978 Neuköln • from “Heroes“ • 1977 Hang on to Yourself • Live in Dallas • 1978 Sound and Vision • from Low • 1977 Alan Yentob interviews Bowie in this enjoyable and intelligently made 15 minute BBC TV feature from 1978. The feature was recorded and broadcast during the 1978 Isolar II World Tour. It was produced by Bowie’s old mate Alan Yentob, who in 1974, produced the brilliant “Cracked Actor“ - probably the greatest Bowie documentary ever made. Arena Rock features an interview that covers Bowie’s changing perspective on his music and fame, his feelings about the tour and the Just A Gigolo movie. Also featured are live tracks and Bowie and Brian Eno’s instrumental from the “Heroes” album, Neuköln, set to a visual collage of (then) contemporary Germany.