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We commemorate the fifth anniversary of David Bowie's death and consider his continuing musical influence and legacy

We mark the 5th anniversary of David Bowie's death. Ingrid Persaud talks about her Costa Book Awards-winning novel, Love After Love. And we review Netflix's Pieces of a Woman.

Five years ago, on 10th Jan 2016, David Bowie died, just two days after his 69th birthday. To mark the anniversary, we revisit John Wilson's 2002 interview with him, recorded in New York. Two composers – Hannah Peel and Neil Brand – will also be discussing Bowie’s music and considering its legacy and influence.

Ingrid Persaud has won the First Novel category in the Costa Book Awards 2020 for Love After Love. The author discusses her tale of a mother, her son and their lodger in Trinidad, each living with the burden of a secret they don’t want revealed.

For our Friday Review, writer and journalist Kohinoor Sahota and Isabel Stevens of Sight and Sound give their view of Pieces of a Woman (Netflix). It’s a film that has already won praise for its powerful and realistic first half hour in which Vanessa Kirby plays a woman going through labour and giving birth. They’ll also consider some of the cultural stories of the week and tell us what they’ve been reading and watching.

Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Jerome Weatherald

Main image: David Bowie
Image credit: Nils Meilvang/AFP via Getty Images

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David Bowie

David Bowie
Main image above: David Bowie at a 2003 gig.Image credit: Nils Meilvang/AFP via Getty Images.
Image to the left: John Wilson with David Bowie in New York in 2002John Wilson's programme David Bowie in New York on 6Music

Ingrid Persaud

Ingrid Persaud

Love After Love by Ingrid Persaud has won the .  It is available now in hardback.
Image: Ingrid Persaud    Image credit: Russell Watson

Pieces of a Woman

Pieces of a Woman
Pieces of a Woman, certificate 15, is available to stream on Netflix now.
Image: Molly Parker as Eve (left) and Vanessa Kirby as Martha in Pieces of a Woman      Image credit: Benjamin Loeb/Netflix

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