The film focuses on five critical years of Bowie's career (1971, 1975, 1977, 1980 and 1983) and will also include coverage of where he is at today with his latest album, "The Next Day."

"This is a project that has been in development for more than a decade, in fact since Bowie and I worked together in 2001 on a film for the BBC Omnibus strand," says director Francis Whately.