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BBC Radio 4 Drama on 4 presents The Goblin King and Me.
Summary
A Radio 4 Drama on 4 piece retells a reported real-life childhood meeting with David Bowie and follows a quiet boy whose trip to see Labyrinth becomes a personal fantasy quest; the account was first shared online in 2017 and was retweeted by Bowie's family.
Content
BBC Radio 4's Drama on 4 is broadcasting The Goblin King and Me, which marks ten years since David Bowie's passing. The piece follows Daniel, a quiet boy who is bullied at school and lives with his grandparents. Daniel wins a competition to attend a special screening of the film Labyrinth, starring David Bowie as the Goblin King, and travels to London with his gran. When the trip goes wrong, the story describes his journey as a blending of ordinary events and inner fantasy.
Key facts:
- The programme is presented on BBC Radio 4 under the Drama on 4 strand.
- The story centres on Daniel, a bullied child living with his grandparents.
- Daniel wins a competition to a special screening of Labyrinth, starring David Bowie.
- The narrative frames a trip to London that becomes a personal, fantasy-like quest.
- The tale is based on a reported real-life meeting and was first shared online in 2017 and retweeted by Bowie's family.
- The broadcast marks ten years since David Bowie's passing.
Summary:
The drama revisits a remembered encounter with David Bowie and explores its influence on a young life through a mixture of everyday detail and imagined fantasy. Undetermined at this time.
