Kanye West Doc & Podcast In Works At BBC

TV

The BBC has set a documentary and eight-part podcast exploring the life of Kanye West.

We Need to Talk About Kanye (working title) will be fronted by BAFTA award-winning investigative journalist Mobeen Azhar, who also fronted the BBC’s Battle for Britney doc.

Unfolding against the backdrop of West aka Ye’s 2024 U.S. election campaign, and at a time when his anti-Semitic rantings and behavior have sparked outrage and a re-evaluation of his place in popular culture, the one-off documentary follows Azhar as he attempts to understand the complex journey that led the singer to become one of the most famous and creatively successful artists of his generation.

The feature will be accompanied by an eight part podcast series titled The Kanye Story. The BBC similarly released a feature doc and podcast on Shamima Begum, the British teenager who travelled to Syria to join ISIS before trying to return and having her citizenship revoked.

We Need to Talk About Kanye will air on BBC Two and comes from UK producer Forest. It is distributed by Abacus Media Rights. Executive producers are Catey Sexton and Jez Lee, producer is Laura Kaye and the producer/director is Stefan Mattison. The show was commissioned by the BBC’s newly-appointed Head of Popular Music Jonathan Rothery.

Articles You May Like

Bill Maher Gets Word On The Potential Next Pandemic From ‘Fast Food Nation’ Author Eric Schlosser
Kristi Noem Admits She Never Met Kim Jong Un Despite Book Claim
‘General Hospital’ Casts Giovanni Mazza As Brook Lynn’s Cousin
Real-Life ‘Baby Reindeer’ Martha Says She Sent Gadd Less Than 10 Emails
Hallmark Mystery Series: Ranked!

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *