Rolling Stones To Be Featured In BBC Documentary Series Ahead Of Their 60th Anniversary

The legendary Rolling Stones will be featured in a four-part exclusive documentary film series by BBC in celebration of the band’s 60^th anniversary.

The documentary film series titled, “My Life as a Rolling Stone,” is produced by Mercury Studios for BBC Two and will explore the beginnings of the band’s career from their first official gig on July 12, 1962, at London’s Marquee club and their rise to stardom.

“We are thrilled to celebrate sixty years of The Rolling Stones with these four films which give fans around the world a new and fascinating look at the band,” Joyce Smyth, manager of Rolling Stones, said.

The series will include never-before-seen footage of the famous British rock band, including features for each member - Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts. The BBC documentary film series will present new interviews with surviving members of the band, while the feature film for the late drummer Charlie Watts will be told through interviews with bandmates, musical peers and fans aside from archive interviews of the drummer. Watts died at the age of 80 in November 2021. The announcement of his death came weeks after he missed the band’s tour dates to recover from an undisclosed medical procedure. Watts was previously treated for throat cancer in 2004.

The classic line-up of the group included guitarist Brian Jones, who died in 1969, while bassist Bill Wyman joined in late1962 and left the group in 1993.

“My Life as a Rolling Stone” will be helmed by award-winning filmmakers Oliver Murray and Clare Tavernor. It will be shown on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer this summer and will be distributed internationally by Mercury Studios. Featured guests are Steven Tyler, Tina Turner, Rod Stewart, Slash, Chrissie Hynde and P.P. Arnold who will share how they were inspired by The Rolling Stones.

Aside from the film series, BBC will also release a two-hour audio documentary for BBC Radio 2 titled “Rolling with The Stones” which will feature the band’s musical journey through interviews, rarely heard music, and performances from members of the band including Wyman, Mick Taylor and Jones. The film series and the audio documentary will both come out in the summer.

To commemorate the band’s 60^th anniversary, The Royal Mail also released 12 commemorative stamps in January which feature images of the members performing at various concert venues around the world from 1969 to 2019.