Previously unheard recordings and never-before-seen interview clips of Amy Winehouse feature in a new BBC documentary.

Amy Winehouse: In Her Own Words pieces together exclusive archive footage of the late soul singer recorded by the broadcaster before her death in 2011.

In the 23-minute programme the London-born artist talks candidly about her tempestuous romance with former husband Blake Fielder-Civil, the personal nature of her lyrics and her thoughts on being a role model.

Previously unheard recordings and never-before-seen interview clips of Amy Winehouse, pictured above in February 2007 feature in a new BBC documentary

Troubled Amy married on-off boyfriend Blake in May 2007 however their turbulent relationship soon spiralled out of control and in August of that year the pair were photographed, bloodied and bruised, in the streets of London after an alleged fight.

Amy divorced former video production assistant Blake, has since confessed to introducing the award-winning star to heroin, in August 2009.

Yet Blake was the inspiration behind the singer’s most famous hits on her 2008 Grammy Award-winning album Back To Black.

Calling herself the ‘least guarded person’ she knows, Amy tells the camera on the BBC Music programme: ‘I fell bang in love with someone and it didn’t do me any favours.

‘When I split up with this fella, I didn’t have anything to go back to. I wasn’t working, so I was playing pool for four hours every day, getting drunk, having to be carried home in a wheelbarrow.

‘So Back To Black is about a black mood, I guess.’

In Amy Winehouse: In Her Own Words the soul singer talks candidly about her turbulent relationship with her drug addict husband Blake Fielder-Civil, pictured together at the MTV Movie Awards in 2007

Amy, who released three hit albums during her short career, also discussed her intimate song lyrics and how she was prepared to ‘suffer’ for her art.

Saying that soul music ‘needs guts’, she revealed that in times of struggle she would ‘write everything down’ even feelings that she didn’t ‘want to acknowledge’.

Bee-hived Amy, who was as famous for her unique Forties moll looks as her voice, also appeared to distance herself from the role model tag.

The heavily-tattooed star, pictured at the BRIT Awards in 2007, spoke to the BBC about the personal nature of her lyrics and her musical influences

Telling the interviewer that she is not ‘a girl’s girl’, she hoped fans would be moved by her melodies and would realise they’re ‘not an idiot’ for feeling the sort of emotions she so powerfully wrote about.

The footage, much of which is being seen for the first time, is drawn from interviews Amy gave to the BBC for documentary projects including the Jazz and Soul Britannia series on BBC Four.

Performances have been drawn from The BBC One Sessions (2007), Glastonbury (2004 and 2008), The Mercury Music Prize (2004), Later… with Jools Holland (2006) and The Hootenanny (2006).

Amy said her relationship with Blake Fielder-Civil inspired much of her Grammy Award-winning album Back To Black

The London-born singer was famed as much for her trademark beehive hairstyle, quirky dress sense and bold Sixties-style eyeliner as her powerful voice

The release precedes Amy, a biopic about her life due to hit UK cinemas on July 3, directed by Asif Kapadia.

Asif has conducted more than 100 interviews with 80 people – including friends, family and colleagues of the star, although her father, Mitch Winehouse, has since distanced himself from the film.

Amy died at her Camden home in London in 2011 at the age of 27 after previously struggling with alcohol and drug addiction.

The inquest into her death found she died of accidental alcohol poisoning.

The BBC documentary also features unheard recordings of the former Camden resident, pictured above at the Glastonbury Festival

The BBC film precedes a biopic about the jazz singer’s life called Amy, which is due to hit UK cinemas on July 3rd and is directed by Asif Kapadia