'No Direction Home – Bob Dylan' will aim to lift the lid on Dylan's key creative years between 1961 and 1966.
It was during this time that Dylan produced some of his best work including, 'Like a Rolling Stone', a line from which the film's title is taken from, as well as 'The Times They Are A-Changin', 'Another Side of Bob Dylan', 'Bringing It All Back Home', 'Highway 61 Revisited' and 'Blonde On Blonde'.
The film will be split into two parts, which will broadcast on the same days in the UK on BBC Two's 'Arena' strand and in the US on PBS network on September 26 and 27.
BBC Two controller Roly Keating described the film as a major coup for BBC Two.
"Bringing Dylan and Scorses together for this remarkable documentary on Dylan's early life and the songs that changed a generation is a remarkable coup for BBC Two and marks the pinnacle of Arena's 30 years on the channel," he said.
BBC Two unveiled the rest of its autumn schedule with highlights including 'Sensitive Skin', a comedy drama series starring 'Absolutely Fabulous' actress Joanna Lumley as half of a successful couple living in London in the swinging Sixties.
'Supernova' will feature comedian Rob Brydon as a hapless astronomer seeking a new life in the Australian outback.
'Fight Club' actress Helena Bonham Carter returns to BBC Two for new drama series 'Magnificent Seven'. Bonham Carter will play Maggi, a mother to seven autistic children.
'Beyond Boundaries' is a documentary showing a group of 11 people with different physical disabilities pushing themselves to the edge of endurance on a journey across Central America.
From the makers of the award-winning 'National Trust', 'The Russian Godfathers' examines the fierce battle between President Putin and seven of the world's richest men for control of their nation.
"As ever, there's a huge scale and ambition on BBC Two," Keating added.
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