James Bond Stories

BBC Ian Fleming's James Bond Stories (2008). Damian Lewis reads The Living Daylights, From A View To A Kill, The Property Of A Lady and For Your Eyes Only.

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The James Bond Dossier

Amis, Amis and Bond (2007). Martin Amis explores his father's obsessive interest in James Bond and the writing of Ian Fleming, with fellow Bond enthusiast Charlie Higson.

Forty years ago, Kingsley Amis undertook an unusual project, analysing in detail all of Ian Fleming's James Bond books and compiling a guide to being James Bond for prospective spies, based entirely on Fleming's writing.

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The Bond Correspondence

The Bond Correspondence (2008). Lucy Fleming embarks upon a quest to discover more about her mysterious uncle Ian, creator of James Bond. Sir Roger Moore plays Ian Fleming's voice.

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Kissy Suzuki

Illustration by Michael Gillette.

“You only live twice:
Once when you’re born
And once when you look death in the face.

You Only Live Twice (1990). Adapted by Michael Bakewell; Performed by a full cast with  Michael Jayston as Bond.

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Pussy Galore

Illustration by Michael Gillette.

“...Goldfinger could not have known that high tension was Bond's natural way of life and that pressure and danger relaxed him.

Sir Ian McKellen, Toby Stephens and Rosamund Pike lead this full-cast adaptation of Ian Fleming's 1959 novel Goldfinger faithfully dramatised by Archie Scottney and directed by Martin Jarvis (2010). 

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Tatiana Romanova

Illustration by Michael Gillette

"Red wine with fish. Well that should have told me something.

Toby Stephens reprises his role as Bond with Mark Gatiss and John Sessions in From Russia With Love (2012).

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The Last Englishman

"James Bond, the Last Englishman (2008). As part of the Ian Fleming centenary, Prof. David Cannadine sets James Bond and his creator in their historical context. He suggests that Bond was popular not just because he was sexy and suave - he was seen as a consoling fantasy for a country that had lost an Empire but not yet found a role in the world.

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Honey Rider

Illustration by Michael Gillette.

"All the greatest men are maniacs. They are possessed by a mania which drives them forward towards their goal. The great scientists, the philosophers, the religious leaders - all maniacs. What else but a blind singleness of purpose could have given focus to their genius, would have kept them in the groove of purpose. Mania ... is as priceless as genius.

Toby Stephens as Bond and David Suchet as Dr No (2008). 

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Vesper Lynd

Illustration by Michael Gillette.

“A dry Martini,' he said. 'One. In a deep champagne goblet.' ...Just a moment. Three measures of Gordon's, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it very well until it's ice-cold, then add a large thin slice of lemon-peel. Got it?

Alex Jennings reads Ian Fleming's Casino Royale (2009).

Illustration by Jeff Chapman.

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