James Bond Podcast
The Food Programme: Food, James Bond’s food
March 29th, 2021 by David Leigh
Sunday saw Licence to Cook author Edward Biddulph on BBC Radio 4’s The Food Programme to talk about the food of James Bond. Programme description We don’t often see James Bond eating in the films, but in the novel food is almost as important as espionage, cocktails, sex, villains and travel. As many await the […]
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March 27th, 2021 by David Leigh
The panel review the original first edition art work by Kenneth Lewis and the UK quad poster by Dan Goosee.
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March 20th, 2021 by David Leigh
Join us as we watch the first half of 2015’s Spectre together as a group experience.
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March 9th, 2021 by David Leigh
For this episode, we resurrect an oft-forgotten relic of the canon – James Bond Jr – as it celebrates its 30th anniversary this year.
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February 20th, 2021 by David Leigh
The panel reviews the original UK quad poster and bring to the table some other posters used to promote the 1963 film, many of which riff on the original artwork by Renato Fratini.
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February 7th, 2021 by David Leigh
The panel takes a look at the first edition of From Russia, With Love by Richard Chopping. Why is it such a striking piece of art and how did covers that followed it emulate it?
>> read articleJames Bond & Friends – Episode 0078: Groundhog Day
January 23rd, 2021 by David Leigh
For this episode, the panel examines the unsurprising news that MGM issued yet another delay to No Time To Die, pushing the film back to October 2021.
>> read articleJames Bond & Friends – Episode 0077: Not From Where I’m Standing
January 15th, 2021 by David Leigh
This week we interview four musicians who together contributed to the 2020 album of James Bond cover songs, ‘Not From Where I’m Standing’. Organised by David Gedge of The Wedding Present, the new album involves Gedge’s colleagues and friends from 35 years in the music business.
>> read articleJames Bond & Friends – Episode 0076: James Bond Jr Watchalong 1
January 11th, 2021 by David Leigh
For this episode, we resurrect an oft-forgotten relic of the canon – James Bond Jr – as it celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Whether you grew up seeing it on TV, or have never watched it before, we recap the history of the project before diving in at the deep end with the first two episodes
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