James Bond Podcast

In this episode, we each choose a character that is only in a James Bond film for a few minutes but makes a big impact on the adventure, the viewer, or the series as a whole.

Following our recent You Only Live Twice watchalong, we revisit the question as to why the film with such iconic imagery and all the Bond ingredients fails to stick the landing and isn’t that well regarded within fandom.

With the news that Amazon will spend $8.45b to take over MGM, we discuss the potential ups and downs of having half the James Bond rights owned by a company with deep pockets.

This episode we survey the book covers of Goldfinger, including the first edition by Richard Chopping.

Join us as we watch 1967’s You Only Live Twice together as a group experience.

The panel discusses the key elements of James Bond from the novels to the films, identifying some of the things we believe makes 007 charming and successful.

We complete our SPECTRE odyssey as the second half picks up in Tangier.

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 […]

The panel review the original first edition art work by Kenneth Lewis and the UK quad poster by Dan Goosee.

Join us as we watch the first half of 2015’s Spectre together as a group experience.