James Bond & Friends

0161: Direction Perfection?

How has fandom reacted to the appointment of Denis Villeneuve? Seemingly out of nowhere, Amazon MGM Studios announced Denis Villeneuve as the director of the next James

0160: Producer Adducer

How different could James Bond be under the new leadership? Before many of us had fully processed the news that Broccoli & Wilson were stepping away from the franchise,

0159: Prime Time

What does the Amazon take-over mean to the franchise and fandom? A tectonic shift in the James Bond power structure shook the film world and fanbase on Thursday when Ama

0158: Touching Grass

What has been going on with James Bond this year? You wait around for news for months and then... well, nothing much happens. It has been a very quiet year so far in ter

0157: Happy Passengers

Where in the world should Bond travel next? This epsiode we dip into the MI6 archives to play an interview with Black Tomato co-founder, Tom Marchant. Regular Bond follo

0156: Festive Bond Quiz

We asked 100 James Bond fans...  Taking a break from our usual discussion format, we play Family Feud (or Family Fortunes, depending on where you're from) with two teams

0155: Review For A Million

What do we think of the new 007-themed reality show? In a drought of James Bond action, an oasis appeared on the horizon: an officially branded streaming series! 007: Ro

0154: Tomorrow’s News Today

What has been going on with James Bond this summer? You wait around for news for months and then it all comes at once! We round up the latest developments on the 007 fra

0153: Unmade Bond 17 (1991)

What was the second draft of Timothy Dalton's unmade third film like? Timothy Dalton's third James Bond film is one of the great 'what ifs' of the series, and over the y

0152: The Lost Adventures

How many James Bond stories are out of circulation or out of reach? Mark Edlitz is the author of two books about James Bond, but it wasn’t his intention to write them bo

0151: Unmade Bond 17 (1990)

What was the very first draft of Timothy Dalton's unmade third film like? Timothy Dalton's third James Bond film is one of the great 'what ifs' of the series, and over t

0150: There Is No Substitute

Is the GoldenEye 007 re-release everything we hoped it would be? It's a time we thought we may never see: an official re-release of the revolutionary record-breaking Jam

0149: Unmade Warhead

How crazy were Sean Connery and Kevin McClory's script ideas back in 1978? Based on 'James Bond of the Secret Service' written in the 1950s, which would eventually becom

0148: The Lost Daylights Tape

What treasures have we dragged out of the archive? Pull up a comfy chair in front of the fireplace, pour yourself a drink, and sit back and enjoy this 1987 production of

0147: Unmade Bond 24

What ideas were jettisoned from the script that ultimately became Spectre? The creative path on the 24th James Bond film had more twists and turns than perhaps any of th

0146: Happy Anniversary Mr. Bond

How well was the 60th anniversary celebrated? We're back with our first regular episode in months (after wrapping the weekly 'Debrief' season) to share our thoughts on J

0145: Debrief: No Time To Die

In this mission debrief for NO TIME TO DIE, we identify the iconic elements we would use to describe it as "the one with", shake the Bond cocktail and pick this film's mo

0144: Double Or Nothing

A couple of weeks ago, we were kindly invited by Ian Fleming Publications and Harper Collins to interview author Kim Sherwood on stage at the London book launch of 'Doubl

0143: Debrief: Spectre

In this mission debrief for SPECTRE, we identify the iconic elements we would use to describe it as "the one with", shake the Bond cocktail and pick this film's most pote

0142: Debrief: Skyfall

In this mission debrief for SKYFALL, we identify the iconic elements we would use to describe it as "the one with", shake the Bond cocktail and pick this film's most pote