Back to Bond

Mark and Kate are back after a little hiatus. In this episode they commune with each other about The Living Daylights. Set in England, Bratislava, Vienna and Afghanistan, our new James Bond must solve a mystery surrounding the kidnapping of a KGB agent who he has helped escape to the West. He will use all of his skills with help from a cellist and the leader of the Afghan resistance and some handy...

This is it, the final Roger Moore Bond film - A View to a Kill. Boy, were we ready for this to die. Bond must stop a business man from having the monopoly over Silicon Valley, and he is also a blood thirsty psychopath, there's horserace cheating and disaster afoot. If you liked the year of 1985, you will love Mark and Kate chatting about 1985 for the first 20 minutes of the episode. Another pair o...

An all-time high! Join Mark and Kate as they review Octopussy. Set in mostly India and Berlin during the later stages of the Cold War, Bond must work out where and when a nuclear bomb will be detonated with the help of Vijay, a British Secret Service Intelligence Operative and Octopussy who uses a travelling circus as a front for smuggling. Mark and Kate loved it, hear them fawn over Roger Moore a...

For your eyes only, only for you. Join Mark and Kate as they go through the 1981 spectacular that is For Your Eyes Only. Set in Greece, Italy and a brief stop in Albania, James Bond must stop the ATAC missile detection system falling into the wrong hands, while a beautiful woman is avenging her parents recent untimely deaths. This is one of Mark and Kate's favourites and they want you to enjoy it...

It's time for Bond in Space - but we don't spend very long there. Join Mark and Kate as they chat through Moonraker: the premise is thin, there are two boat chases and a lot of glass. Mark and Kate also chat about Paul McGann, Martin Shaw and skip important topics like eugenics and how difficult it would be to actually live on the Moon. Starring Roger Moore, Lois Chiles, Michael Lonsdale, Richard...

Nobody does it better, makes me feel sad for the rest. Mark and Kate talk about The Spy Who Loved Me, and they did indeed love watching the film. James Bond travels to Austria, Egypt, Sardinia, with the equally amazing Triple X, Bond's Russian counterpart. Join Mark and Kate as they talk about the film, music, do some unwanted impersonations, and Mark reveals a claim to fame from his family's past...

Kate and Mark review the sophomore Roger Moore movie, The Man with the Golden Gun. Topically for the times the story revolves around a stolen device which can solve the then current energy crisis. Bond receives a bullet from the mysterious Scaramanga the infamous Golden Gun shooter of the title. Join us as we dissect the Man with the Golden Gun. Starring Roger Moore, Bernard Lee, Christopher Lee,...

It's time for one of the best Bond films of the series: Live & Let Die. There's a new Bond and he has joined the war on drugs as he travels to San Monique, Louisiana and a brief visit to New York, to stop heroin coming into the United States. Laugh along with Mark and Kate and they lovingly go through the film and enjoy every minute of it. Starring Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Seymour, Juli...

Diamonds are forevvvveeeerrrrr! Mark and Kate chat about Diamonds are Forever, set in Amsterdam, Vegas and briefly California. We have two gay villains, whom Mark and Kate desperately want to have their own assassin franchise. There will be a lot of speculation as to why did Sean come back for one last film (or is it his last Bond film?)? Thank God for Shirley Bassey who also returns to do the the...

Join Mark and Kate for one of their more serious episodes of Back to Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Mostly set in the beautiful Murren, Switzerland, they endlessly gab on unabashed, at the simple storyline, complicated characters and a Bond girl that cannot be bested. However, like this episode, some plotlines are not concluded as seamlessly as they could have been. Starring George Lazenb...

You only live twice, or so they say... Join Mark and Kate as they chat about the film that has it all, deep undercover espionage, a secret volcano lair (spoiler) and best of all 'Little Nelly'. Starring Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi, Karin Dor, Mie Hama, Tetsuro Tanba and the fantasmigorical Donald Pleasence. Directed by Lewis Gilbert (1967). Questions or comments? backtobondpodcast@gmail.com Li...

Mark and Kate swim through the mire that is the 4th instalment of Eon s Bonds movies the visually stunning Thunderball. Bondies prepare for a rocky ride. Starring Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Luciana Paluzzi, and Aldolfo Celi. Directed by Terence Young.

Gooooollldfingggeeerrr! Mark and Kate review one of their favourites - Goldfinger. Listen along as they go through the simple yet effective plotline and have a brief discussion about "that scene". Goldfinger: Starring Sean Connery, Honor Blackman, Gert Fröbe and the formidable yet underused Harold Sakata.

Kate and Mark review the sophomore Bond extravaganza (generously described) movie, From Russia with Love. James Bond is in Istanbul to seduce a Russian double agent and to retrieve the Lektor machine. Sean Connery stars along with Pedro Armendariz and Daniela Bianchi. Directed by Terence Young. Released 1963.

Welcome to Mark and Kate's first episode of Back to Bond. Dr No will be discussed in it's entirety. Sit back and enjoy Mark and Kate's opinions, silly chat, socio-political and behind the scenes tidbits of the inaugural film of the Bond franchise, Dr No. Directed by Terence Young and starring Sean Connery, the first Bond.