The James Bond A-Z Podcast

On this episode of The James Bond A-Z Podcast hosts Tom Butler, Brendan Duffy, and Tom Wheatley are joined by Melanie Williams, Professor of Film and Television Studies, at the University of East Anglia to talk about 'Dr No'. The author of 'From Blofeld to Moneypenny: Gender in James Bond' joins the podcast to talk about the life and work of 'Dr No' co-writer Joanna Harwood...

On this episode of The James Bond A-Z Podcast hosts Tom Butler, Brendan Duffy, and Tom Wheatley take a deep dive into the making of the very first Bond film: 1962's 'Dr. No'. The episode explores: How Harry Saltzman and Cubby Broccoli landed the rights to adapt Ian Fleming's novels for the screen, and how they landed on Sean Connery to be the first movie 007. How they decided which...

On this episode of The James Bond A-Z Podcast hosts Tom Butler, Brendan Duffy, and Tom Wheatley take a break from the usual routine to discuss 'No Time To Die', Daniel Craig's fifth and final James Bond film, which is in cinemas now. Tom Butler attended the world premiere, Brendan Duffy saw it at a press preview screening, and Tom Wheatley saw on general release at his local cinema and...

On this episode of The James Bond A-Z Podcast hosts Tom Butler, Brendan Duffy, and Tom Wheatley are joined by journalist, film critic, and co-host of the Clash of the Titles podcast Chris Tilly to talk about 'Die Another Day'. Having reviewed Pierce Brosnan's 2002 swansong for Hot Dog magazine, and visited a number of 007 film sets, Chris was keen to come on talk about this bonkers Bon...

On this episode of The James Bond A-Z Podcast hosts Tom Butler, Brendan Duffy, and Tom Wheatley will be shining a light on the story behind Pierce Brosnan's fourth and final Bond film 'Die Another Day'. In this wide-ranging show which covers the making of the 2002 film you'll learn about: The film's status as the centrepiece of a huge year of celebrations as the Bond films cele...

On this episode of The James Bond A-Z Podcast hosts Tom Butler, Brendan Duffy, and Tom Wheatley are joined by author, journalist and film critic Xan Brooks to talk about 'Diamonds Are Forever'. In 2012, Xan wrote a story for the Guardian in which he named Sean Connery's 1971 007 swan song as his favourite ever James Bond film, so we invited him on to tell us why. Xan talks about his lo...

On this episode of The James Bond A-Z Podcast hosts Tom Butler, Brendan Duffy, and Tom Wheatley go off-script for an informal and spoiler-free chat about the upcoming release of 'No Time To Die' The team discuss whether the film will really hit its release date this time, share their thoughts about the new trailers and tie-in promotions, hopes for the film. They discuss their most anticipa...

On this episode of The James Bond A-Z Podcast hosts Tom Butler, Brendan Duffy, and Tom Wheatley do a deep dive into the making of Sean Connery's final official outing as James Bond: 1971's 'Diamonds Are Forever'. In this wide-ranging show you'll learn about: The context in which this film was made, how Sean Connery was lured back to the role, and the other actors they considere...

On this episode of The James Bond A-Z Podcast hosts Tom Butler, Brendan Duffy, and Tom Wheatley tackle more filmmakers, characters and topics from the letter D. In this show you'll learn about: Sir Roger Deakins, the award-winning cinematographer of films such as 'Blade Runner 2049', '1917', 'The Shawshank Redemption', 'Fargo', who earned an Oscar nomination for...

On this episode of The James Bond A-Z Podcast hosts Tom Butler, Brendan Duffy, and Tom Wheatley are joined by James Page, the co-founder of MI6-HQ.com and MI6 Confidential, and co-host of the James Bond & Friends Podcast, to discuss the legacy of Timothy Dalton. The gang discusses Dalton's resurgence among fans, and the impact of his two films. They also decide Dalton's best action sce...

On this episode of The James Bond A-Z Podcast hosts Tom Butler, Brendan Duffy, and Tom Wheatley further explore the life and work of Timothy Dalton, the fourth actor to play James Bond in the movies. Covered in the first part of this two-part special: 'Licence To Kill', the James Bond that took the series in a bold new direction, but would ultimately be Dalton's last outing as 007. Tim...

On this episode of The James Bond A-Z Podcast hosts Tom Butler, Brendan Duffy, and Tom Wheatley explore the life and work of Timothy Dalton, the fourth actor to play James Bond in the movies. Covered in the first part of this two-part special: Timothy's early life, school days, and entry in the world of acting. Timothy's acting education at RADA and the National Youth Theatre, and his firs...

On this episode of The James Bond A-Z Podcast hosts Tom Butler, Brendan Duffy, and Tom Wheatley tackle more filmmakers, characters and topics from the letter D. In this show you'll learn about: Bibi Dahl, the figure-skating Bond girl played by Lynn-Holly Johnson who challenged the paternal instincts of Roger Moore's autumnal 007 in 1981's 'For Your Eyes Only'. Roald Dahl, Ian F...

On this episode of The James Bond A-Z Podcast hosts Tom Butler, Brendan Duffy, and Tom Wheatley are joined by author, journalist, podcast producer, and co-host of the Bestsellers podcast (twitter.com/bestsellerspod) Natalie Jamieson (twitter.com/Nat_Jamieson), who came on to talk about Daniel Craig. With years of experience as an entertainment journalist at the BBC and many other places, Natalie h...

On this episode of The James Bond A-Z Podcast hosts Tom Butler, Brendan Duffy, and Tom Wheatley continue to explore the life and work of Daniel Craig, the sixth actor to play James Bond in the movies. Covered in the second part of this two-part special: The making of 'Quantum of Solace', a film beset with production issues, that had Daniel stepping in to help with the script. His Broadway...

On this episode of The James Bond A-Z Podcast hosts Tom Butler, Brendan Duffy, and Tom Wheatley explore the life and work of Daniel Craig, the sixth actor to play James Bond in the movies. Covered in the first part of this two-part special: Daniel's early life, school days, and entry in the world of acting. Daniel's acting education and first forays on the stage and screen. His breakthroug...

On this episode of The James Bond A-Z Podcast hosts Tom Butler, Brendan Duffy, and Tom Wheatley are joined by filmmaker and author John Cork to talk about his work within the world of the 007 films. John is the co-author of the James Bond Encyclopedia with Collin Stutz, James Bond: The Legacy with Bruce Scivally, and Bond Girls Are Forever with Maryam d'Abo. Also with Bruce Scivally he has wri...

On this episode of The James Bond A-Z Podcast hosts Tom Butler, Brendan Duffy, and Tom Wheatley tackle more filmmakers, characters and topics from the letter C. In this show you'll learn about: Bill Conti, the Oscar-winning 'Rocky' and 'Karate Kid' composer who composed the score for 1981's 'For Your Eyes Only', and its title song, sung by Sheena Easton. Chris Corbo...

On this episode of The James Bond A-Z Podcast hosts Tom Butler, Brendan Duffy, and Tom Wheatley go off-script for an informal chat about the James Bond films of the Sean Connery era. First of all the team reveal their rankings of Connery's seven 007 films from 'Dr No', 'From Russia With Love', 'Goldfinger', 'Thunderball', 'You Only Live Twice', and '...

On this episode of The James Bond A-Z Podcast hosts Tom Butler, Brendan Duffy, and Tom Wheatley continue their exploration into the life and work of Sir Sean Connery, the first movie James Bond. Covered in the second part of this two-part special: Connery's burgeoning film career outside of Bond including his many collaborations with Sidney Lumet. His growing dissatisfaction with the James Bon...

On this episode of The James Bond A-Z Podcast hosts Tom Butler, Brendan Duffy, and Tom Wheatley convene to discuss the life and work of Sir Sean Connery, the first movie James Bond. Covered in the first part of this two-part special: Connery's early life in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh and his journey to stage and screen via Mr Universe and a touring production of South Pacific. His early film ro...

On this episode of The James Bond A-Z Podcast hosts Tom Butler, Brendan Duffy, and Tom Wheatley tackle more filmmakers, characters and topics from the letter C. Covered in this show: The Circus Twins, aka Mischka and Grischka, the knife throwing henchmen from 1983's 'Octopussy', played by real life twins David Meyer and Anthony Meyer. Jim Clark, the acclaimed film editor with an incred...

On this episode of The James Bond A-Z Podcast, hosts Tom Butler, Brendan Duffy, and Tom Wheatley tackle six more topics under the letter C. Covered in this show: Roger Moore's tailor Cyril Castle who shaped the look of 007 in 'Live and Let Die' and 'The Man With The Golden Gun at the start of his tenure. Henry Cavill, the Superman actor who was nearly cast as James Bond for 2006&#3...

Simon Brew (@SimonBrew), journalist, author, podcaster, and publisher of Film Stories (@FilmStoriesPod), joins James Bond A-Z hosts Tom Butler, Brendan Duffy, and Tom Wheatley to talk about 2006's 'Casino Royale'. Simon shares his insight into the film landscape of 2006 that Daniel Craig's debut 007 was competing in, the initial backlash against Craig, and the film's success at...

James Bond A-Z hosts Tom Butler, Brendan Duffy, and Tom Wheatley take a deep dive into the making of Daniel Craig's 2006 James Bond debut 'Casino Royale'. This episode looks at the legal wrangling behind the scenes that finally allowed Eon to officially adapt Ian Fleming's first 007 book, Pierce Brosnan's exit from the series, and the initially controversial casting of Daniel C...