Episodes 165
Avg. Duration 1h 11m
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Since Mar 2019
Latest Episode Aug 2025

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007 experts and fans from around the world discuss the latest news and views on the James Bond universe. Contact the show via Twitter hashtag #askbond

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0161: Direction Perfection?

Aug 07, 2025 1h 22m

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 Bond film (we're calling it…

0160: Producer Adducer

Mar 29, 2025 1h 9m

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, this week Amazon MGM…

0159: Prime Time

Feb 22, 2025 1h 17m

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 Amazon announced they had inked a…

0158: Touching Grass

Jun 15, 2024 45m

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 terms of 007 big screen…

0157: Happy Passengers

May 12, 2024 20m

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 followers might remember that…

0156: Festive Bond Quiz

Dec 27, 2023 36m

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 of Bond savants battling it…

0155: Review For A Million

Dec 08, 2023 1h 6m

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: Road To A Million is the first…

0154: Tomorrow’s News Today

Sep 09, 2023 1h 5m

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 franchise with a new game, new…

0153: Unmade Bond 17 (1991)

Jun 09, 2023 1h 43m

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 years various incarnations have…

0152: The Lost Adventures

May 14, 2023 29m

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 both. The product of years of…

0151: Unmade Bond 17 (1990)

Mar 25, 2023 1h 50m

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 the years various incarnations…

0150: There Is No Substitute

Feb 02, 2023 51m

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 James Bond videogame 'GoldenEye…

0149: Unmade Warhead

Jan 07, 2023 1h 37m

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 become the novel 'Thunderball,'…

0148: The Lost Daylights Tape

Dec 24, 2022 19m

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 The Living Daylights as we…

0147: Unmade Bond 24

Nov 26, 2022 1h 37m

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 the 007 productions before it,…

0146: Happy Anniversary Mr. Bond

Oct 28, 2022 1h 19m

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 James Bond's cinematic 60th…

0145: Debrief: No Time To Die

Oct 01, 2022 1h 10m

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 most potent ingredients, toot…

0144: Double Or Nothing

Sep 27, 2022 32m

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 'Double Or Nothing.' Shortly before…

0143: Debrief: Spectre

Sep 24, 2022 1h 12m

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 potent ingredients, toot the horn…

0142: Debrief: Skyfall

Sep 16, 2022 1h 12m

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 potent ingredients, toot the horn…

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