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Bond On The Radio

Villiers53Villiers53
edited May 2014 in Literary 007 Posts: 802
Having recently listened to BBC radios excellent dramatisation of OHMSS it struck me that if eon won't allow anybody else to commercialise the Bond franchise on the screen perhaps they would allow the fabulous Moneypenny Diaries and Higson's equally excellent Young Bond books to be adapted for radio?
They'd both make for excellent adaptations and would give the BBC a point of difference vis a vis retreading the Bond books.
Maybe they could even look at adapting some of the continuation Bonds? Licence Renewed, Devil May Care & Solo?
Thoughts please.

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  • SaintMarkSaintMark
    edited May 2014 Posts: 7,653
    Solo has been read on the BBC radio, I have a copy somewhere on my computer.

    As for OHMSS what a great casting for the Radio 007.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    Posts: 17,799
    Never Send Flowers (1993) by John Gardner gets my vote for the continuation Bond radio treatment, but then you know that, right? ;)
  • Villiers53Villiers53
    Posts: 802
    SaintMark wrote:
    Solo has been read on the BBC radio, I have a copy somewhere on my computer.

    As for OHMSS what a great casting for the Radio 007.

    @SaintMark, I'm not proposing readings although I'm not against them, I'm talking dramatisations and yes, how right you are, the casting for OHMSS was fabulous.
    The BBC do such a great job with these things but I can't understand why they aren't available on CD after transmission. The Le Carre dramatisations are all available. Probably a blocking move from eon?
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
    Posts: 7,653
    Villiers53 wrote:
    SaintMark wrote:
    Solo has been read on the BBC radio, I have a copy somewhere on my computer.

    As for OHMSS what a great casting for the Radio 007.

    @SaintMark, I'm not proposing readings although I'm not against them, I'm talking dramatisations and yes, how right you are, the casting for OHMSS was fabulous.
    The BBC do such a great job with these things but I can't understand why they aren't available on CD after transmission. The Le Carre dramatisations are all available. Probably a blocking move from eon?

    I am not sure but perhaps something to do with audio gogo.

    I was looking for the Cumberbatch Gaiman "Neverwhere" and it was no longer available.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    Posts: 17,799
    Villiers53 wrote:
    SaintMark wrote:
    Solo has been read on the BBC radio, I have a copy somewhere on my computer.

    As for OHMSS what a great casting for the Radio 007.

    @SaintMark, I'm not proposing readings although I'm not against them, I'm talking dramatisations and yes, how right you are, the casting for OHMSS was fabulous.
    The BBC do such a great job with these things but I can't understand why they aren't available on CD after transmission. The Le Carre dramatisations are all available. Probably a blocking move from eon?

    There was some talk that they were going to release the FRWL radio play on audio CD if I remember. I think some of the radio dramatisations from 2008 onwards may be available on You Tube.
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