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BBC Archive Radio Bond Documentaries

007InVT007InVT Classified
edited April 2014 in Literary 007 Posts: 893
Here's a great find in the BBC archive. Some of the Fleming soundbites are crystal clear, which one is not used to. Tony Slattery narrates and it covers a lot of good ground; fairly Fleming-based and not movie obsessive.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/james_bond/12608.shtml

Kingsley Amis Contributor
Timothy Dalton Contributor
Ian Fleming Contributor
Cherry Gillespie Contributor
Sally Hibbin Contributor
Diana Rigg Contributor
Graham Rye Contributor
Peter Janson Smith Contributor
Ian Fleming Contributor

The rules and formulas that drive the Bond myth are investigated by Tony Slattery in this edition of 'Cult Heroes'. Cars, clothes, gadgets, food, drink and women are the accessories that give Ian Fleming's creation style and substance, as well as generating huge revenues for the advertisers whose product placements feature in the Bond movies.

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  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Wow, thanks for making that available, @007InVT. I'll enjoy listening to that later. Never heard it it until now, though it's from 1990!
  • 007InVT007InVT Classified
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    I know! Goldmine

    Another good one: http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/james_bond/12620.shtml
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    007InVT wrote:
    I know! Goldmine

    Another good one: http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/james_bond/12620.shtml

    Yes, it's certainly a goldmine for the Bond enthusiast! A few of them I do have on tape, but a lot of them I don't have as well. Thanks for making them available, @007InVT!
  • 007InVT007InVT Classified
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    I may have found it here: http://www.martinamisweb.com/commentary.shtml
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    007InVT wrote:
    I may have found it here: http://www.martinamisweb.com/commentary.shtml

    I have it on tape somewhere; it's actually very good. Does that link work? I couldn't find it.
  • 007InVT007InVT Classified
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    I can't get link to work sadly.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited April 2014 Posts: 17,779
    No, neither could I. I'll see if I can dig mine out and send you a copy if I can find it. It was first broadcast in 2007, then repeated in 2008 as part of the Fleming Centenary. I believe I also recorded it then too.
  • 007InVT007InVT Classified
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    Great!

    I can't seem to find any quotes from Martin Amis on Bond/Fleming/Kingsley on Bond etc. Do you know of any?
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    007InVT wrote:
    Great!

    I can't seem to find any quotes from Martin Amis on Bond/Fleming/Kingsley on Bond etc. Do you know of any?

    Apart from him commenting on a Bond article of mine on The Bondologist Blog, no.

  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited April 2014 Posts: 17,779
    OK, as of tonight I've found the Amis, Amis and Bond documentary from 2007. I'll send you a copy if you so wish, @007InVT.
  • 007InVT007InVT Classified
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    Marvellous! Thank you.

    I'll hop over onto email.
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