A great start to a great decade of James Bond movies! The above podcast episode is very special.
Introduced by Joe Darlington (Being James Bond), I investigate the uniquely British aspects of this 007 film, with 6 special interviews from China thanks to my previous guest Max James Joy (A Brit Abroad... in China - Celebrating a 'British Day' in Guangzhou).
We talk about:
What makes this film so special?
British submarines
British-Greek Relations
The King's Medal
Ancient Chinese Sayings
Elektra
Saint Cyril
The Most Famous British Greek
British Winter Olympics
I draw on a range of books, including but not limited to:
Bond on Bond, by Roger Moore
Some Kind of Hero, by Matthew Field and Ajay Chowdhury
For My Eyes Only, by John Glen
The Return of Heroic Failures, by Stephen Pile
The Complete James Bond Short Stories, by Ian Fleming
Operation Mincemeat, by Ben Macintyre
Ian Fleming's Commandos, by Nicholas Rankin
Ian Fleming, by Nicholas Shakespeare
A Bond Odyssey, by Adam Muckle
30 Hot Days, M.A. Birant
For Greece during the Second World War, I do draw on Winston Churchill's 6 volume account, and recommend the following novel and TV drama:
Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières
Sword of Honour (2001) starring Daniel Craig
The 1980s really was a great decade for James Bond, with five fantastic outings from EON Productions directed by John Glen.
Since I mention ‘Operation Mincemeat’ in the episode, why not check out my review of the book and the film, above?
I talked about some of the real world issued raised in this film with Donnie Waldron on his podcast, Quantum of History.
