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James Bond’s Greatest Hits 2006
Casino Royale 1954
Ian Fleming Interview 1964
James Bond's Greatest Hits (2006)
TV programme on the top songs/theme tunes from the 22 Bond movies before Casino Royale.
From Shirley Bassey to Sheena Easton, John Barry to Paul McCartney, and Moby to Madonna, James Bond’s Greatest Hits covers every 007 film since the calypso Three Blind Mice ushered in Dr No in 1962.
James Bond’s Greatest Hits tells the stories behind the nation’s favourite Bond songs, as voted for in a nationwide MORI poll.
The programme also uncovers efforts by performers, such as Blondie and Alice Cooper, which didn’t make the final cut.
Casino Royale 1954
In 1954, producer and director Gregory Ratoff of CBS paid Ian Fleming $1,000 to adapt Casino Royale into a television
adventure as part of its Climax! series. The hour-long Casino Royale episode aired on October 21, 1954 and starred Barry Nelson as secret agent "Card Sense" James Jimmy Bond, with Peter Lorre in the role of Le Chiffre.
Ian Fleming Interview 1964
CBC's interview with Fleming filmed in 1964 and broadcast on August 17th 1964 - five days after his death.
Ther interview offers a peek into life at The Golden Eye, Fleming's Jamaican hideaway, where the author defends the sex and violence in his works and discusses how his own life helped shape the character that made him famous.
Learn the unlikely inspiration for James Bond's name and why tea was the downfall of the British Empire.
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