How much James Bond history is left to be discovered?
Bill recounts his recent trip to the Lilly Library in Indiana where he looked at one of Ian Fleming's early Casino Royale manuscripts and shares some of the changes made to the final novel. As Formula 1 celebrated its 1,007th Grand Prix we look back at Bond's motor racing connections over the years and Ben reveals the story of the Aston Martin that probably influenced Ian Fleming's gadget laden car. Rounding out, we explore the state of James Bond research and what history still lays hidden. Along the way we cover the latest news including Ajay's location visit with Bond 25, bumping in to Bojo, SEO tabloids, firestorms on social media, into the Bondverse, Fleming in the public domain, and find a song about Blofeld.
The recording took place on July 14th, 2019 in the USA and UK.
James Page is a co-founder of MI6-HQ.com and the magazine MI6 Confidential
Ajay Chowdhury (co-author with Matthew Field) of Some Kind of Hero: The Remarkable Story of the James Bond Films
Lisa Funnell (@CinemaOnFire) is Associate Professor at the University of Oklahoma
Bill Koenig runs the Spy Command at hmssweblog.wordpress.com
Ben Williams writes for MI6-HQ.com and MI6 Confidential
Music credit 'Spy & Die' by Jay Man
0138: Debrief: The World Is Not Enough
0137: Debrief: Tomorrow Never Dies
0136: Debrief: GoldenEye
0135: Debrief: Licence To Kill
0134: Debrief: The Living Daylights
0133: Debrief: A View To A Kill
0132: Debrief: Octopussy
0131: Debrief: For Your Eyes Only
0130: Debrief: Moonraker
0129: Debrief: The Spy Who Loved Me
0128: Debrief: The Man With The Golden Gun
0127: Debrief: Live And Let Die
0126: Debrief: Diamonds Are Forever
0125: Debrief: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
0124: Debrief: You Only Live Twice
0123: Debrief: Thunderball
0122: Debrief: Goldfinger
0121: Debrief: From Russia With Love
0120: Debrief: Dr. No
0119: James Bond Jr Watchalong 4
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