James Bond Radio: 007 News, Reviews & Interviews!

Merry Christmas Bond fans! It's time for the 4th annual Big James Bond Boxing Day Bonanza Quiz. We have 100 fiendishly challenging questions to put you to the test. Will you come out 'Onatopp' of things? Take the challenge and find out!

Merry Christmas JBR Family! As a little Christmas Day stocking filler we thought we'd treat you to a bonus podcast featuring our recent interview with Terry Mountain and Sylvana Henriques. Recorded at a recent JBR-ONLY private screening of On Her Majesty's Secret Service, you'll hear some killer stories from their time on the film. 

The Music of Bond is back with a look what many consider to be John Barry's finest work: On Her Majesty's Secret Service. We talk about the history of the score, the key decision to go with an instrumental track instead of a vocal for the main theme, and go deep on Louis Armstrong's, We Have All The Time In The World.  As usual we go track by track through the original soundtrack release and look at some intriguing covers too.  

It's time to conclude our coverage of the James Bond movie trailers, on JBR this week. Picking up where we left off with Octopussy, we go through every remaining trailer right up to SPECTRE. There are plenty of intriguing unused nuggets with lines of dialogue, judo chops and alternate shots that don't show up in the final films. We also look at some of the latest news and rumours and we explore potential titles for Bond 25. We dig deep with a look at Fleming's work and all the continuation authors. Are there some awesome titles hiding in plain site? Find out on this week's episode of James Bond Radio.

JBR returns after the autumn break and catch up on all things Bond. We cover all the latest news and rumours. Is Blofeld out of the picture after Christoph Waltz revealed he wouldn't be back for Bond 25? Will we see another actor take over like we've seen in the past? Is it all just smoke and mirrors? We also talk about the recent Lazenby documentary 'Becoming Bond,' and we cover our recent Bondian adventures from Casino Royale Live at The Royal Albert Hall in London to the unveiling of The Roger Moore stage at Pinewood. 

James Bond Radio returns this week with an in-depth look at the cinematic trailers of Bond. We cover the latest Bond news and rumours including the recent Amazon and Apple revelations. And we speculate on the big changes that might be coming in the post-Daniel era of 007.

This week we welcome Bond legend and member of 007 royalty: John Glen. We talk about his time working on On Her Majesty's Secret Service, The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker. Then we cover his stint as the longest serving Bond director of all time from 1981's For Your Eyes Only through to 1989's Licence To Kill. John tells some fascinating stories in an interview that's sure to go down as an all-time classic episode of JBR. [Interview begins at 45:40] Note: This interview was recorded before the passing of Sir Roger Moore and before Daniel's recent announcement confirming his return for Bond 25.

It's time to talk the music of You Only Live Twice. This week we talk about the history of the score, discuss standout tunes and go track by track through the soundtrack.  Also this week we have a brand new range of JBR merchandise available including T-Shirts, hoodies, mugs and more. All featuring the brand new updated JBR logo.  To find out more go to... http://jamesbondradio.com/shop

It's time for the JBR Family to speak once again! As the last entry in our coverage of The Living Daylights, our intrepid listeners to take the microphone and voice their thoughts. Not only that, we discuss all the recent Bond 25 news, including the newly revealed 2019 release date and a whole lot more. Listener Reviews Begin At 56:00

This week we go behind the scenes of The Living Daylights with Charles Helfenstein. As the author of 'The Making of The Living Daylights,' Charles has a deep insight into the film. Like his previous JBR appearance for The Making of OHMSS, he again busts some prominent myths, this time for Timothy's Bond debut. He reveals just who the first choice was to play Bond, Timothy or Pierce? We discover some of the early plot ideas featuring Bond as a 20 year old rookie. And some fascinating scenes cut from the final movie. Get ready for a killer interview as we go even deeper on The Living Daylights Interview begins at 46:20

Dan Gale returns to James Bond Radio this week with an alternative commentary to The Living Daylights. Play along with the movie itself or listen as a standalone podcast, it works both ways. If you're not familiar with Dan's previous work be sure to check his JBR documentary podcasts, TAPE SECRET!: The Audiobooks of James Bond and You Only Live Splice: The Editing of John Glen.

The Music of Bond is back with our Thunderball soundtrack review. This week we talk about the history of the score, the last minute switch from the original theme Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang to Tom Jones' Thunderball. We discuss favourite tunes and go through the original soundtrack release track by track. Is it a step up from Goldfinger? Does it live up to the hype of the biggest Bond of all? Find out on this week's Music of Bond.

It's time to talk about the second half of The Living Daylights. Last time we left Bond brooding over the killing of Saunders. This week we kick off with 007 landing in Tangiers on his way to a nasty meeting with General Pushkin. We're talking Russian airbases, fights on planes, desert battles, diplomatic bags and a whole lot more on this week's JBR. Let's get deep on Daylights and see what we make of the climax to Timmy's 00-debut. IMPORTANT: We're running a JBR charity collection for UNICEF in Sir Roger's memory. We'd love it if you'd help us reach our goal of £1,500. Please CLICK HERE to donate. You can donate from anywhere in the world in whatever currency you like. Thanks, Tom & Chris

Sir Roger Moore sadly passed away aged 89 on May 23rd 2017. As the ever popular, ever charming "People's Bond" we decided to suspend our regular programming and instead put together a tribute to the great man.   Over the next 4+ hours we go through the messages of sympathy from the world of Bond from Sean Connery to Daniel Craig. We talk to Maddy Smith, Roger's very first Bond girl. We're joined by author of Catching Bullets: Memoirs of a Bond fan, Mark O'Connell, and we're even joined by the great man himself as we revisit our interview with Sir Roger from 2016.   We also wanted to give a voice to Sir Roger's fans around the world, so we put out a request for messages from the JBR listeners. What can only be described as a "server melting" response followed with over 3 hours of voicemails all sharing stories, memories and favourite moments of Sir Roger.    Being the lifelong fans of the great man that we all are, this episode serves as a love letter to Sir Roger and our way of thanking him for a lifetime of

It's with a heavy heart we report the passing of Sir Roger Moore. This week's podcast will be a tribute to the man himself and we need your help. We'd love each member of the JBR family to send in a voicemail with their favourite Sir Roger memories. Whether that's your favourite Sir Roger Bond moment, or a memory of meeting the great man in real life we want to hear it. Please head over to JamesBondRadio.com right now, click the 'Send Voicemail' button on the right hand side and help us pay tribute to Sir Roger Moore.

It's time to say goodbye to Sir Roger and enter the age of Timothy Dalton. The year is 1987. We have a brand new Bond, a Fleming based story and quite possibly the best pre-title sequence in the entire series. This week on James Bond Radio, we're going deep on The Living Daylights. We talk about everything from Timmy's performance in the gun barrel to Kara's skills on the cello. Daylights is a firm fan favourite but does it hold up 30 years on? Find out on this week's edition of JBR. Review begins at 36:00  

The Music of Bond is back with our Goldfinger soundtrack review. This week we talk about the history of the score, discuss favourite tunes and go through it track by track. Is it John Barry's all-time masterpiece? Does it live up to the hype? Is it the kind of score you can make scrambled eggs to? Find out on this week's Music of Bond. As previously mentioned, due to the tremendous workload involved in running Q The Music (the world's greatest James Bond concert experience), we've had to say goodbye to our previous Music of Bond co-host, Warren Ringham. The band are out on tour throughout the UK this year, so be sure to grab your tickets before they sell out. 

This week we're joined by 2 intrepid Bond location adventurers. We talk to Martijn Mulder, author of "On The Tracks of 007." Widely regarded as the ultimate Bond travel bible, Martijn has been searching out and visiting a huge number of all time classic 007 locations for years. We're also joined by Uwe Brosamle, who has travelled to a huge number of amazing Bond locations. Not only that, he is also the proud owner of a fully kitted out 1977 Lotus Esprit Turbo.

We're back from our month long trip to Shrublands! This week we return with a killer interview with For Your Eyes Only composer Bill Conti. You'll hear the story of how he got the job, what it was like to work on the movie, and the story of a hilarious alternate score to the Citreon chase (thanks to Cubby Broccoli). In addition, we open up the MI6 Mailbag and answer 10 killer listener questions.

James Bond Radio is 3 years old! To celebrate we're continuing our birthday tradition of inviting 5 of our listeners to join us on the show. This year we're talking Bond with Andy Dermott from Dublin, Logan Morford from Kentucky (USA), Steve Spring from Northampton (UK) Brian Quast from Illinois (USA) and Tom Ryan also from Dublin.