The James Bond Book Club

Nov 07 2024 15 ep. 75 mins 9
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A chronological reading of Ian Fleming's James Bond 007 and conversations with special guests hosted by John Bleasdale.

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Octopussy

Nov 07 2024 71 mins  
Featuring the final appearance of Ian Fleming's superspy, James Bond 007, Octopussy contains 3 stories - 4 if you're including 007 in New York and Laurence Boyce joined John Bleasdale for the final episode of Season 1 of the James Bond Book Club. Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 months extra here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/fspn It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! - Lea

The Man with the Golden Gun

Oct 31 2024 78 mins  
The Man with the Golden Gun sees James Bond return for his final novel length mission in Ian Fleming's series. I am joined by filmmaker, podcaster and writer Alasdair Satchel, as we explore one of the strangest most nipple-y James Bond novel. Visit Alasdair's site here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm

You Only Live Twice

Oct 24 2024 111 mins  
Film critic for the Irish Times, Donald Clarke, talks Ian Fleming's eleventh James Bond 007 novel You Only Live Twice which begins eight months after the murder of Tracy Bond, James Bond's wife. Bond is drinking, gambling heavily and making mistakes on his assignments when, as a last resort, he is sent to Japan on a semi-diplomatic mission. While there he is challenged by the head

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Oct 17 2024 92 mins  
Ian Killick, filmmaker, joins me to talk James Bond 007 and the 10th novel On Her Majesty's Secret Service. On Her Majesty's Secret Service is the tenth novel and eleventh book in Ian Fleming's James Bond series. It was first published in the United Kingdom by Jonathan Cape on 1 April 1963. Fleming changed the formula and structure from the previous novel, The Spy Who Loved Me, and

The Spy Who Loved Me

Oct 10 2024 66 mins  
Philip Gwyne Jones, author of the Nathan Sutherland series of Venetian set crime novels, joins me to discuss Ian Fleming's most bold experiment with super spy James Bond yet. The Spy Who Loved Me is the ninth novel and tenth book in Ian Fleming's James Bond series, first published by Jonathan Cape on 16 April 1962. It is the shortest and most sexually explicit of Fleming's novels,

Thunderball

Oct 03 2024 69 mins  
Writer Rob Palk joins John Bleasdale to talk Ian Fleming's 9th James Bond 007 book Thunderball. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For Your Eyes Only

Sep 26 2024 92 mins  
Dr Brian Baker joins John Bleasdale to talk James Bond and Ian Fleming's short story collection For Your Eyes Only. The collection contains five short stories: "From a View to a Kill", "For Your Eyes Only", "Quantum of Solace", "Risico" and "The Hildebrand Rarity". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adch

Goldfinger

Sep 19 2024 81 mins  
Secret agent James Bond, 007, investigates the activities of Auric Goldfinger, a gold smuggler whom M suspects of being connected to SMERSH. Rob Palk and John Bleasdale delve deep into the 7th novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond 007 series. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. No

Sep 12 2024 72 mins  
Commander John Strangways, the head of MI6 Station J in Kingston, Jamaica, and his secretary both disappear and James Bond 007 is sent to investigate the matter. Bond finds they had been investigating the activities of Dr. Julius No, a reclusive Chinese-German who lives on Crab Key and runs a guano mine. John Bleasdale and writer Paul Duncan investigate Fleming's sixth novel. Host

From Russia With Love

Sep 05 2024 81 mins  
Dr. Brian Baker - Academic, Artist, Super Spy. From the University of Lancaster with Love MUSIC by TWO MINUTE NOODLES Here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices