Lara Pulver (‘Fleming’) interview

Sherlock’s Lara Pulver plays the future Mrs Fleming, Lady Ann O’Neill in Sky Atlantic’s new four-part drama about the life of Ian Fleming, which follows the James Bond author (Dominic Cooper) from underachieving playboy to key figure in the Admiralty, drawing parallels between the writer and his iconic creation.

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‘Fleming’ preview

More men have played Ian Fleming on-screen than have portrayed his key creation James Bond 007. At least nine in total. Charles Dance (Goldeneye, 1989), Leo Fenn and Jason Connery (Spymaker, 1990), Ben Daniels (Bondmaker, 2005), Skip Goeree (Bernhard – Scoundrel of Orange, 2010), Tobias Menzies (Any Human Heart, 2010), James D’Arcy (Age Of Heroes, 2011), Jeremy Crutchley (A Caribbean Mystery, 2013) and now Dominic Cooper in Ecosse Films’ new four-part Sky Atlantic / BBC America series Fleming.

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‘The Making of The Living Daylights’ book review

After his incredibly in-depth 2009 book The Making of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, Charles Helfenstein has once again done a staggering amount of research into the world of James Bond, this time into the production of Timothy Dalton’s 007 debut, The Living Daylights.

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Top 5 James Bond theme songs

When it comes to theme songs, nobody does it better than James Bond…   5. ‘A View to a Kill’ (1985) WRITTEN BY JOHN BARRY AND DURAN DURAN • PERFORMED BY DURAN DURAN The only Bond theme to top the American Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, ‘A View to a Kill’ is so ridiculously superior … >

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