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IAN FLEMING - GOLDFINGER (320kbs-m4a/200mb/1hr27mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 26th December 2019
Toby Stephens returns as agent 007 James Bond in a thrilling dramatisation of Ian Fleming's 1959 novel, with a glittering cast is led by Ian McKellen in the title role.
Auric Goldfinger is not only a cheat at canasta and golf, he's also an international criminal on a massive scale. His obsession: gold. James Bond is charged by the Bank of England and MI5 to discover what Goldfinger is actually doing with his vast hoards of gold. Is he somehow connected with SMERSH - the feared soviet spy-killing organisation?
When 007 becomes an undercover member of Goldfinger's team he soon learns that the madman's plans are more grandiose than even 'M' could possibly have imagined. Amazingly, robbing Fort Knox is on the agenda - and mass murder...
Directed by Martin Jarvis, with cameo roles by top actors - all delighted to contribute to this remarkable Fleming adventure.
Rosamund Pike plays wacky gang-boss Pussy Galore and Lisa Dillon is the vengeful Tilly Masterton. John Standing returns as 'M'. Tom Hollander, Tim Pigott-Smith and American star Hector Elizondo as New York City mobsters. Bond and Goldfinger are joined in the famous golf game by Alistair McGowan as the caddie, Hawker. Henry Goodman, Ian Ogilvy and Lloyd Owen contribute to the excitement. And Jon David Yu throws his bowler-hat with deadly effect as 'Oddjob'.
Goldfinger ...... Ian McKellen
James Bond ..... Toby Stephens
'M'..... John Standing
Col.Smithers ..... Ian Ogilvy
Pussy Galore ...... Rosamund Pike
Tilly Masterton ..... Lisa Dillon
Johnny Solo ..... Tim Pigott-Smith
Mr Strap ..... Tom Hollander
Du Pont ..... Henry Goodman
Hawker ..... Alistair McGowan
Helmut Springer ..... Hector Elizondo
Felix Leiter ..... Lloyd Owen
Jed Midnight ..... Nigel Anthony
Jill Masterton ..... Anna Louise Plowman
Oddjob ..... Jon David Yu
Alfred ..... Alan Shearman
Nigel ..... Matthew Wolf
Fleming ..... Martin Jarvis
Doctors & Pilot ..... Kyle Stoller
Nurse .....Tracy Pattin
Dramatised by Archie Scottney.
Music composed by Mark Holden and Sam Barbour.
Producer: Rosalind Ayres
Director: Martin Jarvis
A Jarvis & Ayres production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in April 2010.
IAN FLEMING - THUNDERBALL (320kbs-m4a/200mb/1hr27mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 25th December 2019
It's 1959. Blackmail. The western world is in jeopardy. Can James Bond prevent nuclear disaster?
Toby Stephens stars as agent 007.
SPECTRE’s pilot hijacks a Vindicator bomber carrying two atomic bombs. Once its cargo is delivered to the Bahamas, he is killed and the bombs are secreted on board the cruiser Disco Volante. The British Prime Minister receives a letter from criminal mastermind Ernst Blofeld - two major cities will be decimated unless a huge ransom is paid.
Operation Thunderball attempts to recover the nuclear weapons.
M assigns 007 to the Bahamas. He joins forces with CIA’s Felix Leiter. Bond meets Domino - mistress of Blofeld’s second-in-command, Largo and sister of the dead pilot - and recruits her to spy on Largo.
The ransom deadline nears. After an undersea battle Bond locates the bombs en route to the first target. Will nuclear disaster be averted?
Martin Jarvis directs an all-star cast.
James Bond ... Toby Stephens
Largo ... Tom Conti
Blofeld ... Alfred Molina
Domino ... Janet Montgomery
Dr Wain ... John Sessions
Patricia ... Lisa Dillon
Lippe ... James Callis
Leiter ... Josh Stamberg
Governor ... Ian Ogilvy
M ... John Standing
Miss Moneypenny ... Janie Dee
Q ... Julian Sands
Captain Clark ... Nigel Lindsay
Petacchi/Dietl ... Matthew Wolf
Sam ... Alan Shearman
Beresford/Pilot ... Darren Richardson
Kalyagin/Operator ... Aaron Lyons
Santos/Officer ... Simon de Deney
Ian Fleming ... Martin Jarvis
Other parts played by members of the cast
Specially composed music by Mark Holden and Philip Smoot
Dramatised by Archie Scottney
Director: Martin Jarvis
Producer: Rosalind Ayres
A Jarvis and Ayres production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in December 2016.
IAN FLEMING - FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE (320kbs-m4a/199mb/1hr27mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 22nd December 2019
It's 1955 and the Russians plan an act of terrorism. Choice of target? James Bond. To be 'killed with ignominy': a major sex scandal will leave his reputation, and that of MI6, in tatters.
Colonel Rosa Klebb of the KGB devises a plan to lure Bond into their trap, using beautiful Corporal Tatiana Romanova as bait - plus a Spektor, the latest Russian decoding device...
Toby Stephens stars as agent 007.
In Archie Scottney's brilliantly evocative 'radio screenplay', we see another side to 007. Unsure of his judgement, can he bring the lovely Tatiana safely to England, along with the precious Spektor? Will the Russians succeed in having Bond killed?
Martin Jarvis directs an all-star cast.
James Bond ...... Toby Stephens
Rosa Klebb ...... Eileen Atkins
General ...... John Sessions
Kerim ...... Tim Pigott-Smith
Kronsteen ...... Mark Gatiss
Major ...... Jon Glover
May ...... Aileen Mowat
'M' ...... John Standing
Moneypenny ...... Janie Dee
'Q' ...... Julian Sands
Manager ...... Matthew Wolf
Tatiana ...... Olga Fedori
Announcer ...... Micky Stratford
Nash ...... Nathaniel Parker
Ian Fleming ...... Martin Jarvis
Other parts played by members of the cast
Specially composed music by Mark Holden and Michael Lopez.
Director: Martin Jarvis
Producer: Rosalind Ayres
A Jarvis and Ayres production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in July 2012.
IAN FLEMING - LIVE AND LET DIE (320kbs-m4a/200mb/1hr27mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 4th May 2019
Martin Jarvis directs his eighth James Bond for radio. It's 007’s most exotic adventure - New York, Florida, Jamaica - with a stellar international cast, recorded on location in America. Dramatised by Archie Scottney and with Toby Stephens as Bond.
Bond tracks down monstrous Mr Big in Harlem. Big is importing priceless gold coins to finance Russian spy operations and captures Bond. Beautiful, mysterious Solitaire is also a prisoner.
Bond escapes. Solitaire follows. They pursue the source of the gold, first to Florida where Solitaire is captured by Mr Big's minions.
007 continues on to Jamaica. But can he survive the barracudas? Will he rescue Solitaire, recover the treasure and bring Mr Big to justice? Well, there’s a fair chance. He is James Bond!
Cast:
James Bond ... Toby Stephens
Mr Big ... Kevin Daniels
Solitaire ... Rutina Wesley
‘M’ ... John Standing
Leiter ... Josh Stamberg
Tee-Hee ... Michael A. Shepperd
Whisperer/Blabber ... Lovensky Jean-Baptiste
Quarrel ... Ron Cephas Jones
Baldwin ... John Cothran
Strangways ... Jonathan Cake
‘The Robber’ ... James Morrison
Dexter ... JD Cullum
Halloran ... Jake Green
MC/Maitre d’ ... Gilbert Glenn Brown
Connie/Operator ... Anna Louise Plowman
G-G/Waitress ... Janine Barris
Flannel/Conductor ... Larry Powell
Mrs Stuyvesant ... Anna Mathias
Voice of Ian Fleming ... Martin Jarvis
Other parts: Darren Richardson, Alan Shearman, André Sogliuzzo, Matthew Wolf
Written by Ian Fleming
Dramatised by Archie Scottney
Sound Design: Mark Holden
Specially composed music: Mark Holden and Julian Nicholson
Producer: Rosalind Ayres
Director: Martin Jarvis
A Jarvis and Ayres production for BBC Radio 4
IAN FLEMING - DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER (320kbs-m4a/199mb/1hr26mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 5th May 2019
An all-star Ian Fleming James Bond adventure, directed by Martin Jarvis and starring Toby Stephens as 007.
Fleming's fourth Bond novel is especially dazzling. Its dark humour encompasses millions of pounds worth of diamonds smuggled out of British mines in Africa. Responsible? Somebody known as ‘ABC’. James Bond is sent undercover by MI6 to New York to follow the pipeline. Masquerading as a courier he meets enticing, ice-cold, Tiffany Case. She stands between Bond and gang-bosses whose criminal diamond business stretches from Sierra Leone, via London, to the gambling tables of Las Vegas.
Bond infiltrates the mob. Horse-racing scams, a car chase, a rigged card game, pursuit by locomotive - Bond and Tiffany endure all. Eventually flown to West Africa, Bond unmasks the ultimate villain.
Archie Scottney’s dramatisation parades a bizarre collection of mafiosi monsters.
James Bond ... Toby Stephens
‘M' ... John Standing
Supt Harris ... Nigel Havers
Rufus B. Saye ... Alan Shearman
Tiffany Case ... Lisa Dillon
‘Shady’ Tree ... Alex Jennings
Felix Leiter ... Josh Stamberg
Ernie Cureo ... Stacy Keach
Mr Spang ... Jared Harris
Sammy ... Kevin Daniels
Rocky and Wint ... Andre Sogliuzzo
Kidd and the Sergeant ... Darren Richardson
Tingaling and Dentist ... Matthew Wolf
Voice of Ian Fleming ... Martin Jarvis
Other parts played by members of the cast
Sound design: Mark Holden
Original music: Mark Holden and Michael Lopez
Director: Martin Jarvis
Producer: Rosalind Ayres
A Jarvis & Ayres production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2015.
IAN FLEMING - ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE (320kbs-m4a/199mb/1hr27mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 31st March 2019
James Bond seems more interested in gambling at the Casino Royale than tracking down elusive SPECTRE chief Blofeld. Then he meets Tracy, emotionally disturbed daughter of mafia boss Draco.
Now he has a double motive: seek and destroy Blofeld, and prevent Tracy killing herself.
Impersonating a College of Arms official Bond infiltrates Blofeld's Swiss mountain-top lair. He learns that Blofeld and aide Irma Bunt are brainwashing young women. Why? Is biological warfare involved? Backed by 'M' and Draco, Bond mounts an air assault. But can he pin down monstrous Blofeld? And what will happen to Tracy?
Toby Stephens is on top form as 007. A stellar cast includes Joanna Lumley, Alfred Molina, Alex Jennings, Lisa Dillon, John Standing, Janie Dee, Lloyd Owen, Joanna Cassidy, Clare Dunne and Julian Sands, with Jarvis himself as the voice of Fleming.
Specially composed music: Mark Holden and Michael Lopez
Dramatised by Archie Scottney
Director: Martin Jarvis
Producer: Rosalind Ayres
A Jarvis & Ayres Production for BBC Radio 4.
IAN FLEMING - MOONRAKER (320kbs-m4a/199mb/1hr27mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 31st March 2018
Martin Jarvis directs this surprisingly up-to-date, all-star guided missile drama.
It's 1954 and British patriot Sir Hugo Drax (Samuel West) has built an atomic rocket, Moonraker, vital to Britain's defences. It's ready for a trial launch. But after a double-murder, James Bond (Toby Stephens) goes undercover at Moonraker's secret base. He and agent Gala Brand (Katherine Kingsley) discover possible treachery. Can they prevent a catastrophe?
Archie Scottney's compelling dramatization of Ian Fleming's novel is Jarvis and Ayres' seventh Bond on Radio 4. Janie Dee, John Standing and Julian Sands return as Moneypenny, M and Q. Jared Harris is Head of Special Branch, Patricia Hodge a hearty missile expert, Ian Ogilvy a BBC man, and Nigel Anthony is a Peter Lorre-inspired Krebs.
Sound design: Mark Holden
Specially composed music: Mark Holden and Mike Lopez
Producer: Rosalind Ayres
Director: Martin Jarvis
A Jarvis and Ayres production for BBC Radio 4.