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BBC Radio 4 Bond adaptations starring Toby Stephens - Casino Royale 20th April 2025

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  • Some_Kind_Of_HeroSome_Kind_Of_Hero
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    Can anyone enlighten me as to how these BBC radio plays work? Do they remain up on the site for approx. 24 hrs or so? I'd like to hear this one. Haven't heard any of the previous ones they did and I'm rather fond of Diamonds Are Forever.
  • WalecsWalecs On Her Majesty's Secret Service
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    I haven't heard any of the previous ones either, can I buy them online?
  • TriggerMortisTriggerMortis
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    Some_Kind_Of_Hero wrote: »
    Can anyone enlighten me as to how these BBC radio plays work? Do they remain up on the site for approx. 24 hrs or so? I'd like to hear this one. Haven't heard any of the previous ones they did and I'm rather fond of Diamonds Are Forever.

    The plays are normally available for at-least a week and sometimes for much longer on the BBCiplayer and are free of charge for UK residents.

    Walecs wrote: »
    I haven't heard any of the previous ones either, can I buy them online?

    I'm not sure that they are available to buy either as downloads or on CD but OHMSS is available at the moment on YouTube.
  • WalecsWalecs On Her Majesty's Secret Service
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    TriggerMortis wrote: »
    Some_Kind_Of_Hero wrote: »
    Can anyone enlighten me as to how these BBC radio plays work? Do they remain up on the site for approx. 24 hrs or so? I'd like to hear this one. Haven't heard any of the previous ones they did and I'm rather fond of Diamonds Are Forever.

    The plays are normally available for at-least a week and sometimes for much longer on the BBCiplayer and are free of charge for UK residents.

    Walecs wrote: »
    I haven't heard any of the previous ones either, can I buy them online?

    I'm not sure that they are available to buy either as downloads or on CD but OHMSS is available at the moment on YouTube.
    Thank you, I looked for the OHMSS one and found a channel which uploaded all of them. Can I post the link or is it illegal?
  • TriggerMortisTriggerMortis
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    @Walecs, I've just noticed that FRWL is also up on YouTube - happy listening. They really are excellent.
  • WalecsWalecs On Her Majesty's Secret Service
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    @TriggerMortis All of them are! :D
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Walecs wrote: »
    @TriggerMortis All of them are! :D

    That's truly great news! :D
  • WalecsWalecs On Her Majesty's Secret Service
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    I'm thinking about downloading them on my phone and heading off to the seaside one of these days, than lay down on the beach and listen to them.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Walecs wrote: »
    I'm thinking about downloading them on my phone and heading off to the seaside one of these days, than lay down on the beach and listen to them.

    Souns good to me!
  • TriggerMortisTriggerMortis
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    Walecs wrote: »
    I'm thinking about downloading them on my phone and heading off to the seaside one of these days, than lay down on the beach and listen to them.

    Absolutely - maybe Pussy Galore will pass by!

  • Some_Kind_Of_HeroSome_Kind_Of_Hero
    edited July 2015 Posts: 6,844
    Thanks for all the feedback! And @Walecs, I may just steal that idea!
  • BondMiscBondMisc South Derbyshire
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    Walecs wrote: »
    I'm thinking about downloading them on my phone and heading off to the seaside one of these days, than lay down on the beach and listen to them.

    That's a good idea Walecs. We're moving house the weekend before and we have 2 kids aged 5 and 6 - so I'm going to wait until after they're in bed. Pour a Jack Daniels and sit in a comfy chair and listen to is - providing that we've unpaked the contents of the drinks cupboard by then.
  • TriggerMortisTriggerMortis
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    Just finished listening to DAF.
    First class BBC production succeeded perfectly.
    Pitch perfect casting and great animation of the story. It makes you long for period screen adaptations instead of this nonsense that eon pumps out.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    TriggerMortis wrote: »
    Just finished listening to DAF.
    First class BBC production succeeded perfectly.
    Pitch perfect casting and great animation of the story. It makes you long for period screen adaptations instead of this nonsense that eon pumps out.

    I've recorded it so glad to hear it. :)
  • ChevronChevron Northern Ireland
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    I caught this by accident this afternoon on a car journey. I heard the words "Spang Brothers" and Shy Smile" and perked up a bit. Made the journey quite pleasant!

    I do wish Eon would let the BBC do TV screen adaptations of the books set in the 1950s-60s. And I think Toby Stephens would do very well.
  • WalecsWalecs On Her Majesty's Secret Service
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    Chevron wrote: »
    I caught this by accident this afternoon on a car journey. I heard the words "Spang Brothers" and Shy Smile" and perked up a bit. Made the journey quite pleasant!

    I do wish Eon would let the BBC do TV screen adaptations of the books set in the 1950s-60s. And I think Toby Stephens would do very well.

    Me too. It would help us soften the wait between the movies and we would finslly get proper adaptations of LALD, MR, DAF, YOLT and TMWTGG.
  • Some_Kind_Of_HeroSome_Kind_Of_Hero
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    @Walecs, you may like to know I took up your idea last weekend and headed to the beach with the BBC Dr. No and OHMSS radio plays on my iPod. Made for a perfect weekend. Thanks for the idea!
  • TriggerMortisTriggerMortis
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    Walecs wrote: »
    Chevron wrote: »
    I caught this by accident this afternoon on a car journey. I heard the words "Spang Brothers" and Shy Smile" and perked up a bit. Made the journey quite pleasant!

    I do wish Eon would let the BBC do TV screen adaptations of the books set in the 1950s-60s. And I think Toby Stephens would do very well.

    Me too. It would help us soften the wait between the movies and we would finslly get proper adaptations of LALD, MR, DAF, YOLT and TMWTGG.

    I couldn't agree more and I would love to see the BBC do screen versions of Higson's YB novels and the great MP diaries.

    I have the impression that eon are very narrow minded about all of this and it is a great detriment to the franchise. Let them bring their block buster none sense every couple of years but can we please have some real Bond in between.
  • WalecsWalecs On Her Majesty's Secret Service
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    TriggerMortis wrote: »
    Walecs wrote: »
    Chevron wrote: »
    I caught this by accident this afternoon on a car journey. I heard the words "Spang Brothers" and Shy Smile" and perked up a bit. Made the journey quite pleasant!

    I do wish Eon would let the BBC do TV screen adaptations of the books set in the 1950s-60s. And I think Toby Stephens would do very well.

    Me too. It would help us soften the wait between the movies and we would finslly get proper adaptations of LALD, MR, DAF, YOLT and TMWTGG.

    I couldn't agree more and I would love to see the BBC do screen versions of Higson's YB novels and the great MP diaries.

    I have the impression that eon are very narrow minded about all of this and it is a great detriment to the franchise. Let them bring their block buster none sense every couple of years but can we please have some real Bond in between.

    Yeah, I'd love to see Higson's novels adapted, and even though I haven't read MP diaries yet, I would love a TV series based on that as well.
    Some_Kind_Of_Hero wrote: »
    @Walecs, you may like to know I took up your idea last weekend and headed to the beach with the BBC Dr. No and OHMSS radio plays on my iPod. Made for a perfect weekend. Thanks for the idea!

    You're welcome, glad you enjoyed it ;)
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    I have really enjoyed these radio plays, and DAF was great fun too. :)
  • TriggerMortisTriggerMortis
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    Walecs wrote: »

    Yeah, I'd love to see Higson's novels adapted, and even though I haven't read MP diaries yet, I would love a TV series based on that as well.

    Boy have you got a treat ahead of you. The MP diaries are simply fantastic - go to it without delay but make sure you read them in chronological order!
  • WalecsWalecs On Her Majesty's Secret Service
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    TriggerMortis wrote: »
    Boy have you got a treat ahead of you. The MP diaries are simply fantastic - go to it without delay but make sure you read them in chronological order!
    Yeah, I won't repeat my mistake when I read Fleming novels in a non-chronological order (CR, LALD, FYEO, TB, OP, DN, GF, MR, TSWLM, OHMSS, YOLT, DAF, FRWL, TMWTGG). I wish I could go back in time and tell to my 16 year old self not to do that!
  • JohnHammond73JohnHammond73 Lancashire, UK
    edited December 2016 Posts: 4,150
    This is something I have thought about recently, mainly because I have just started to listen to some of the Doctor Who audio dramas’ that are released by Big Finish and I enjoy them.

    Do people think there may be a market for a series of James Bond audio dramas’, primarily based on the novels of Ian Fleming and even the continuation novels or new stories? I know there has been a couple of these audio dramas’ on BBC Radio but I would love to see them released on cd or for download (I don’t think those transmitted recently are??).

    Would anyone be interested in this type of thing or would you think that it is not feasible? Personally, they would be something I’d love to buy given the chance and they could be a great way of getting a further fix of James Bond goodness.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    The bbc radio 4 Have produced several great radio plays of some of the Fleming books. I don't know if they are available to buy, but they were very good.
  • JohnHammond73JohnHammond73 Lancashire, UK
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    I believe so and I'm sorry to have missed them.
  • AceHoleAceHole Belgium, via Britain
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    Do you mean the audiobooks? iTunes has them all I think. Or do you mean actual audio drama's with sound FX et al. ?
  • JohnHammond73JohnHammond73 Lancashire, UK
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    AceHole wrote: »
    Do you mean the audiobooks? iTunes has them all I think. Or do you mean actual audio drama's with sound FX et al. ?

    Not the audiobooks, no as I know they are readily available. Audio drama's like the radio plays mentioned above
  • AceHoleAceHole Belgium, via Britain
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    I'd buy them without hesitation if they were available, especially if they were made by the BBC...
  • JohnHammond73JohnHammond73 Lancashire, UK
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    Does anyone know if Radio 4 plan to have any more of these James Bond audio drama's coming? I always seem to miss them when they're on.

    Speaking of the ones already aired, is there any way that I could get a listen of them, even though not on iPlayer. Would they be available on YouTube do you think?
  • MrcogginsMrcoggins Following in the footsteps of Quentin Quigley.
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    Thunderball will be the Saturday afternoon play on BBC radio 4 at 2:30pm December the 10th 2016 enjoy .
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