Latest Bondandbeyond Podcast Episodes
Dossier #80: The Ultimate James Bond Draft
Bond & Beyond - December 16, 2023 19:14 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsJames and Alex return with something a little different. In this episode, we compete to see who can draft the Ultimate James Bond film by drawing from elements of all the previous films. We each choose our favourite Bond actor, villain, girl, henchman, vehicle, gadgets, locations, actions sc...
Dossier #79: With A Mind To Kill
Bond & Beyond - November 12, 2023 11:13 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsAlex and James review Anthony Horowitz's third and final Bond novel, With A Mind To Kill. Set after the events of The Man With The Golden Gun (the original Ian Fleming novel, not the slide-whistle stunt film), the story sees Bond sent back into the heart of Russia to face the people who brainwas...
Dossier #78: Overdue Bonding
Bond & Beyond - October 23, 2023 20:36 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsAlex and James are back after a shamefully long absence, and the topic of this episode is all things Bond. We catch up on what we've been up to Bond-wise (and non-Bond-wise) for the past almost-year, including revisiting classic 007 video games, introducing the next generation of Bond fan to t...
Dossier #77: Woefully Late Mailbag
Bond & Beyond - December 03, 2022 13:11 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsIn October 2021, you sent us your thoughts on No Time To Die. In June 2022, we recorded our responses. Now, in December 2022, we finally share them with you. We're very, very sorry. If you want to email us (we are reading them, we promise!), you can do so via [email protected]. ...
Dossier #76: The Sound of 007
Bond & Beyond - October 19, 2022 19:44 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsAlex and James are joined by long-time friend of the show Rick Van Beem to discuss the Sound of 007 concert at the Royal Albert Hall, part of the 60th anniversary celebrations for James Bond's cinematic outings. James and Rick were able to go and see the concert live, and you can watch highlig...
Dossier #75: 60 Years, 60 Facts - Part 2
Bond & Beyond - September 15, 2022 20:51 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsContinuing our celebration of James Bond's 60th Anniversary in cinemas, we gather another 20 facts from the history of the franchise and attempt to out-fact each other with the trivia we have uncovered. (Why not play along, see how many you already know? And if you haven't done so, be sure to ...
Dossier #74: Reinventing Bond
Bond & Beyond - August 26, 2022 21:46 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsEarlier this year (actually, the same week we recorded this episode - so sorry for the delay), Bond overseers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson hinted that the next 007 film would be something of a reinvention. Which leaves us with a LOT of questions. On this episode, we discuss the var...
Dossier #73: Goldenera interview
Bond & Beyond - July 23, 2022 19:32 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsAlex and James are joined by Drew Roller, director of Goldenera - a documentary that extensively tells the story of Goldeneye 64. Drew shares with us more about how he become interested in the development of the most iconic James Bond video game of all time, his own experiences with the franch...
Dossier #72: No Time To Die
Bond & Beyond - June 05, 2022 21:10 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsAlex and James have had nine months to let the initial impressions of Craig's final 007 outing settle and are now ready to share their full opinions on No Time To Die. We work through the film in our standard review format, weighing up the highs and lows, while trying really hard not to get ca...
Dossier #71: 60 Years, 60 Facts - Part I
Bond & Beyond - May 10, 2022 20:20 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsAlex and James are back. In the first of a three-part episode, we'll be celebrating 60 Years of the James Bond with 60 facts - and here's the first 20. Your two hosts have each found 10 pieces of trivia about the films, actors, and more, and test each other's knowledge: for every fact the othe...
Dossier #70: Bond (And Beyond) Soundtracks
Bond & Beyond - November 22, 2021 20:02 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsAlex and James are joined by composer and friend of the show Richey Rynkowski to discuss the best of Bond soundtracks. We speak to Richey about his experiences as a composer (including some brushes with Bond), and his thoughts on the highs and lows of the soundtracks found throughout the serie...
Dossier #69: No Time To Die Mailbag
Bond & Beyond - October 29, 2021 22:34 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsAlex and James read out your thoughts on No Time To Die, Daniel Craig's final and perhaps most divisive outing as 007. If you want to email us, you can do so via [email protected]. You can find us on Facebook (just search 'Bond & Beyond'), Twitter (@bondbeyondpod) and all our episodes...
Dossier #68: No Time To Die - initial report
Bond & Beyond - October 05, 2021 22:05 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsThe long wait is finally over. After six years, more than half a decade, 72 full months... you can finally find out what we think of No Time To Die. This is not our full review, which will save for a much later viewing, but our initial impressions of the long-awaited 25th James Bond film and D...
Dossier #67: Timothy Dalton retrospective
Bond & Beyond - August 27, 2021 21:04 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsAlex and James are joined by special guest Matt for the first out a new series of episodes in which we look back at the tenure of each James Bond actor. We start with Timothy Dalton, divisive in his own way but beloved by many fans. Dalton took over the role at perhaps the most interesting mom...
Dossier #66: Whatever happened to the real Bond cars?
Bond & Beyond - August 17, 2021 20:26 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsSomething special for you this time, and the perfect follow-up to our Ranking The Bond Cars episode. Alex and James are joined by Alan Porter, author of The James Bond Lexicon and member of the Ian Fleming Foundation - the group that tracks down, restores and exhibits all the vehicles used in ...
Dossier #65: Ranking The Bond Cars
Bond & Beyond - July 18, 2021 19:47 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsAlex and James are rejoined by friend of the show Sam for our third ranking episode. This time, we're talking Bond cars. Listen in as we debate which is the greatest Bond car, taking one from each of the 24 films and judging them based on appearance, gadgetry, use in action sequences, whether ...
Dossier #64: Forever And A Day
Bond & Beyond - April 24, 2021 14:35 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsFollowing our review of Anthony Horowitz's debut Bond novel Trigger Mortis, we take a look at his second 007 story. 007 is dead, and an up-and-coming young agent (one James Bond) has been sent to investigate. Listen in as we walk through this tale of intrigue set in the south of France built a...
Dossier #63: Trigger Mortis
Bond & Beyond - January 22, 2021 20:59 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsJames and Alex tackle their first book review: Trigger Mortis by Anthony Horowitz. SPOILER WARNING: We basically break down the whole book. In this non-Fleming Bond novel written in Fleming's style, 007 must protect a British racing legend from Russian assassins during a dangerous race on the...
Dossier #62: Bond Games
Bond & Beyond - December 12, 2020 13:45 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsWith the announcement that Hitman developer IO Interactive is working on a new James Bond game, Alex and James are joined by friend of the show and game developer Simon Smith to discuss 007's track record with video games. Naturally, a good chunk of this show is dedicated to our hopes for IO's...
Dossier #61: Ranking the Villains
Bond & Beyond - November 20, 2020 21:29 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsFollowing the fun we had with our Ranking The Bond Songs episode, we attempt to rank something even more challenging: the villains. Alex Shaw of the School of Movies podcast - and author of the New Century Multiverse series - joins us to weigh up each Bond villain's plot based on how dangerous...
Dossier #60: Remembering Sean Connery
Bond & Beyond - November 04, 2020 21:43 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsFollowing the sad news of Sean Connery's passing, Alex and James pay tribute to the man who defined James Bond for so many people. We reflect on his varied career and some of his best roles, the quality of his performance as James Bond, some of his most iconic moments, his surprising final tur...
Dossier #59: Bond Marathons
Bond & Beyond - October 14, 2020 21:03 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsAlex and James are joined by Richard and Nia Setters – our first Bond fan couple. The Setterses talk us through a particularly important coping mechanism for the COVID lockdown: a James Bond marathon. Every Monday night, they have watched a Bond film - from Dr No to Spectre. We discuss the...
Dossier #58: (This is) No Time To Delay
Bond & Beyond - October 10, 2020 18:35 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsAlex and James are joined by friend of the show and regular guest Gez to discuss the terrible news: No Time To Die has been delayed. Again. Bond fans now have to wait until April 2021 to see 007's 25th outing, so in the meantime we kill about 40 minutes of the five-month extension to our wait ...
#Dossier 57: No Time To Die Trailer 2 Discussion
Bond & Beyond - September 03, 2020 21:12 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsWith what is likely to be the final trailer for No Time To Die now availabe, Alex and James share their thoughts on this tantalising glimpse into Daniel Craig’s last outing. Tune in for a lot of excitement, a little apprehension and probably more speculation than is healthy give the trailer is...
Dossier #56: Ranking The Bond Songs
Bond & Beyond - August 05, 2020 21:19 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsJames, Alex and special guest Sam attempt the unwise, perhaps the impossible: ranking the Bond title songs from best to worst. Setting themselves a strict(ish) time limit, our triumvirate picks apart each and every Bond anthem, weighing them up against each other as well as how well they stand...
Dossier #55: Bondisms on TV
Bond & Beyond - May 20, 2020 20:02 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsFollowing our look at Bond elements appearing in animated and family films, James and Alex turn their attention towards TV. Once again, we're not discussing straight up Bond parodies or homages such as Archer, Chuck or Alias. Instead, we're looking at specific moments that pay tribute to film...
Dossier #54: Bondisms in animated and family films
Bond & Beyond - May 01, 2020 21:03 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsAlex and James look beyond Bond to see how 007 is honoured, referenced and even mocked in animated family films. Given the series' history of 50-plus years, it's no surprise that hallmarks of the Bond films appear in other movies but which key ingredients of 007's outings do people draw from?...
Dossier #53: Watch Party Announcement
Bond & Beyond - March 23, 2020 21:44 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsHello, remember us? James and Alex are back with a short announcement: we're hosting a watch party, where we all gather on Facebook to share comments and thoughts on a classic James Bond film as we watch at the same time. We are starting (as Cubby's Law dictates) with Dr No, the 1962 big scr...
Dossier #52: No Time To Die Trailer discussion
Bond & Beyond - December 06, 2019 19:44 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsAlex and James share their thoughts on the first trailer for Daniel Craig's upcoming finale, No Time To Die. Was it everything we wanted for a trailer? Were we wrong about our previous predictions, and how many potentially new wrong predictions can we make from just two minutes of footage? L...
Dossier #51: Secret Cinema Casino Royale
Bond & Beyond - November 21, 2019 15:23 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsEarlier this year, Alex and friend of the show/semi-regular guest Gez attended a Secret Cinema showing of Casino Royale. Shortly after, we recorded this episode… and now we can finally release it. For those not in the know, Secret Cinema is an event where attendees engage in a roleplaying expe...
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