Bond By Numbers

For Bond's 50th Anniversary in 2012, Sam Mendes was brought on board to help Craig & Co. deep dive into the complex relations of MI6 and the vengeful nerds it leaves behind. Join your hosts as they explore the finer points of surrogate maternal love and the many other features that help to make Skyfall a fan favourite. Don't forget your hairpiece and Heineken!

Sifting through the archives of our Ian Fleming series from 2016-17, we have pieced together a sample of our conversations based on the literary source material for the movies being discussed throughout BNB. Appearing every 6 episodes or so, these bonus shows throw chronology to the wind and are cut to follow the order of our BNB roulette, inviting you to learn a bit more about the stories behind the films. For this first bonus ep, we dive deep into the source material for The Living Daylights, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Goldfinger, Quantum of Solace, Diamonds are Forever and Casino Royale.

Now heralded as one of the best 007 actors, Daniel Craig was much maligned by the public and press when news of his replacing Pierce Brosnan was announced in 2005. "Casino Royale" ushered in a newly dark and gritty era for James Bond and solidified the "contemporary edge" that Barbara Broccoli was hoping for in steering the franchise forward. Join your hosts as they knead the dough on this quick-rising character reboot inspired by Ian Fleming's first novel. From pretentious first impressions to surprising grandmother interviews, Episode 8 has Craig's first appearance covered!

With 1971's "Diamonds are Forever", Bond producers encouraged moviegoers to forget the recent past of OHMSS's character arc and tragic love by resurrecting earlier moves and establishing a zanier tone. And how better to erase awkward feels than to bring Sean Connery back for the greasy and bling-studded stateside adventure? Not without its charms, DAF remains one of the series' more distracting entries that never fails to generate opinion. Join your hosts in rolling the dice around this complex conversation piece!

Daniel Craig's second outing as 007 is our first of his films to be explored (...yeah, we get that it's a sequel but the roulette wheel doesn't care). So grab your Tosca tickets and ear-pieces - it's time to unpack the convolutions of this controversial entry.

The fickle BBN roulette leads the team towards another canonical gem. Held by many as the gold standard of Ian Fleming's character on-screen, 1964's Goldfinger presented Sean Connery at his most confident as the franchise poised for irreversible worldwide success.

The BBN roulette spins the crew into 1969 and OHMSS where 007 pits wits against an earlobe-less villain who stands in the way of his happiness. Just in time for the holidays, Scott, Josh and Jeff ponder the mysteries of Christmas trees, Swiss locales and, of course, George Lazenby's controversial outing as they cut shapes around the powdered slopes of Peter Hunt's neatly structured cult classic.

Josh and Scott welcome back Jeff the Roommate and scare the living daylights out of each other in a discussion that tips its hat to one of Ian Fleming's best (short stories) and Felix Leiter's worst (... sorry, John Terry!). The short tenure of Timothy Dalton began here and brought to the franchise the iciest 007 to date. Bungee-cables are traded in for cello-sleds as the team explores a conversation full of "what ifs?" and "how comes?" concerning John Glen's penultimate directorial bid.

BBN's in-house roulette table has delivered us unto Pierce Brosnan and 1995's "Goldeneye" for our inaugural episode!

Having previously explored the literary and musical landscapes of the 007 world, Bowman & the BFG here lay out plans for their mightiest (if inevitable) James Bond adventure yet - the films themselves!