Oddjob Pod - A James Bond Podcast

  Since this podcast started in 2012 we've never dedicated an entire episode to Goldfinger. In this episode, we rectify that mistake. Join Gary, Terry and Graham as they relive what is for many the definitive Bond film. A movie that's cultural impact and influence on the James Bond franchise lives on, over half a century later. Download the MP3 or listen to this episode or on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is on Apple Podcasts,  Spotify and Amazon. (if you like the show please give it a 5-star rating and a nice review) Or you can add our feed to your podcatcher of choice. Like our Facebook page. Follow @oddjobpod  and on Insta Enter your email address: Delivered by FeedBurner

Gary, Terry and Graham return for another edition of The OddJobPod.   In this episode we continue our review of the James Bond films of Sir Sean Connery with a thorough shakedown of the classic From Russia With Love. Regular listeners will recall that this film one our World Cup of James Bond films. As we don our analytical hats and explore the second film of the James Bond franchise we ask: does it still deserves that high accolade? Download the MP3 or listen to this episode or on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is on Apple Podcasts (if you like the show please give it a 5-star rating and a nice review) and now on Spotify. Or you can add our feed to your podcatcher of choice. Like our Facebook page. Follow @oddjobpod Tweet to @oddjobpod Enter your email address: Delivered by FeedBurner

 Having performed a thorough inspection of Roger's canon the Oddjob Pod returns for a thorough examination of the Bond films of Sean Connery, beginning at the beginning: Dr No. We had slight misgivings about resisting a film that will be 60 years old next year but was pleasantly surprised at how Terence Young's original Bond held up, despite the films obvious problematic elements. So join Gary, Terry and Graham as we go hunting dragons, bikini-clad temptresses and ridiculously magnified goldfish.Download the MP3 or listen to this episode or on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is on Apple Podcasts (if you like the show please give it a 5-star rating and a nice review) and now on Spotify. Or you can add our feed to your podcatcher of choice. Like our Facebook page. Follow @oddjobpod Tweet to @oddjobpod Enter your email address: Delivered by FeedBurner

Following the news that the original James Bond actor Sir Sean Connery has died, Gary, Graham and Terry reflect on his work and its impact.  We also take a moment to remember Dame Diana Rigg who also died very recently. Download the MP3 or listen to this episode or on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is on Apple Podcasts (if you like the show please give it a 5-star rating and a nice review) and now on Spotify. Or you can add our feed to your podcatcher of choice. Like our Facebook page. Follow @oddjobpod Tweet to @oddjobpod Enter your email address: Delivered by FeedBurner

 A View To A Kill represents the end of an era in the James Bond universe. Although not known at the time it was to be the final outing for Roger Moore. Hereafter, Bond movies took a slight tonal shift which means that this film proved to be the last of its kind. Sadly, in part due to the age of its leading man but also, it's uninspired, out of the box plot, flawed set up and tired dialogue, A View To A Kill is not celebrated. However, the dynamite performances of Christopher Walken and Grace Jones make the film a fondly remembered if not quite a classic movie among Bond fans. In this episode of the Oddjob Pod, Gary, Graham and Terry celebrate the film's triumphs. forgive its failures and reflect on the Roger Moore era of James Bond. Download the MP3 or listen to this episode or on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is on Apple Podcasts (if you like the show please give it a 5-star rating and a nice review) and now on Spotify. Or you can add our feed to your podcatcher of choice. Like our Facebook page. Follow @oddjobpod Tweet to @oddjobpod Enter your email address: Delivered by FeedBurner

  There is no better way to illustrate late the Roger Moore period of James Bond than our hero calmly diffusing a nuclear bom while wearing a clown suit. The high stakes circus act that is Octopussy is a much loved, fondly remembered outing with some memorable action sequences and a stellar ensemble. However it has its problems, specifically with it's colonial attitudes and portrayal of South Asian characters. At least for some fans these are problems. In this episode of the OddjobPod Terry, Graham and Gary discuss the penultimate episode of Roger Moore's Bond canon, consider it's failings and celebrate its victories. There are some considerably less problematic elements to this films and we rejoice in the movies absurdity and hi-jinks.  Download the MP3 or listen to this episode or on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is on Apple Podcasts (if you like the show please give it a 5-star rating and a nice review) and now on Spotify. Or you can add our feed to your podcatcher of choice. Like our Facebook page. Follow @oddjobpod Tweet to @oddjobpod Enter your email address: Delivered by FeedBurner

Gary, Terry and Graham return for another plunge into the deep waters of the Roger Moore James Bond Universe. In the episode we turn our gaze to the 1981 down-to-earth antidote to Moonraker: For Your Eyes Only This film marked something of a changing of the guard for the production team and this may explain its lack of confidence. However, there is plenty of fun to be had in spite of some of the more cringe-worthy scenes you'll find in the Bond franchise. Download the MP3 or listen to this episode or on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is on Apple Podcasts (if you like the show please give it a 5-star rating and a nice review) and now on Spotify. Or you can add our feed to your podcatcher of choice. Like our Facebook page. Follow @oddjobpod Tweet to @oddjobpod Enter your email address: Delivered by FeedBurner

Gary, Terry and Graham are back for another podcast of sizzling James Bond chat. In this episode we focus on the second Bond film written by Christopher Wood. Long standing listeners will know that this is not a universally loved film among the Oddjob Pod crew. Gary is not a fan but both Graham and Terry consider it to be one of the strongest of Roger Moore's outings. Can Gary be talk around and persuaded as to the virtue of this glorious piece of absurd cinema? Stream or download the podcast to find out. Terry also posted a strident defence of Moonraker which you can read here. Download the MP3 or listen to this episode or on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is on Apple Podcasts (if you like the show please give it a 5-star rating and a nice review) and now on Spotify. Or you can add our feed to your podcatcher of choice. Like our Facebook page. Follow @oddjobpod Tweet to @oddjobpod Enter your email address: Delivered by FeedBurner

Ask any fan for their top five James Bond films and most will include The Spy Who Loved Me among them. After the dismal failure of The Man With The Golden Gun. the James Bond franchise was having an existential crisis. Harry Salzman had left, Kevin McClory was hovering around, threatening to make a rival film which prevented Cubby Broccolli from reintroducing Blofeld and Spectre back into the Bond fold. 007 needed a big statement film to stay relevant and re-engage the public and in The Spy Who Loved Me it succeeded. This lavish production produced one of the best stunts of all time, spawned sound stage in the world and gave us one of the most entertaining James Bond movies ever. The film was the first of two Bond films penned by Christopher Wood. Much of the movie's humour comes from Wood, who under a pseudonym wrote a long series of naughty sex comedy farce novels during the 70s and 80s.  The second film he wrote was Moonraker, which succeded The Spy Who Loved Me. Graham, Terry and Gary analyse and celebrate this film. Its importance to the franchise and to ourselves. We also, hopefully, successfully, argue that the movie has relevance today in 2020. Download the MP3 or listen to this episode or on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is on Apple Podcasts (if you like the show please give it a 5-star rating and a nice review) Or you can add our feed to your podcatcher of choice. Like our Facebook page. Follow @oddjobpod Tweet to @oddjobpod

As James Bond fans we wll have a special place in the heart for those films from it's half century run that we love but know deep down is a bit of a stinker. The Man With The Golden Gun is such a film. Roger Moore's second outing as 007 is also co-producer Harry Salzman's final Bond film and between the hokey, tacked on plot, dissappointing ticket reciepts and subsequent legal wranglings following Salzman's departure the film almost ended the franchise. Quite an achievement, given the stellar line-up, one of the most iconic Bond villains, memorable gadgets and some superb action set-pieces. In this episode of the Oddjob Pod, Gary, Graham & Terry celebrate the hot mess that is The Man With Golden Gun: its ups, its downs, it's magnificent abdomen and tin whistles. Some terrible sporting metaphors await plus we ask exactly when is the right time to wear a bikini? Download the MP3 or listen to this episode or on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is on Apple Podcasts (if you like the show please give it a 5-star rating and a nice review) Or you can add our feed to your podcatcher of choice. Like our Facebook page. Follow @oddjobpod Tweet to @oddjobpod