‘What’s your name, boy?’

‘Bond, James Bond.’

‘James Bond - sir.’

‘Yes. Sorry, sir.’

In July 2018 Don had a chat with Charlie Higson, author of the first five Young Bond books. Their interview was originally conducted for the podcast of James Bond Netherlands, but is now shamelessly re-published for the 00 Files.

Charlie’s first Young Bond adventure is SilverFin, published in 2005. The story is set in 1933 and we meet thirteen-year-old James Bond, who is sent to Eton. James gets involved with a diabolical plot, in which a larger-than-life villain threatens to change the nature of modern warfare...

The book, both a critical and commercial success, was swiftly followed by BloodFever (2006), Double Or Die (2007), Hurricane Gold (2007) and By Royal Command (2008).

The podcast starts with a short clip from the audiobook SilverFin, narrated by Nathaniel Parker.

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In his book (or monograph, really) He Disagreed With Something That Ate Him, author Cary Edwards analyses both Timothy Dalton James Bond films and concludes that they are among the very best in the franchise. But, which one is better?

In this interview Don and Cary pit The Living Daylights (1987) against Licence To Kill (1989) to decide once and for all which of the two is the best. In order to do this, they compare the films on eleven typical James Bond elements, such as the villains, the ladies and the gadgets.

Cary has been kind enough to send us three signed copies of his book, He Disagreed With Something That Ate Him and you can win one of those! All you have to do is compare Daylights to Licence for each of the eleven elements yourself and then afterwards motivate which film wins and why. You can enter this competition until 15 May 2019 by going to this website: https://forms.gle/p75nJNpjzhU7KH7M7

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SOURCES

* Edwards, Cary (2018). He Disagreed With Something That Ate Him. Cinephiles Press Film Readers

* Timothy Dalton interview on ‘Wogan’ (1989) https://youtu.be/GMTxamROUOs

* Timothy Dalton extract from ‘Everything or Nothing - The Untold Story of 007’ (2012) https://youtu.be/9aovD2WsEis

On October 10 1990 Jane Vivian Moneypenny dies in a boating accident in North Uist, Scotland. Exactly ten years later her niece, Kate Westbrook, receives a large trunk containing forty handwritten diaries, containing the memoires of Miss Moneypenny, personal secretary to M., the head of MI6. As Kate discovers the truth to her aunts secret life, her own life seems to get caught up in ongoing covert affairs…

The trilogy The Moneypenny Diaries (2005; 2006 and 2008) was written by Samantha Weinberg. Don interviews Samantha and together they talk about the character in general, making difficult decisions, traveling around the world for research purposes and juggling multiple timelines until your head starts to spin.

The podcast begins with an audioclip from the first book, Guardian Angel, narrated by Eleanor Bron and published by Ian Fleming Publications Ltd Audible Studios.

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‘So, 007 is dead.’

‘Yes, sir. I’m afraid so.’

In June 2018 Don Zuiderman interviewed Anthony Horowitz on his second 007 novel Forever And A Day. This interview was originally conducted for the podcast of James Bond Netherlands, but is now shamelessly re-published for the 00 Files. They talk about the book (obviously), the title and the amount of time and research that goes into writing a James Bond adventure.

Horowitz addresses a few sensitive subjects, such as why he thinks James Bond belongs in the 1950’s, Roger Moore was too old to portray the spy and Fleming was utterly brilliant.

The podcast starts with a short clip from the audiobook version, narrated by Matthew Goode and kindly used with the approval of publishers Random House Audiobooks. For Your Ears Only!

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In 2014 Steve Cole published his first Young Bond book titled Shoot To Kill. Following in the footsteps of both Ian Fleming and Charlie Higson is no easy task, but Steve managed to stay true to the world created by his predecessors and make it his own. I (Don) was lucky enough to interview Steve on his tenure and was surprised by his openness.

We obviously discuss the books in general, keeping the conversation as spoiler-free as possible, but I also got to ask some questions that were personally nagging me. For instance: why doesn’t Bond understand any Spanish? And why wouldn’t his aunt Charmian believe his story? Steve, luckily, was very patient with me and took all my Dutch bluntness in his stride.

At the end of the interview there’s an exclusive new Bond song! The full credits/roles are as follows:

'Shoot to Kill' – Steve Cole and Jason Loborik feat Karen Casey

Music written by Jason Loborik/Steve Cole

Piano: Jason Loborik

Main vocal: Karen Casey

Lyrics, backing vocals, bass guitar, additional synths: Steve Cole

Additional backing vocals: Laura Taylor

Strings: Joni Fuller

Electric guitar: Paul Grice

Produced and engineered by Steve Cole

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After our introduction podcast we delve deeply into the world of voodoo! So lay out your tarot cards, pour yourself a bourbon and water and listen to our review of Live And Let Die (1973).

Anthony, Martin, Tyler and Don discuss the very first outing of Roger Moore as James Bond, in which he very much distances himself from the likes of Sean Connery.

You better watch out for the following:

- Ol’ Albert, a mean croc

- J.W. Pepper, a sheriff of the wrong parish to haul ass through

- A hat, belonging to a small-headed man of limited means, who lost a fight with a chicken.

Just ease back now, Jim. Relax! Mr. Big wants to see you.

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And remember: it's gonna be a beautiful day, yes a beautiful day!

The 00 Files, a new podcast made by four James Bond aficionados from the Netherlands. Don, Anthony, Martin and Tyler will discuss their favourite (and not so favourite) movies, books, songs and all other things James Bond in this podcast and on our website (the00files.com) In this first episode we introduce ourselves and discuss four questions on how we feel about 007.