The James Bond A-Z Podcast

On this bonus episode of The James Bond A-Z Podcast, hosts Tom Butler, Brendan Duffy, and Tom Wheatley reconvene to share their final thoughts and opinions on IO Interactive's new Bond game 007: First Light after having completed the main story.

They discuss comparisons to Hitman, the game's story, gameplay mechanics, guns, gadgets, cars and much more,

On this bonus episode of The James Bond A-Z Podcasts, hosts Tom Butler, Brendan Duffy, and Tom Wheatley take a detour into the world of Bond video games to celebrate the release of IO Interactive's 007: First Light, the first new Bond console game in 12 years.

The team explore the origins of the game, discuss its development, and share their thoughts on First Light after having played it for several hours.

The team will reconvene for a second episode on First Light once they have finished it.

On this New Year episode of The James Bond A-Z Podcast, your hosts Tom Butler, Brendan Duffy, and Tom Wheatley reunite in person for another Hogmanay special.

The team looks back at the best movies and TV of 2025 (they delve deep into Celebrity Traitors, apologies in advance), casts an eye over the most exciting movies of 2026, and discusses what they want from Bond 26. They also play a game of Bond box office trivia.

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On this festive episode of The James Bond A-Z Podcast your hosts Tom Butler, Brendan Duffy, and Tom Wheatley reunite in person for another Christmas special, a second helping of The Pudcast, if you will.

The team look back over a news-filled year in Bond, gets excited for 007: First Light, and finally share their thoughts on all the James Bond 26 news, including the new producers, director Denis Villeneuve, and writer Steven Knight.

Joyeux Noël!

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On this special episode of The James Bond A-Z Podcast, your hosts Tom Butler, Brendan Duffy, and Tom Wheatley reconvene for a special episode to pay tribute to the end of the Eon era of the James Bond films and look ahead to what the future holds for 007 under the creative control of Amazon MGM.

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On this New Year episode of The James Bond A-Z Podcast your hosts Tom Butler, Brendan Duffy, and Tom Wheatley reunited in person for our first ever Hogmanay special.

The team look ahead to the cultural highlights of 2025, decide the Best and Worst of 007, and play a game of Bond trivia darts.

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On this festive episode of The James Bond A-Z Podcast your hosts Tom Butler, Brendan Duffy, and Tom Wheatley reunited in person for another Christmas special that we're calling The Pudcast.

The team look back at the cultural highlights of 2024, look back at the year in Bond, and look ahead (again) to Bond 26.

Joyeux Noël! 

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On Tuesday, 17 September, 2024 Goldfinger, the third James Bond film, celebrated the 60th anniversary of its premiere, and Tom and Brendan were at Pinewood Studios for a special outdoor screening of the film.

We took the opportunity to record a mini-episode from the home of James Bond, where 23 out of the 25 official 007 were made.

Please raise a glass for the diamond anniversary of the gold standard Bond film.

James Bond will return...

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On this festive episode of the James Bond A-Z Podcast your hosts Tom Butler, Brendan Duffy and Tom Wheatley reunite for another Christmas special.

The team look back at the cultural highlights of 2023, share thoughts on the year in Bond, and look ahead to Bond 26.

Feliz navidad!

James Bond will return...

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On this final episode of the James Bond A-Z Podcast hosts Tom Butler and Brendan Duffy reconvene to wrap up their journey of discovery though the world of 007.

They discuss any loose ends and unfinished business that remain after 109 episodes.

They welcome back original co-host Tom Wheatley to look back at all 27 Bond films for a ranking of sorts.

They discuss the creatives of the Bond world that deserve a place on the Mount Rushmore of Bond.

They answer your listener questions for one final time.

And they pay tribute to everyone who has contributed to the show.

Huge thanks to every one of our listeners, anyone who has ever left us a rating or review, followed us on social media, sent an email, shared the podcast with a friend, or donated to the Ko-Fi.

Special thanks to Tom Wheatley for getting us off the ground, Helene Dollie for the memorable artwork, and Tom Ingamells for the banging theme, stings and jingles.

Finally, thank you to our long-suffering partners and families who have put up with us spending so much time with our noses in books, recording, editing and managing the show: Helene, Natalie, Matilda and Clementine.

The James Bond A-Z Podcast will return... some day.

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