Whilst we're on the subject of James Bond, you should go and listen to BBC Radio's adaptation of Goldfinger. It's available for the next four days, until New Year's Eve, and you can listen for free from anywhere in the world.
It's a straight retelling of the book, starring Toby Stephens as Bond, Ian McKellen as Goldfinger, and Rosamund Pike as Pussy Galore. Tidied up into ninety minutes, it's clean and unadulterated and as a result it's a refreshing change after watching all these films. It does a good job of evoking the Bond of the novels. Although Stephen's voice does sometimes seem a little too high and lacking the right amount of gritted resolve to be Bond, Pike spins Galore into a Southern glamour-puss with a sultry, breathy accent.
Worth a listen.
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