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Omnibus: Ian Fleming: Creator of the James Bond Myth

on BBC One London

"In this age of higher education, writers seem to be ashamed of inventing heroes who are white, villains who are black and heroines who are a delicate shade of pink."
"What are the ingredients of a thriller? Briefly, the ingredients are anything that will thrill any of the human senses - absolutely anything."
"I am not an angry young or even middle-aged man. I am not 'involved.' My books are not 'engaged.' They are written for warm-blooded heterosexuals in railway trains, aeroplanes or beds." (Ian Fleming)
A documentary film of the life of the man who created a monster myth as told by his friends, colleagues and critics. With the help of Kingsley Amis, Henry Brandon, Cyril Connolly, Noel Coward, Col Peter Fleming, Paul Johnson, Lois Maxwell, William Plomer, Diana Rigg and many others, with Sean Connery and George Lazenby as James Bond and including sequences from the latest Bond film "On Her Majesty's Secret Service".
Quotations from Fleming's books read by Sandy Gall

Contributors

Interviewee:
Kingsley Amis
Interviewee:
Henry Brandon
Interviewee:
Cyril Connolly
Interviewee:
Noel Coward
Interviewee:
Col Peter Fleming
Interviewee:
Paul Johnson
Interviewee:
Lois Maxwell
Interviewee:
William Plomer
Interviewee:
Diana Rigg
Narrator:
Corbet Woodall
Reader:
Sandy Gall
Research Adviser:
John Pearson
Film Editor:
Tony Woollard
Producer:
Kenneth Corden

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