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Wild Bond: The Femme Fatale

The Femme Fatale

BBC Radio 4 - Wild Bond, The Femme Fatale

Emily Knight celebrates Bond's Femmes Fatales, with some help from the animal kingdom.

Emily Knight celebrates 60 years of James Bond on the big screen, with an alternative cast of Bond characters... from the animal kingdom. This time it's the Femme Fatale.

The name's Bond. James Bond. Everyone's favourite spy has been serving up the guns, the glamour, the girls and the gadgets on the silver screen for 60 years, and we're celebrating... In a slightly unusual way. Emily Knight is taking the iconic characters from the Bond world and re-casting them, from the animal kingdom. Which of our animal cousins would make the best 007? Who do we cast as the Bond Girl? In nature, who comes equipped with the best gadgets? Who are villains, bent on world domination, and who are the henchmen, just following orders?

In this episode, it's the Bond Girl. And not just any Bond Girl... the Femme Fatale. In the Bond world, sex and death are almost inextricably linked, and seduction often comes at a price. So too in the natural world, where feminine wiles are often used as a precursor for violence, trickery, or death. Emily meets a female spider, a mantis, some fireflies and a katydid who are all far 'deadlier than the male'.

With Bond expert Ian Kinane from the University of Roehampton, and biologist Dr Jennifer Verdolin.

Presented and Produced in Bristol by Emily Knight.

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Celebrate 60 years of Bond movies with a cast of characters from the animal kingdom.

Celebrate 60 years of James Bond on the big screen in the company of an alternative cast of Bond characters - from the animal kingdom.

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