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Published by Anders Frejdh: 29-3-2008
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12 MAY 2008
FLEMING CENTENARY LECTURE |
 Royal Society of Literature lecture: 'Licenced to Kill'
This Ian Fleming Centenary Lecture will take place on Monday 12 May at 7pm at the Kenneth Clark Lecture Theatre, Courtauld Institute at Somerset House, London.
The lecture will be given by Daphne Park and will feature readings by Lucy Fleming.
Daphne Park does not look like James Bond – in fact her beady cosiness is more reminiscent of Miss Marple – but she was the true face of British Intelligence for the second half of the twentieth century. She served in the SOE (Special Operations Executive) during the Second World War, in Moscow during the Cold War, and in Hanoi during the Vietnam conflict. She smuggled men out of the Congo in the boot of her car (not an Aston Martin, but a 2cv), and became a senior controller for MI6, before moving on to become Principal of Somerville College, Oxford. Created Baroness Park of Monmouth in 1990, she insists that intelligence work is less about glamorous derring-do than about ‘knowing human beings’.
So, how real was James Bond? In a discussion to mark the centenary of the birth of Ian Fleming, interspersed with readings from his work by his niece, the actress Lucy Fleming, Lady Park talks to diplomat Alan Judd, author of the authorised life of Mansfield Cumming, founder of MI6, and of the spy novel Legacy.
Members of the public are welcome to attend any of these meetings. We suggest a contribution of £5.
The Lecture is entitled 'Licensed to kill?' and will be chaired by Alan Judd. Tickets, which are not issued in advance, are available on the door. Suggested contribution £5. Please telephone 020 7845 4676 or email info@rslit.org for further details.
A distinguished cast celebrate the Centenary of Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond, in Hugh Whitemore’s new dramatisation of DR NO.
Starring Toby Stephens as James Bond, David Suchet as Dr No and, John Standing as ‘M’, Janie Dee as Moneypenny, Samuel West as Pleydel-Smith, Clarke Peters as Quarrel, Lisa Dillon as Honey Rider, Martin Jarvis as the Voice of Ian Fleming.
Plus star cameos from Simon Williams, Peter Capaldi, Nicky Henson with Kobna Holdbrook Smith, Kosha Engler, Jon David Yu, Jordanna Tin, Inika Leigh Wright and a special appearance by Ian Fleming’s niece Lucy Fleming as the Jamaican Institute Librarian.
Original music composed by Samuel Barbour and Mark Holden
PRODUCER: Rosalind Ayres
DIRECTOR: Martin Jarvis
A Jarvis and Ayres Production for BBC Radio 4
James Bond, recovering from the after effects of his last assignment, is given what seems, at first, an easy job on his next case. ‘M’, his secret service boss, sends him to Jamaica to investigate the mysterious disappearance of one of their colleagues. With the assistance of an old friend, Cayman Islander Quarrel, Bond finds that the heart of the mystery lies with a sinister recluse, Dr No. Before long Bond and Honey Rider, his beautiful and vulnerable Girl Friday, come face to face with this extraordinary creature, half Chinese, half German. Soon they are fighting for their lives in a murderous game of Dr No’s choosing.
From left to rght on the picture below are Nicky Henson (Chief of Staff), Martin Jarvis (Ian Fleming) (Producer/Director), John Standing (M), Hugh Whitemore Award winning author, Lucy Fleming (Librarian), Janie Dee (Miss Moneypenny), Toby Stephens (James Bond), Peter Capaldi (The Armourer) |
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