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From the Archive
Selected 007 MAGAZINE Articles, Special Features and Interviews

A growing archive of items from long out-of-print issues of
007 MAGAZINE, and special features originally available
exclusively to subscribers of 007 MAGAZINE OnLine.

Many of these articles were originally only presented in black & white
in the printed editions, but now remastered and enhanced with many
additional rare
and never-before seen images from the 007 MAGAZINE Archive.


George Lazenby Interview

007 Issue #9 (1981)
007 Issue #10
(1982)

George Lazenby interview

One-time James Bond
GEORGE LAZENBY was interviewed in Los Angeles
by PAUL RIDDELL for
007 MAGAZINE in 1981

 

THE FACE OF JAMES BOND A TRIBUTE TO JOHN McLUSKY

007 Issue #10 (1982)
007 Issue #17
(1988)
007 MAGAZINE #34 (1998)
 007 MAGAZINE OnLine (September 2006)

THE FACE OF JAMES BOND
A tribute to J
OHN McLUSKY

An excerpt from The Illustrated James Bond by GRAHAM RYE

John Stears interview

007 Issue #13 (1983)

John Stears interview

ANDREW PILKINGTON in conversation with Special Effects wizard JOHN STEARS who worked on seven James Bond films 1962-1974. He won an Academy Award for Thunderball in 1966.

A VISIT TO THE LILLY LIBRARY by RAYMOND BENSON

007 Issue #13 (1983)

A VISIT TO THE
LILLY LIBRARY

RAYMOND BENSON took a
trip to the Lilly Library in Bloomington, Indiana as part of the research for his 1984 reference book The James Bond Bedside Companion.

A DIALOGUE WITH KINGSLEY AMIS by Raymond Benson

007 Issue #14 (1984)

A Dialogue
with Kingsley Amis

RAYMOND BENSON chats with the author of The James Bond Dossier, The Book of Bond (or every man his own 007) and COLONEL SUN - the first new 007 novel published after the death of Ian Fleming.

Britain's Last Line of Defence - Lois Maxwell interview

007 Issue #14 (1984)

Britain's Last Line
of Defence

GRAHAM RYE catches up with LOIS MAXWELL who played Miss Moneypenny in 14 James Bond films 1962-1985. A Q&A with the only woman in Bond's life to stay the course - and live to tell the tale!

FLYING HIGH WITH BOND

007 Issue #14 (1984)

FLYING HIGH WITH BOND

Five-time James Bond
director interviewed by
TOM SCIACCA in 1983

007 Issue #15 (1984)

I THINK
YOU’RE BACK IN
BUSINESS, JAMES!

GRAHAM RYE spoke with actress PAMELA SALEM who played Miss Moneypenny in Never Say Never Again (1983)

On the Trail of Ian Fleming

007 Issue #15 (1984)

On the Trail of Ian Fleming

Author RAYMOND BENSON recounts the background behind the publication of his 1984 reference book
The James Bond
Bedside Companion

“I THOUGHT I’D SURPRISE YOU JAMES"

007 Issue #15 (1984)

I THOUGHT I’D
SURPRISE YOU JAMES

KEVIN HARPER talked with PRUNELLA GEE who played
James Bond’s physiotherapist in
Never Say Never Again (1983)

 

Roger - Over and Out!

007 Issue #16 (1987)

Roger - Over and Out!

Journalist and author
DAVID GIAMMARCO talked with ROGER MOORE from his home in Beverly Hills, California for
007 MAGAZINE in 1985.

 

The TV Bond Found!

007 Issue #18 (1988)

The TV Bond Found!

GRAHAM RYE looks back at the original 1954 US TV version of Casino Royale (1954)

 

Sir Miles Messervy M: The man with ‘damnably clear grey eyes’

007 Issue #19 (1989)

Sir Miles Messervy
M: The man with ‘damnably clear grey eyes’

ANDREW PILKINGTON investigates the man
who was M

 

POETIC LICENCE

007 Issue #21 (1989)

POETIC LICENCE

James Bond author
RAYMOND BENSON was in conversation with TIMOTHY DALTON for 007 MAGAZINE, and spoke with him about playwrights, the theatre, Ian Fleming – and that man Bond.

PRAISING CAIN

 007 Issue #22 (1990)

PRAISING CAIN

Production designer SYD CAIN
Interviewed by TERRY ADLAM

 

Thunderball at the NFT

007 Issue #23 (1990)

Thunderball at the NFT

ANDREW PILKINGTON
reports on The JBIFC’s
25th Anniversary screening of Thunderball (1965) at London’s National Film Theatre


Expanded with previously unpublished photographs from the 007 MAGAZINE (JBIFC) event

GARDNER'S WORLD

007 MAGAZINE #28 (1995)

GARDNER'S WORLD

RAYMOND BENSON
in conversation with
JOHN GARDNER

 

SCORUPCO RISING

007 MAGAZINE #29 (1996)

SCORUPCO RISING

IZABELLA SCORUPCO Interviewed by GRAHAM RYE

 

MAIN TITLE MAN

007 MAGAZINE #30 (1997)

MAIN TITLE MAN

DANIEL KLEINMAN
Interviewed by GRAHAM RYE

 

From Russia With Love Screen Tests

007 MAGAZINE #33 (1998)

From Russia With Love Screen Tests

GRAHAM RYE
takes a look at the original Tatiana Romanova screen tests

 

Pay Attention 007!

007 MAGAZINE #37 (2000)

PAY ATTENTION 007!

DESMOND LLEWELYN Interviewed by
MATTHEW FIELD

LICENCE RENEWED

007 MAGAZINE #43 (2004)


LICENCE RENEWED

ROSS HENDRY
interviews JOHN GARDNER on stage at the 1982 James Bond  British Fan Club International convention at The Wembley Conference Centre

From Bland to BAFTA

007 MAGAZINE OnLine (August 2007)

From Bland to BAFTA

CRAIG BUNYAN examines
the fan and media reaction
to Daniel Craig following the release of Casino Royale (2006)

Through A Glass Smartly: The Unseen Cliff Culley

007 MAGAZINE OnLine (March 2008)

Through A Glass Smartly:
The Unseen Cliff Culley

TERRY ADLAM interviews
matte artist and optical effects supervisor on the early
James Bond films

BILLION DOLLAR BOND

007 MAGAZINE OnLine
007 MAGAZINE Issue #49

(August 2006)

BILLION DOLLAR BOND
GREG BECHTLOFF assesses Pierce Brosnan’s four film tenure as the James Bond of the Nineties, arguably the most popular and successful actor to inhabit the role since
Sean Connery.

On Her Majesty's Secret Service Graphic Novel

007 MAGAZINE OnLine
007 MAGAZINE Issue #49
(August 2006)
007 MAGAZINE Issue #50
(November 2006)


On Her Majesty's
Secret Service

Graphic Novel

Adapted by CHARLES WAPLES from the 1969 film screenplay by
Richard Maibaum, based on
Ian Fleming’s 1963 novel.

Just A Closer Walk With Bob Dix

007 MAGAZINE OnLine
007 MAGAZINE Issue #50

(November 2006)

Just A Closer Walk
With Bob Dix

STEVE OXENRIDER in conversation with CIA agent Hamilton who appeared in
Live And Let Die
(1973)

THE SEARCH FOR BOND

007 MAGAZINE #55 (2012)
007 MAGAZINE
OMNIBUS #4 (2020)
007 MAGAZINE OnLine (August 2016)

THE SEARCH FOR BOND
How the 007 role
was won and lost!

Dr. No Interactive Exhibitors’ Campaign Book

007 MAGAZINE OnLine
(February 2008)

Dr. No Interactive Exhibitors’ Campaign Book

The complete UK Dr. No Exhibitors’ Campaign Book as printed in 1962, with the publicity stills and promotional items available to view in more detail.

The complete guide to the marketing of the first James Bond film!

Doctor No comic book

Advertised in the UK Dr. No Exhibitors’ Campaign Book was the Classics Illustrated comic book adaptation of the film. The story was republished in the USA to coincide with the 1963 release of the first James Bond film. The US SHOWCASE edition had a new front cover and striking differences in some of the artwork due to the differing attitude toward race in early Sixties’ America.

View the complete US comic book adaptation of Dr. No and explore the differences between the two versions.

007 MAGAZINE 40th Anniversary (1979-2019) Special Issue

007 MAGAZINE
40TH Anniversary
(1979-2019) Special Issue
(September 2019)

Culled from some of the earliest issues of 007 MAGAZINE a selection of varied and unique articles and interviews, many of which have been out of print for over 30 years!
VIEW THE COMPLETE ISSUE!

Interview with SFX miniatures master Derek Meddings (1980)
James Bond Fan Convention Report (1981)
Roger Moore Talks About James Bond And Himself (1981)
More Than Just M – Bernard Lee Obituary feature (1981)
The George Lazenby Interview by Paul Riddell (1981)
The Rise and Fall of 007 by Andrew Pilkington (1981/1982)
Open End Interview with Sean Connery (1964/5)
The Illustrated James Bond by Graham Rye (1982)
James Bond Fan Convention Report (1982)
Pinewood Studios Tour (1977/1983)
Octopussy – On Location in Peterborough (1983)
Interview with Production Manager David Middlemas (1983)
A Tale of Two Pistols (Walther PPK vs Walther P5) (1984)
On The Trail of Ian Fleming by Raymond Benson (1984)
A Dialogue With Kingsley Amis by Raymond Benson (1984)


From the Archive - Bonus Feature!

Ken Ferguson

Previously unpublished and ‘unearthed’ from the
007 MAGAZINE ARCHIVE after 35 years…

007 MAGAZINE Editor & Publisher GRAHAM RYE explains: at my request in July 1989, Ken Ferguson, then editor of Britain’s best-loved and fondly remembered film magazine, PHOTOPLAY, recounted especially for 007 MAGAZINE readers his entertaining and unique memories with four of the six James Bond actors and the character’s creator, Ian Fleming.

BOND ENCOUNTERS...

Also a look at the coverage of the James Bond films in PHOTOPLAY >>>

PHOTOPLAY 1964 & 1975


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