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TERRY ADLAM is a scriptwriter and a self-confessed Bond fanatic. A fascination that began when he rode in the back of his parent’s car as they drove past Pinewood Studios one Sunday afternoon in 1966 and he saw the volcano set from You Only Live Twice looming over the trees.

Before concentrating on his writing career he was a special effects technician, beginning his career with the brilliant Bond matte artist Cliff Culley. Involvement with Thunderbirds creator Gerry Anderson led Terry into creating, directing and co-writing Dick Spanner, a stop-motion animated TV series that appeared on Channel 4 – and is still available from any good car-boot sale! It was due to his involvement with Dick that he had to turn down the chance of working on Never Say Never Again!

Terry’s main writing forte is for TV and Radio comedy; among his credits are Spitting Image, Hale & Pace, The News Huddlines, as well as shows overseas. In addition to the Bond films he has an unhealthy interest in British comedy films. He doesn’t have a favourite Bond film as he believes they all have great, good and not so good moments, although You Only Live Twice and On Her Majesty’s Secret Service do figure largely when the subject arises!

GREG BECHTLOFF is the U.S. West Coast correspondent for 007 MAGAZINE. He has previously been a Contributing Editor for ‘Mr Kiss Kiss Bang’ and ‘007 Forever’, where his in-depth knowledge of the Bond novels and movies has elevated these websites to the premier league.

Greg is employed full-time at the prestigious Grammy Awards Organisation in Los Angeles.

RAYMOND BENSON has had impressive career in ‘Bondage’. As a Bond fan he wrote extensively for both the American and British James Bond Fan Clubs, and in 1984 wrote what is still considered to be the definitive study of the James Bond character in book and film, The James Bond Bedside Companion. He also wrote the computer game adaptations of Goldfinger and A View To A Kill, and a role-playing game sequel to You Only Live Twice, ‘Back of Beyond.’

In more recent years, Benson was selected as the succeeding Bond continuation author to John Gardner, and between 1996 and 2002 penned six original James Bond novels, including ZERO MINUS TEN, THE FACTS OF DEATH, and THE MAN WITH THE RED TATTOO, as well as three 007 short stories, BLAST FROM THE PAST, MIDSUMMER’S NIGHT DOOM, and
LIVE AT FIVE.

Raymond Benson has been an author, composer, computer game designer, and stage director for over 25 years. In 2003, Raymond left the world of James Bond to write his own original works.
For further information regarding the work of Raymond Benson please visit www.raymondbenson.com

FRED BRYANT was born November 1951 in Klagenfurt, Austria. His English father was a Warrant-Officer in the British army serving in Germany, where he met Fred’s mother-to-be, a German hausfrau. This initial dual nationality would eventually draw Fred into a deep interest of Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels by way of seeing his first 007 film, Goldfinger, in 1964. Although a keen observer of the movie series, his first love remains the 14 original Fleming books, and Kingsley Amis’s COLONEL SUN.

After leaving school and having twice failed the entrance exam for the Ministry of Defence (by only a few marks!), Fred spent 25 years in the travel industry, during which time he indulged his passion for Bondian tastes and water-sports when travelling to South Africa, The Seychelles, France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Norway, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Japan, and Greece.

Over the years his interest in all things Bond led Fred to become a regular customer of Morland & Co of 83 Grosvenor Street, New Bond Street, London W1 in the Sixties; to meet Molly Peters at a special screening of Thunderball at the Odeon Northfields in 1965; filming with Gryff Rhys Jones for the BBC’s ‘Bookworm’ programme on Ian Fleming; travelling up Charing Hill, Kent in a vintage 4.5 litre Bentley for BBC Radio Kent; and ‘chaperoning’ Miss Moneypenny, Lois Maxwell, in the First Class dining car of the Eurostar for her guest appearance at ‘The World of James Bond 007 Exhibition’ at the 1996 Paris Motor Show.

Like many Bond enthusiasts of his generation, Fred’s favourite actor in the role of James Bond is Sean Connery. He believes that if George Lazenby had been better advised and not been hounded so much by the press, that Lazenby could have grown into becoming a truly ‘great’ James Bond. He also believes that Daniel Craig is the best thing to happen to the Bond franchise since Pierce Brosnan’s debut in 1995.

Fred would like to point out that he is not nor is he related to the Fred Bryant who appeared in For Your Eyes Only (1981).

Happily married for 28 years, Fred lives in Kent with his wife, three children, and two cats!

CRAIG BUNYAN is a History and Film & Media Studies graduate, and is currently seeking media related employment. He first became a Bond fan aged eight after viewing You Only Live Twice on British television and has been a fanatic ever since. The first Bond film he saw at the cinema was GoldenEye in 1995. Craig’s one link to the James Bond family is that Dame Diana Rigg oversaw his graduation in 2005 in her role as Chancellor of the University of Stirling.

STEVE CASSIDY “fell in love with Bond”, as he describes it, after catching a  re-release screening of Live And Let Die in 1978, although he grew up reading Ian Fleming’s novels before his introduction to the film character. He admits he’s “a bit of a purist,” and believes that good Bond films are not easy to replicate; “If you don’t get everything together it can often prove disastrous. The Brosnan films have yet to prove themselves to me.”

His favourite Bond film is For Your Eyes Only, and favourite Bond Girl is Carey Lowell’s spunky portrayal of Pam Bouvier in Licence To Kill.

Age 35, Steve read History at Manchester University and is currently employed in the Education sector by one of Britain’s largest exam boards.

AJAY CHOWDHURY (ACE) studied Law in London and The Netherlands and now works in the City, but retains a passionate enthusiasm for literature and the cinema.

“Bondmania is,” he says, “edu-tainment.” An almost scholastic activity whose net encompasses a whole lot more than just its kernel of a series of films and novels. The world of 007 is a portal to learning about writing and publishing, film appreciation, travel and international affairs, erogenous zones – and how to get enough toast to go with your caviar – or even baked beans!

JOHN CORK is a producer, author and James Bond historian, he co-wrote the two official Bond books, James Bond: The Legacy and Bond Girls Are Forever. As a producer, he was given unique access to the archives of the Bond filmmakers EON Productions to create the outstanding documentaries for all the James Bond DVDs.

As a professional screenwriter, John was even given a shot at developing a James Bond film by the filmmakers. He also published Goldeneye magazine (now discontinued) for The Ian Fleming Foundation, of which he is co-founder. And when the makers of the Scene It? DVD trivia games wanted to produce a 007 edition, John Cork was the man they asked to provide the questions. His in-depth look at the history of the development of the Thunderball story remains the definitive article.

JOHN COX became a Bond fan in 1977 when he first saw The Spy Who Loved Me. He is a collector of James Bond first editions and an expert on the life of Harry Houdini.

John is a graduate of the USC’s School of Cinema-Television and has worked as a professional Hollywood screenwriter for seven years, during which time he has written projects for ABC-TV, MGM, Warner Brothers, 20th Century Fox, DreamWorks, and the USA Network.

ROBERT VON DASSANOWSKY is Associate Professor and Chair of Languages & Cultures, and Director of Film Studies at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.

In addition to his widely published work on film and literary history, he is an independent producer, contributing adviser to the International Dictionary of Films & Filmmakers – and the founding Vice-President of the Austrian American Film Association.

James Bond somehow always manages to make an appearance in his film analysis and courses – and he is the film Casino Royale’s best propagandist!

MATTHEW FIELD is an author and journalist. He has gained wide experience from interviewing a variety of showbusiness stars and film-related personnel, including Sir Michael Caine for his first book, The Making of
The Italian Job.

He also wrote and directed the special features for the Paramount Pictures DVD releases of The Italian Job and Zulu, and is currently writing the authorised biography of Academy Award-Winning film producer Michael Deeley. Matthew’s second book, Michael Caine: “You’re a big man…” was published in November 2003. Matthew’s other recent work has been published in magazines including, Esquire, Hotdog, DVD Review and The Sunday Express.

After recently receiving his BA HONS degree from Bournemouth University, Matthew keeps himself busy as a director of his company Livonia Productions Limited, based near his home in Dorset.

KEVIN HARPER is a web-designer based in the North of England and has been a Bond fan since the age of 10 when he saw Diamonds Are Forever on its original release in 1971.

His favourite Bond actor is naturally Sean Connery but his favourite film in the series is On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, as it remains so close to its source material. A huge Ian Fleming fan, Kevin favours the 007 books over the films – but it was the Sixties’ Bonds that helped kindle his keen interest in the art of cinema in general.

TOMAS HEDMAN has been a Bond fan since his early teens. "There was something almost magical about the shelf in the local video rental store where the Bond films stood. It was almost saddening when I had seen them all, and there were no more surprises to expect. Except for every two or three years when the magic returns!"

Tomas is a radio journalist in Karlstad, Sweden, and is proud to have interviewed Roger Moore, Desmond Llewelyn, Monty Norman and most recently Daniel Craig.

LUKAS KENDALL is the founder and publisher of Film Score Monthly, the leading magazine about movie music. Through FSM he has restored and released over 75 soundtracks of classic film scores, and acted as an independent contractor on other albums, including the 2002 expanded editions of EMI’s James Bond music CDs.

Lukas’ favourite Bond moment is the entire first half of Sean Connery's comeback as 007, Diamonds Are Forever.

LANCELOT NARAYAN is one of those guys who is known in Bond circles as a ‘life-styler’. When the chips are down you can always rely on Lance to be drunk and useless. Although he prefers to call it ‘Elegantly Wasted’.
He was born in London (in front of a television showing Queenie’s Castle, to be precise) in November 1968. He worked for the Ministry of Defence for 13 years, but grew an inch over regulation height, before leaving to do anything else! And anything he did; writing for film magazines and newspapers and organising PR for James Bond events.

Lance’s friendship with Graham Rye and Andrew Pilkington lead to him organising much valuable publicity for 007 MAGAZINE and 007 NEWSLETTER, adding an irreverent voice on all things Bond.

It was in 2001 that Lance, together with friend and fellow 007 MAGAZINE contributor Matthew Field, created the special features for Paramount Pictures’ DVD release of The Italian Job. Lance never looked back. He went on to co-produce and direct the features for the Zulu DVD, and his magnum opus, the making of Sergio Leone’s Once Upon A Time In The West. In 2005, Lance’s DVD projects have included features for Lord Attenborough’s Oh What A Lovely War!, David Lynch’s Twin Peaks (2nd season), and the greatly anticipated Event Horizon, directed Paul W. S. Anderson.

Lance is supercool, but no longer single. He used to reside at the bar in Gerry’s Club, Soho, but now spends most weekends at Homebase.

DAVE NORRIS wasn't exactly born to show movies, but that Standard-8 projector and copy of Mickey Mouse in Hawaiian Holiday his parents bought him for his fifth birthday certainly helped him on the way. After a childhood watching James Bond double-bills at the Granada Walthamstow and collecting soundtracks albums (his first was Goldfinger, at around 6 he thinks), Dave left school and immediately started work at the Odeon Leicester Square as trainee projectionist (or 'tea boy' as he likes to call it) and rose to the rank of Senior Projectionist. In his 25 years at the Odeon he was responsible for the screenings of not only 25 Royal Film Performances, more other Royal Premieres than he can remember, but also 9 James Bond premieres, which led to him actually working on a professional level with many of his childhood heroes (he can remember discussing the merits of having ‘Mrs. Thatcher’ appear at the end of For Your Eyes Only with Cubby Broccoli at an early morning rehearsal of the print prior to the premiere in 1981).

After leaving the Odeon Leicester Square in 2005 to try something new he eventually returned to London and his beloved Leicester Square, where he is currently projection manager of the Empire. Dave has written a number of articles for 007 MAGAZINE and Movie Collector, amongst others, and extensively covered the Monty Norman vs. The Sunday Times trial in March 2001. On his rare days off he is mostly found relaxing in Worthing with his partner Julie (an accomplished professional photographer) with a bottle of red, listening to the music of John Barry, John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, his other childhood heroes.

STEPHEN OXENRIDER can pinpoint the exact date he became hooked on Bond: November 26, 1965, with the NBC television special The Incredible World of James Bond. That Christmas he saw Thunderball nearly 25 times, talked with both Lotte Lenya and Harold Sakata by phone and 41 years later has amassed an amazing collection of stills, posters, autographs, toys and merchandising. Steve’s favourite Bond film is Goldfinger but "the double-bills of the 60s and 70s, with those fantastic ad campaigns, were as exciting as a new release." He is just as excited about the release of Casino Royale as he was with Thunderball.

Steve teaches English as a Second Language in an American public school and has travelled to more than 43 countries, many of them Bond locales. Riding roller coasters is his second passion.

ANDREW PILKINGTON has been involved with 007 MAGAZINE from its inception in 1979, and his contributions to the publication in the past have been varied and definitive.

Ask Andrew to name his favourite Bond film and he’ll still be explaining three hours later – the words ‘hind legs’ and ‘donkey’ spring to mind! However, he’d probably admit it’s a tie between From Russia With Love and On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. At the other end of the spectrum, his least favourite Bond films are A View To A Kill and Octopussy, but way way below these is Die Another Day!

His favourite Bond movie moments are the train fight in From Russia With Love and the laser beam sequence in Goldfinger. Away from Bond, Andrew has a preference for the films of Cary Grant and Clint Eastwood, and Sixties’ TV shows – including Star Trek and its movie series.

After working for a high street bank for 22 years, he has more recently become the marketing director for a Surrey-based company providing 360-panoramic imaging for websites.

HANK REINEKE became a life-long James Bond fan in 1970, when age nine, his father took him to see a twin-bill of Thunderball and You Only Live Twice at the State Theatre in Jersey City, NJ. A first-run screening of Diamonds Are Forever followed in December of 1971. Hank’s fanaticism was sealed in June 1972, when Dr. No, From Russia With Love and Goldfinger were programmed as a triple-bill at the State – United Artists infamous ‘Spend a Night with James Bond!’ re-issue package.

Hank’s fascination with the James Bond films as a kid encouraged him to search out copies of the Signet Ian Fleming paperback series, and it was his reading (and re-reading) of the great Fleming novels – and Robert Markham’s COLONEL SUN – that ignited his own interest in writing. Hank holds a B.A. from Jersey City State College in Media Arts and has written extensively about American folk, blues and country music for a number of NYC area magazines; and was a research consultant on the award-winning documentary film The Ballad of Ramblin’ Jack. Hank is married and has two beautiful daughters – Emily, age 10, born on May 28th – Ian Fleming’s birthday, of course – and Sara, age 8, whose favourite 007 films are The Man With The Golden Gun and “the one with the volcano!”

GRAHAM RYE began publishing OO7 MAGAZINE as a part-time venture in 1983, before developing it into a full-time commercial enterprise in 1988, since when his publication has become ‘the bible’ for thousands of Bond fans in over 40 countries around the world.

His interest in all things Bond began at the tender age of eleven when his father took him in 1962 to see the first James Bond film Dr. No. With the release of Goldfinger in 1964 he discovered Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels and was hooked – for life!

Rye describes himself as a ‘traditionalist Bond fan’, and considers the first six films in the series to be the quintessential Bond: “If my home was on fire and I had time to grab a couple of handfuls of Bond DVDs as I dashed out, it would have to be Dr. No to On Her Majesty’s Secret Service – perhaps Diamonds Are Forever – but only if it was a small fire!” Rye is also the author of the best-selling book The James Bond Girls.

ANDY SCOTT became a Bond fan at seven, after seeing Dr. No on TV for the first time. Since then he has become an avid collector of Bond memorabilia. His proudest Bond moment was meeting Honor Blackman. Andy is a journalist who writes for Haymarket Business Publications’ title PrintWeek.

He has also written for the Birmingham Post & Mail, BBC Match of the Day Magazine and featured on BBC local radio.

ROBERT SELLERS is a freelance film journalist and author and avid Bond fan since his early teens. Over the years he has interviewed numerous Bond celebrities including Sir Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan, George Lazenby, Guy Hamilton, Lewis Gilbert, John Glen, Sir Ken Adam, Michael G. Wilson, Irvin Kershner, Shirley Eaton and Barbara Carrera.

He ranks the pinnacle of Bond moviedom as Thunderball (anyone who disagrees is obviously a deluded fool), which is just as well since he’s devoted nearly two years to researching and writing a book on the film’s controversial history. He is author of The Battle For Bond and is currently writing the authorized biography of Bond stunt man and acclaimed action director Vic Armstrong.

MARK THOMPSON first encountered the incredible world of 007 at the tender age of five, when his father took him to see On Her Majesty’s Secret Service at their local Odeon cinema in Liverpool. He is ashamed to admit, however, that he fell fast asleep just as George Lazenby was about to bed Angela Scoular (Well, he was only five!). Needless to say, he has never behaved in such an entirely unacceptable fashion since – at least, not where James Bond is concerned.

Mark’s favourite Bond movie moment is the cracking of Gumbold’s safe in OHMSS, although the entirety of Goldfinger comes a very close second, and he considers Daniel Craig to be an excellent choice as Bond # 6.

After working as a court stenographer for six years in Scotland and England he moved to the United States where he taught animation to liberal arts college undergraduates in the Midwest. He currently works in a confidential capacity for the Home Office.