The final part of the countdown
5. On Her Majestrey's Secret Service
Yes Lazenby is a bad actor but Rigg and Salavas more than make up for him
4. GoldenEye
director Martin Campbell reinvents Bond for the first time
3. Casino Royale
and he does for a second time
2. Live and Let Die
the most thunderous theme usher in an new age
1. Goldfinger
a foothold of iconic images
The penultimate day of the countdown
10. You Only Live Twice
the full fledged debut of Bond's arch enemy
9. For Your Eyes Only
barring the Margaret Thatcher scene Moore's most serious film
8. From Russia with Love
featuring one of the most brutal hand to hand fights in film
7. Licence to Kill
The most hard edged entry in the series
6.Skyfall
the most character probing
The third part of the countdown
15. The Spy Who Loved Me
007 at his most fantastic
14. Die Another Day
A guilty pleasure
13. No Time to Die
The most daring of them all
12. Octopussey
perhaps the most most interesting leading lady
11. Thunderball
where 007 goes epic.
The second part of the ranking of the Bond films
20. Moonraker
the most absurd Bond film.
19. The Living Daylights
With.probably the most unthearting bad guys
18. Dr No
where it all started
17. SPECTRE
the one with the infamous twist of them all
16. The World is Not Enough
Not the typical Bond plot
To commemorate 60 years of Bond films for the next 5 days they will be ranked 25 to 1 here is the first part of that list.
25. The Man With the Golden Gun
Not even Christopher Lee can save this mess
24. Diamonds are Forever
Sean Connery was brought with a then record breaking pay cheque but still looks bored.
23. A View to a Kilo
somebody should have told Roger Moore he was too old
22. Quantum of Solace
a brief running time leaves a lot of points unanswered.
21. Tomorrow Never Dies
too action packed for it's own good
There has been concern from fans of the recent adaptation the cult comic book series Sandman over it's yet to be confirmed second series. Neil Gaiman author of the comic book series puts this down to a more steady viewing pattern that streaming service NetFlix gets. While other shows on the service like Stranger Things are viewed in one whole binge,Sandman viewers take their time with the show. Will Sandman get a second series remains to be seen.
9PM Tuesday BBC1
starring Keeley Hawes
Crossfire is a thriller about a terrorist attack on a Spanish hotel. It plays with the convention of the genre by having an number of flashbacks that full us on the characters personal backgrounds. That is not to say they are moments of tension. Hawes who through her years on Spooks (MI5) is a commanding presence. The final 2 episodes come tonight and tomorrow.
Next Saturday sees the start of an New series of Blankty Blank on BBC1 with Bradley Walsh hosting. Soon after that Bradley turns up on ITV in The Larkins.. Too much of a good thing?
The title of the final Doctor Who to feature Jodie Whittaker in the lead role has announced as The Power of the Doctor. It will feature the return of Sophie Aldred and Janet Fielding as classic era compinons Ace and Tegan. The special goes out in October.
The stand up comic Stewart Lee is not one to mince his words. He called the Rickey Gervis co.dey Afterlife abysmal. Lee was reminded by podcast host Rob Brydon that Rickey was a of him, Lee said was Robert Oppenheimer proud of the atomic bomb.
On last night's edition of Only Connect during the sequence round a team was given the clues of (David) Vine, (David) Coleman and (Sue) Barker. The team captain said crisp man referring to Gary Lineker, who besides his Football and media careers made a string of adverts for Walkers Crisps. They believed him to be a host of A Question of Sport. While the team got the reason for the sequence right they got the last person wrong. The actual answer was Paddy McGuinness has done adverts himself in particular for the Greegs bakers chain.
As Boris Johnson enters his final days as UK Prime Minister it is to forget that prior to his ascent to the UK Prime Minister he was something of TV staple. Here are a couple of examples. In 2003 he appeared on Parkinson, his fellow guests were Scottish Nationalist Sean Connery and socialist actor Ricky Tomlinson, yet in screen the 3 got on. Even when he was London Mayor he still made appearances on TV shows like Top Gear where Jeremy Clarkson took him to task over car reviews he had written. Johnson will now likely to the lucrative corporate speech circuit.
On the day's edition of Fastest Finger First, the question what does pret-a-porter mean in English. One contestant buzzed in with the answer turkey. The actual answer is ready to wear.