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Thomas Felix Creighton talks about Britishness in the 1950s, drawing on both academic sources, and family diaries, letters, and recollections. This episode covers family experiences of the Second World War, births in the baby boom, and life in Britain and the Empire in the new Elizabethan Age.

Books recommended include:

• Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945, by Tony Judt, which was previously reviewed on the Youtube channel @BritishCulture (007's Retirement Reading, Part 4)
• Austerity Britain, 1945-1951, by David Kynaston, and Family Britain, 1951-1957 by the same author
• Looking for Trouble: SAS to Gulf Command - The Autobiography, by General Sir Peter Edgar de la Cour de la Billière, KCB, KBE, DSO, MC.

Thomas also talks about the following Youtube videos, which give some imagery to what is here described:

• A Colonial Childhood │ 3 Generations of Brits in Cyprus
• Cyprus Under British Rule｜With Cinéfilm from the 1950s & video from today
• A Frontline Soldier's Last Letter Home - Italy, 1943
• WWII: A Letter From a Frontline Soldier in Italy, September 1943
• A Teacher in the Raj: My Great-Grandfather, F.E. Creighton

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Thomas Felix Creighton interviews John Glen, who directed five James Bond 007 films, three with Sir Roger Moore KBE in the lead and two with Timothy Dalton:

• For Your Eyes Only (1981)
• Octopussy (1983)
• A View to a Kill (1985)
• The Living Daylights (1987)
• License to Kill (1989)

He also directed Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992), and worked on The Italian Job (1969), The Admirable Crichton (1957), and was responsible for the iconic parachute jump at the start of The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).

We talk about all of the above films, as well as discussing what makes James Bond so British, what is the formula for a great 007 film, John Glen's rise through the film industry, and his experiences as a Brit abroad.

We also talk about two of the iconic women of the films, Maud Adams and Grace Jones, as well as which actor was author Ian Fleming's first choice to play the character of Bond, James Bond.

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Thomas Felix Creighton talks about the 1981 James Bond movie Octopussy starring Roger Moore as British secret agent 007. His special guests for this episode include:

• Daniel Gaster, Instagrammer, blogger, and Youtuber, 'The Field Office'.
• Marc Henandez, author of “On the Train Tracks: Filming Octopussy & GoldenEye at Nene Valley Railway” – presented by ‘On the Tracks of 007’, a well-known book series on James Bond locations.
• Matt Spaiser, co-author of "From Tailors With Love: An Evolution of Menswear through the Bond films”, and sole author of the Bondsuits.com blog site, I check in every Monday for new articles.
• The inimitable Pete Brooker, co-author of "From Tailors With Love", and "Boy Wanted on Savile Row", and host of the "There Will be Bond" podcast". He finishes up this podcast as only he can.

There are also a couple of bonus contributions by… well… you’ll see!

There. Will. Also. Be. A. *Very* Special Announcement! About a forthcoming episode, right near the end. Don't miss it.

The recommended rabbit hole is 'Being James Bond' by Joe Darlington, the book, the podcast, the Youtube channel... and the man himself of course.

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