Reply With QuoteIt was interesting - I'd like to hear some more 007 done in this way. Be interested to know what you think when you've heard it.
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03-04-10 05:27 PM #1Senior Member Country:
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The latest radio drama from the Jarvis/Ayres studios is Goldfinger with a fine cast
Goldfinger ..... Ian McKellen
James Bond ..... Toby Stephens.
'M' ..... John Standing.
Col. Smithers ..... Ian Ogilvy
Pussy Galore ..... Rosamund Pike
Tilly Masterton ..... Lisa Dillon
Du Pont ..... Henry Goodman
Hawker ..... Alistair McGowan
Helmut Springer ..... Hector Elizondo
Jill Masterton ..... Anna Louise Plowman
Johnny Solo ..... Tim Pigott-Smith
Mr Strap ..... Tom Hollander
Felix Leiter ..... Lloyd Owen
Jed Midnight ..... Nigel Anthony
Oddjob ..... Jon David Yu
Alfred ..... Alan Shearman
Nigel ..... Matthew Wolf
Fleming ..... Martin Jarvis
Doctors and Pilot ..... Kyle Stoller
Nurse ..... Tracy Pattin
Haven't listened yet but looking forward to it
BBC - BBC Radio 4 Programmes - Saturday Play, Goldfinger
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03-04-10 05:31 PM #2Super Moderator Country:
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03-04-10 08:51 PM #3Administrator Country:
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It was interesting. They seemed to have gone back to the book rather than trying to dramatise the film.
Steve
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03-04-10 10:55 PM #4Senior Member Country:
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It actually wasn't that bad. I thought that transferring a novel that was chock full of action sequences wouldn't work too well on radio, but they managed ok. Shame they missed out much of the early part of the story at Goldfingers Kent home, where Bond is beaten by Oddjob.
Toby Stephens was an obvious shoe in as Bond and Ian McKellan made a good fist as Goldfinger. Not sure about the curiously accented Tim Pigott-Smith though, sounded though he was doing a bad Marlon Brando/Godfather impersonation!
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03-04-10 11:12 PM #5Senior Member Country:
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On the whole very good. Didn't try to be like the films which was a good thing and the cast were well used even if Ian Mc occassionally gave away his North country roots.
More please from Jarvis & Ayres
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Goldfinger ... The Saturday Play ... Christmas Eve afternoon
BBC Radio4 ... Saturday 24th December 2011 ... 1.00-2.30pm
Very welcome repeat broadcast of this superb full-cast dramatisation of Ian Fleming's classic 1959 novel. When James Bond begins his pursuit of a Auric Goldfinger ... a monstrous and unhinged international criminal ... he uncovers the robbery of the century ... mass murder ... gorgeous sisters Jill and Tilly Masterton ... a man called Oddjob and a beautiful lesbian called Pussy Galore ...
Toby Stephens and Rosamund Pike who play James Bond and Pussy Galore in this radio adaptation also played villains Gustav Graves and Miranda Frost in the Bond movie Die Another Day (2002) and Lisa Dillon who plays Tilly Masterton also played Honey Ryder in the radio adaptation of Dr No.
An exceptional, outstanding cast is headed by Toby Stephens and Ian McKellan.
So relax in your favourite armchair with a warming drink for an afternoon of perfect, thoroughly enjoyable listening for a cold Christmas Eve.
James Bond ... Toby Stephens
Auric Goldfinger ... Ian McKellen
'M' ... John Standing
Col. Smithers ... Ian Ogilvy
Pussy Galore ... Rosamund Pike
Tilly Masterton ... Lisa Dillon
Jill Masterton ... Anna Louise Plowman
Du Pont ... Henry Goodman
Caddy - Hawker ... Alistair McGowan
Johnny Solo ... Tim Pigott-Smith
Mr Strap ... Tom Hollander
Helmut Springer ... Hector Elizondo
Felix Leiter ... Lloyd Owen
Jed Midnight ... Nigel Anthony
Oddjob ... Jon David Yu
Alfred ... Alan Shearman
Nigel ... Matthew Wolf
Doctors and Pilot ..... Kyle Stoller
Nurse ... Tracy Pattin
Ian Fleming ... Martin Jarvis
Director: Martin Jarvis
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06-12-11 09:15 PM #7Senior Member Country:
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I for one will be listening to that provided that Mrs cassidy doesn't give me an odd job or two to do before the big day !!!
Originally Posted by mrs_emma_peel
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06-12-11 09:18 PM #8Senior Member Country:
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What a shame that the fims don't do the same !
Originally Posted by Steve Crook
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