It's time for one of the best Bond films of the series: Live & Let Die. There's a new Bond and he has joined the war on drugs as he travels to San Monique, Louisiana and a brief visit to New York, to stop heroin coming into the United States. Laugh along with Mark and Kate and they lovingly go through the film and enjoy every minute of it.

Starring Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Seymour, Julius Harris, Geoffrey Holder, Earl Jolly Brown, Gloria Hendry and last but not least Clifton James as JW Pepper.

Directed by Guy Hamilton (1973)

Diamonds are forevvvveeeerrrrr! Mark and Kate chat about Diamonds are Forever, set in Amsterdam, Vegas and briefly California. We have two gay villains, whom Mark and Kate desperately want to have their own assassin franchise. There will be a lot of speculation as to why did Sean come back for one last film (or is it his last Bond film?)? Thank God for Shirley Bassey who also returns to do the theme.

***A little extra discretion for this episode because Mark and Kate are going to swear more than usual.

Starring Sean Connery, Jill St John, Putter Smith, Bruce Glover and Jimmy Dean (not James Dean) and Charles Gray. Directed by Guy Hamilton 1971.

Join Mark and Kate for one of their more serious episodes of Back to Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Mostly set in the beautiful Murren, Switzerland, they endlessly gab on unabashed, at the simple storyline, complicated characters and a Bond girl that cannot be bested. However, like this episode, some plotlines are not concluded as seamlessly as they could have been. Starring George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Gabriele Ferzetti, Telly Savalas and the hilarious Ilse Steppat as Irma Bunt. Directed by Peter R. Hunt 1969.

You only live twice, or so they say... Join Mark and Kate as they chat about the film that has it all, deep undercover espionage, a secret volcano lair (spoiler) and best of all 'Little Nelly'. Starring Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi, Karin Dor, Mie Hama, Tetsuro Tanba and the fantasmigorical Donald Pleasence. Directed by Lewis Gilbert (1967).

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Mark and Kate swim through the mire that is the 4th instalment of Eon s Bonds movies the visually stunning Thunderball. Bondies prepare for a rocky ride. Starring Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Luciana Paluzzi, and Aldolfo Celi. Directed by Terence Young.

Gooooollldfingggeeerrr! Mark and Kate review one of their favourites - Goldfinger. Listen along as they go through the simple yet effective plotline and have a brief discussion about "that scene". Goldfinger: Starring Sean Connery, Honor Blackman, Gert Fröbe and the formidable yet underused Harold Sakata.

Kate and Mark review the sophomore Bond extravaganza (generously described) movie, From Russia with Love. James Bond is in Istanbul to seduce a Russian double agent and to retrieve the Lektor machine. Sean Connery stars along with Pedro Armendariz and Daniela Bianchi. Directed by Terence Young. Released 1963.

Welcome to Mark and Kate's first episode of Back to Bond. Dr No will be discussed in it's entirety. Sit back and enjoy Mark and Kate's opinions, silly chat, socio-political and behind the scenes tidbits of the inaugural film of the Bond franchise, Dr No. Directed by Terence Young and starring Sean Connery, the first Bond.