James Bond

By Audrey Gillan Quantum of Solace opened with huge box office takings, raking in £15.4m in just three days. But the Guardian's Peter Bradshaw said: "I have to confess that this second Bond adventure disappointed me a little: it's not nearly as smart as Craig's debut. There is not much storyline or romance."

By Philip French It is now 56 years since Ian Fleming's first James Bond thriller, Casino Royale, was published (Sean Connery was dancing in the chorus of South Pacific at the time) and 46 years since the first Bond movie, Dr No, opened in Piccadilly Circus (six years before the birth of Daniel Craig). Creat...

By Jon Dennis, Andy Duckworth, Phil Maynard Jenni Russell, a former editor of The World Tonight on BBC Radio 4, and Liz Forgan, former managing director of BBC Radio, give their reactions to the BBC's handling of the prank phone call from Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand to the actor Andrew Sachs.

By Jason Solomons, Xan Brooks, The Observer Is this the best ever week for British releases, with a triple whammy of the latest Bond film, Quantum of Solace, Terence Davies's Of Time and the City and Steve McQueen's haunting Hunger all on nationwide release? To celebrate, Jason Solomons talks to director Marc Forster, who went fro...

By Paul MacInnes Who will mourn the passing of the old James Bond? Will Miss Moneypenny, now consigned to scraping a crust as a temp, speak up for those years of saucy winks and open-handed blows to the posterior? Will the ghosts of Bambi and Thumper emerge from their tombs to proclaim the wonders of a spot of...