The Ian Fleming Debriefing - Part 1

Hello, dear listeners!

Like a long-winded film that offers multiple endings before you can finally relieve yourselves in the washroom, we simply can’t say ‘’au revoir’’ to Ian Fleming just yet.

After 14 books, 2 of which became 2-part episodes (FYEO and OHMSS), hosts Mathieu and Edgar knew they had to provide the Commander with the send off he justly deserves.

After all, the very basis of the show is “From FLEMING, to the films, and everything in between!” In that light, here is Part 1 of a very special debriefing, one for which we go through the Fleming cannon with a finely toothed comb, starting with an overview of the literary 007 timeline before embarking on a audacious number of categories by which we rank our favourite elements from all the books.

In some cases we thought a little bit outside the box for our categories, whereas in other instances we got creative with our answers!

Here we go for one last serving of scrambled eggs and one final early morning swim on the Goldeneye beach. *The audio clips in this episode are from a 1963 interview with the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) and another conversation from ’63 in a programme called Desert Island Discs, courtesy of the BBC.