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Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began BBC ONE

Former ‘Bond girl’ Joanna Lumley undertakes a mission to expose the secret life of 007 novelist, Ian Fleming. Setting off on a globe-trotting journey with Aston Martins, lethal weapons and £24,000,000 worth of diamonds encountered en route, Joanna discovers how the great British author poured his own experiences of love, luxury, espionage and death into his most alluring literary creation; Bond… James Bond.

‘Louise Hooper’s programme is as impeccable as one of James Bond’s suits’
The Times

‘A delightful documentary’
The Daily Mail

‘Told with winning enthusiasm’
The Sunday Times

‘Fascinating’
Radio Times

1 x 60′ BBC ONE

Produced and Directed by Louise Hooper

Executive Producer- John Blake

First transmitted Sunday 19th October 2008 on BBC ONE & BBC HD