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Yesterday, BBC Radio 4 aired a dramatized version of On Her Majesty's Secret Service starring Toby Stephens (he played the villain in 2002's "Die Another Day").

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b042cq8f

Description:

James Bond seems more interested in gambling at the Casino Royale than tracking down elusive SPECTRE chief Blofeld. Then he meets Tracy, emotionally disturbed daughter of mafia boss Draco.
Now he has a double motive: seek and destroy Blofeld, and prevent Tracy killing herself.

Impersonating a College of Arms official Bond infiltrates Blofeld's Swiss mountain-top lair. He learns that Blofeld and aide Irma Bunt are brainwashing young women. Why? Is biological warfare involved? Backed by 'M' and Draco, Bond mounts an air assault. But can he pin down monstrous Blofeld? And what will happen to Tracy?

Toby Stephens is on top form as 007. A stellar cast includes Joanna Lumley, Alfred Molina, Alex Jennings, Lisa Dillon, John Standing, Janie Dee, Lloyd Owen, Joanna Cassidy, Clare Dunne and Julian Sands, with Jarvis himself as the voice of Fleming.

Specially composed music: Mark Holden and Michael Lopez
Dramatised by Archie Scottney

Director: Martin Jarvis
Producer: Rosalind Ayres
A Jarvis & Ayres Production for BBC Radio 4.

John Standing is still alive?

I well know the name of Joanna Cassidy. What a looker she was.

Never heard of Toby Stephens.

p.s. gonna re-post in my groups, thx!

Feliks wrote: "John Standing is still alive?

I well know the name of Joanna Cassidy. What a looker she was.

Never heard of Toby Stephens."

Yes, she was. Toby Stephens was not only a Bond villain, but he also played Mr Rochester to Ruth Wilson's Jane Eyre in 2006. He is also the real-life son of Dame Maggie Smith.