On this episode of The James Bond A-Z Podcast hosts Tom Butler, Brendan Duffy, and Tom Wheatley are joined by author Raymond Benson, the writer of 'The James Bond Bedside Companion', and the 007 continuation stories 'Zero Minus Ten', 'The Facts of Death', 'High Time To Kill', 'DoubleShot', 'Never Dream of Dying', and 'The Man With The Red Tattoo'.

Raymond joins the team to talk about the research he did into Ian Fleming for his essential Bond Bible 'The Bedside Companion'.

He talks about meeting many of Fleming's friends, contemporaries, and family including his step-children, Kevin McClory, Ivar Bryce, Ernie Cuneo.

He speaks about his writing process for the Bond continuation novels and the novelisations.

He shares his thoughts on the Fleming books, his insight into the character of 007, and much, much more.

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James Bond will return... in next week's James Bond's A-Z Podcast.

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