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Oct 29, 2012 · With Richard Hammond, Vic Armstrong, Roger Becker, Daniel Craig. Richard Hammond pays tribute to 50 years of Bond cars. And our show is, of course, anything but straightforward. Alongside the Goldfinger (1964) DB5, the most iconic Bond car ever has to be the white underwater Esprit from The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).
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Although there was no voiceover during the introductory sequence, this special featured an alternate title sequence where scenes from the James Bond franchise were interspersed with footage from the upcoming episode, before a special title card displays "Fifty Years of Bond Cars" in the same font and colour as the 1995 film GoldenEye. For over 50 years, the character of James Bond has ruled the world of big-screen action. Throughout its 23 installments, over a quarter of the world's populatio...
Guests
1. Daniel Craig (James Bond 2006-2021: Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, Skyfall, Spectre, No Time to Die) 2. Sir Roger Moore (James Bond 1973-1985: Live and Let Die, The Man with the Golden Gun,The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, A View to a Kill) 3. Guy Hamilton (Bond director 1964, 1971-1974: Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, Live and Let Die, The Man with the Golden Gun) 4. Roger Becker (Lotus engineer and Bond stunt driver in The Spy Who Loved Me) 5. Michael G...
In relative order of appearance during the special. A car in bold indicates Richard drives it, while a car in italics indicates its name is not directly mentioned in the special. Richard also discusses the AVE Mizar, a roadable aircraft utilizing a Ford Pinto, which was originally planned to appear in The Man with the Golden Gunas Scaramanga's flyi...
The Beginning
Or it would if it was the first car to be used in the series. For the franchise's first film, Dr. No, released in 1962, a Sunbeam Alpine convertible was the weapon of choice for Mr. Bond, played by Sean Connery in his debut outing. Chased by a hearse on a dusty mountain road, the hearse tips over the side of a cliff, explodes, and the chase is over in a matter of seconds. On its comparatively-shoestring budget of £350,000, the Alpine had to be rented at a cost of 12 shillings per day as the p...
The Aston Martin DB5
However, Dr. No was massive hit upon its release, as was its sequel, From Russia With Love, which allowed the producers to really push the boat out for the series' third installment; Goldfinger. With Auric Goldfinger, the film's primary villain, threatening to destroy the United States' gold supply, Bond needed a tool that could help him win the day. This tool was an Aston Martin DB5, outfitted by Q to feature bulletproof windows, revolving number plates, and an ejector seat. Richard Hammond...
The Bentley 4½ Litre
Back at Dunsfold, Richard Hammond is driving a 1930s Bentley 4½ Litre, which was James Bond writer Ian Fleming's original concept for the car that was to be driven by his super-spy. As a young reporter for Reuters, it is revealed that Fleming covered the 24 Hours of Le Mans where the supercharged Bentleys dominated the competition, proving its power. Off the track, it served as a perfect cover for Bond's moonlighting as a wealthy bachelor. The supercharged Bentley was Bond's car from Casino R...
The special was produced to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the James Bond franchise, in addition to coinciding with the release of Skyfall, which came out three days prior. Around May 2012, Richard Hammond went to Istanbul, the location where the film's climactic chase was being filmed, and reunited with Ben Collins, the previous iteration of ...
Fifty Years of Bond Cars originally aired on the 29th of October, 2012, on BBC Two and BBC HD. It was then re-aired on the 18th of November at 8:00 PM on BBC HD, in the show's usual timeslot, on the 25th of December at 6:25 PM on BBC Two, and then aired a fourth and final time on the 2nd of January, 2013, on BBC Three. The episode would eventually ...
On the 12th of February, 2013, Fifty Years of Bond Cars was releasedon DVD in the US. Six days later, it was released in the UK, with a different cover and rear synopsis.
Although it wasn't acknowledged at any point in the episode, Fifty Years of Bond Cars also commemorates the 10th anniversary of the Top Gear reboot, airing 3,662 days (10 years and 9 days) after Se...The Top Gear "cog" logo used in the title card is noticeably larger, shinier and in a deeper shade of blue than the usual logo. This is possibly due to the fact that when Top Gearreturned in early...Apart from Series 1, as a solo effort from presenter Richard Hammond, this episode marks the first of only nine occasions where the first 186 episodes of Top Gear were presented by less than the re...Oct 31, 2012 · Home. Episodes. Clips. Galleries. The Team. Top Gear Driving Mix. Will the Top Gear-constructed Bond car really survive underwater? Check out when Richard Hammond drive a replica classic...
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Oct 29, 2012 · Sam Wollaston. Mon 29 Oct 2012 18.00 EDT. R ichard Hammond has – not for first time – spun off. This is Top Gear (BBC2), but it's a special one, 50 Years of Bond Cars, because 007...
Oct 29, 2012 · BBC. As anyone who has seen the Aston Martin DB5's guest appearance in Skyfall can attest, Bond cars still boast true crowd-pleasing style. To mark the 50th anniversary of 007 on film,...
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