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Moonraker: The Radio Play: Directed by Martin Jarvis. With Toby Stephens, Samuel West, John Baddeley, Janie Dee. It's 1954 and Sir Hugo Drax has built an atomic rocket, Moonraker. But after a double-murder, James Bond goes undercover at Moonraker's secret base.
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- Martin Jarvis
- 2018-03-31
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Mar 31, 2018 · BBC Radio 4 - James Bond Radio Drama, Moonraker. It's 1954, Winston Churchill sends Bond undercover to protect Moonraker against possible treachery. Can the launch go ahead? Martin Jarvis directs Toby Stephens and a stellar cast in this surprisingly up-to-date, all-star guided missile drama.
Mar 28, 2018 · By MI6 Staff. Share The Story. Toby Stephens returns to play James Bond once again for BBC Radio 4's latest adaptation of the classic Ian Fleming adventure 'Moonraker.' Martin Jarvis directs this surprisingly up-to-date, all-star guided missile drama.
- Toby Stephens
- Samuel West
- Janie Dee
- John Baddeley
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was a radio drama adaptation of Ian Fleming's 1955 novel that first aired on March 31st 2018 on the BBC's main spoken-word channel, Radio 4. The second of two radio adaptations of Moonraker, it is the seventh of nine new James Bond radio plays produced by the station and starred Toby Stephens as the titular character for the seventh time.
The radio drama adaptation of Moonraker begins with a speech given by Sir Winston Churchill to the House of Commons, detailing the construction of the "Moonraker", Britain's first nuclear missile project, constructed by multi-millionaire businessman Sir Hugo Drax and ostensibly intended to defend Britain against its Cold War enemies. In London, James Bond is briefed by his superior, M and quartermaster, Q, and is asked to join him at M's club, Blades. M suspects Drax is cheating, and is concerned as to why a wealthy national hero would cheat. Bond confirms Drax's deception and turns the tables—aided by a pack of stacked cards—and wins £15,000. The next morning, Bond is informed by M of the suspicious death of a security officer overseeing the "Moonraker" project. After conversing with Churchill, M assigns Bond to replace him and investigate the events at the missile base, located near Dover on the south coast of England. To prepare him, Bond is given a 'crash course' in ballistic rocketry by Professor Train, a physicist and runner-up for the Nobel Prize the year before.
On arrival at the rocket site, 007 is introduced to the German staff working on the project, along with Gala Brand, a beautiful police Special Branch officer working undercover as Drax's personal assistant. He is given a tour of the facility and during his first evening at the facility catches Drax's assistant, Krebs, snooping through his room. Bond subsequently uncovers clues concerning his predecessor's death, concluding that the man may have been killed for witnessing a submarine off the coast. Later, as they swim beneath the Dover cliffs, Bond and Brand are nearly killed in an assassination attempt which triggers a landslide. On returning to the base, they find Drax and his aides dining; Brand makes the observation that the table had been laid for only three people. Drax takes Brand to London, where she discovers the truth about the Moonraker by comparing her own launch trajectory figures with those in a notebook picked from Drax's pocket. Attempting to return the book, she is spotted by Krebs, is knocked unconscious, and finds herself captive in Drax's Central London property; surrounded with equipment intended to serve as a beacon for the missile's guidance system.
•James Bond ... Toby Stephens
•Sir Hugo Drax ... Samuel West
•M ... John Standing
•Miss Moneypenny ... Janie Dee
•Q ... Julian Sands
•Ronnie Vallance ... Jared Harris
1."Moonraker". Retrieved on 30 March 2018.
Jun 22, 2018 · Once more adapted from Fleming's novel by Archie Scottney, the radio play is by and large a faithful adaptation of the novel. Set in 1954, it opens with Prime Minister Winston Churchill announced to Parliament that the Moonraker missile promised by Sir Hugo Drax is ready for test launch before segueing into the opening credits and Bond's ...
Mar 29, 2018 · 29 March 2018. @007dossier. BBC Radio 4 to broadcast Moonraker adaptation with Toby Stephens as 007. Martin Jarvis directs this surprisingly up-to-date, all-star guided missile drama. It’s 1954 and British patriot Sir Hugo Drax (Samuel West) has built an atomic rocket, Moonraker, vital to Britain’s defences. It’s ready for a trial launch.
