BBC Radio 4 will once again broadcast a new adaptation of a
classic James Bond adventure by Ian Fleming following on from "Dr.
No" in 2008, "Goldfinger" in
2010 and "From
Russia With Love" in 2012. MI6 can confirm that 'On
Her Majesty's Secret Service' will be the next broadcast and
the production has already been recorded.
The first 21st century radio adaptation of a Bond novel came
in 2008 when EON Productions allowed a special
one-off production of "Dr. No" to celebrate the centenary of Ian Fleming's
birth. This will be the fourth in the series.
Playing the title role of 007 for the audio drama for the fourth
consecutive time will be Toby Stephens, who first joined the
'Bond family' in 2002 when he played villain Gustav
Graves in "Die
Another Day" on the big screen.
In an interesting twist on the casting, Joanna Lumley will play
Bond's doomed love interest Tracy, after originally appearing
as one of Blofeld's angels of death in the 1969
movie opposite George
Lazenby.
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Above: Joanna Lumley
will play Tracy and Toby Stephens will reprise his role
as James Bond in the radio adaptation of "On Her
Majesty's Secret Service."
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Rounding out the casting will be Clare Dunne
as Violet, Joanna Cassidy as Ruby, Janie Dee as Miss Moneypenny,
and Martin Jarvis
as Ian Fleming. EON has casting approval on the radio Bond.
"On Her Majesty's Secret Service" has once again been
directed by Martin Jarvis for Jarvis & Ayres Productions
and BBC Radio 4. The recording was completed on 21st May 2013.
A broadcast date has not yet been announced by the BBC.
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