Live And Let Die

James Bond sets out on his most exotic adventure yet as he travels through New York, Florida and Jamaica on the hunt for notorious criminal Mr Big. Live and Let Die marks the eighth Bond classic Martin Jarvis has directed for radio.

Bond successfully tracks down the monstrous Mr Big in Harlem, New York. Big is importing priceless gold coins to finance Russian spy operations and captures Bond. As Bond tries to unravel the mastermind’s plan, he meets the enchanting tarot-card reader Solitaire who has also been taken hostage.

The pair escape in order to pursue the source of the gold, heading first to Florida where Solitaire is captured by Mr Big's minions. 007 then continues to Jamaica in order to rescue Solitaire, recover the treasure and bring Mr Big to justice.

Cast:
James Bond…..Toby Stephens
Mr Big…..Kevin Daniels
Solitaire…..Rutina Wesley
‘M’ …..John Standing
Leiter…..Josh Stamberg
Tee-Hee…..Michael A. Shepperd
Whisperer/Blabber….. Lovensky Jean-Baptiste
Quarrel…..Ron Cephas Jones
Baldwin…..John Cothran
Strangways…..Jonathan Cake
‘The Robber’…..James Morrison
Dexter…..JD Cullum
Halloran…..Jake Green
MC/Maitre d’…..Gilbert Glenn Brown
Connie/Operator…..Anna Louise Plowman
G-G/Waitress…..Janine Barris
Flannel/Conductor…..Larry Powell
Mrs Stuyvesant…..Anna Mathias
Voice of Ian Fleming…..Martin Jarvis
Other parts: Darren Richardson, Alan Shearman, André Sogliuzzo, Matthew Wolf

Written by Ian Fleming
Dramatised by Archie Scottney

Sound Design: Mark Holden
Composer: Mark Holden and Julian Nicholson

Producer: Rosalind Ayres
Director: Martin Jarvis

• A Jarvis and Ayres production for BBC Radio 4

Publicity contact: Radio 4 Publicity