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James Bond takes on the fraudster, Le Chiffre, who has stolen Soviet cash and is being hunted by SMERSH. Read by Alex Jennings
Agent 007 takes on the fraudster, Le Chiffre.
He's absconded with 25 million francs of Soviet money and is being hunted by the sinister SMERSH.
Casino Royale is Ian Fleming’s first James Bond novel - first published in April 1953.
4 Extra celebrates its 70th anniversary.
Omnibus of the first five of ten parts abridged by Sally Marmion.
Read by Alex Jennings.
Producer: Di Speirs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2003.
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