Episode 1

Agent 007 James Bond hunts for SPECTRE boss Ernst Stavro Blofeld in France, and meets the beautiful Contessa.

First published in 1963, this was Ian Fleming's 11th Bond novel, sandwiched between 'The Spy Who Loved Me' and 'You Only Live Twice'.

In movie terms, this was the sixth of the original Bond movie franchise with George Lazenby playing the hero and Diana Rigg as Tracy.

Read by Joanna Lumley.

Joanna had a small, unnamed role in the 1969 film of 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service', being simply referred to as 'The English Girl'.

Omnibus of the first five of ten parts abridged by Michael Bakewell.

Producer: David Benedictus

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1989.