Who doesn’t enjoy a little James Bond trivia?

The influence of the Bond films is so great that Nasa was thrilled to let 007 give the world its first view of the Space Shuttle in Moonraker  -  two years before the launch of the real thing.

Jane Seymour was cast in the role of tarot priestess Solitaire in Live And Let Die after producers saw her in the BBC shipping saga The Onedin Line. Roger Moore kept his socks on during his love scenes with Seymour.

There was some embarrassment at For Your Eyes Only’s Royal premiere, which was used as a fundraising event for the Year of the Disabled. The film featured as its opening scene a villain in a wheelchair being picked up by Bond’s helicopter strut and then being dropped down an industrial chimney.