Fifty Years of Bond
James Bond is celebrating a rather special birthday. It's fifty years since Ian Fleming's fictional British Secret Service agent, codename 007, made the transition from the bedside novel to the big screen, in the first official James Bond film, Dr. No.
It's no wonder we've been hooked on the James Bond films ever since. His good-looks, suave suits, martini (shaken not stirred), love of clever, beautiful women, fast cars, mind-blowing gadgets and saving-the-day antics, no matter how much he angers the boss, M, has made the James Bond film franchise the second highest grossing ever.
Next month sees the release of the 23rd James Bond film, Skyfall, starring Daniel Craig. To celebrate James Bond's fiftieth anniversary on film, we've compiled our favourite James Bond moments, plus a few teasers from Skyfall, including the latest pictures and trailers...
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