Casino Royale
Hugh Bonneville and Susannah Fielding join Toby Stephens in this classic spy thriller. Can Bond bankrupt villainous Le Chiffre at the Casino Baccarat table? Martin Jarvis directs.
Jarvis & Ayres鈥� tenth James Bond dramatisation for Radio 4. The 1953 spy thriller - the first and most famous of all Ian Fleming鈥檚 novels. With a devastating final twist.
The mysterious Le Chiffre works in France as undercover paymaster of a communist-controlled trade union. He鈥檚 embezzled union funds and lost the lot. His plan - recoup the money at the gambling tables of Casino Royale, Northern France.
M, head of MI6, gives James Bond the mission of bankrupting Le Chiffre at baccarat. M has assigned attractive Vesper Lynd as Bond鈥檚 assistant.
Bond confronts Le Chiffre at the Casino. Will he succeed in destroying the villain? After apparent kidnap and Bond鈥檚 torture by Le Chiffre, James realises he鈥檚 in love with Vesper. Then events take a wholly unexpected turn.
But James Bond, amid extraordinary revelations, remains cruelly professional to the last.
Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
Dramatised by Archie Scottney
Directed by Martin Jarvis
Cast:
James Bond鈥�.Toby Stephens
Vesper Lynd鈥�.Susannah Fielding
Le Chiffre鈥�.Hugh Bonneville
Felix Leiter鈥�.Josh Stamberg
Ren茅 Mathis鈥�.Matthew Wolf
M鈥�.John Standing
Head of Staff鈥�.Lloyd Owen
Barman鈥�.Darren Richardson
Mrs Dupont鈥�.Anna Mathias
Assassin鈥�.Andre Sogliuzzo
Nurse鈥�.Moira Quirk
Doctor鈥�.Henri Lubatti
Le Patron......Alan Shearman
Ian Fleming (Narrator)......Martin Jarvis
Other parts played by members of the company.
Original music composed and played by A-Mnemonic
Sound design: Charles Carroll, Neil Wogenson, Mark Holden
Producer: Rosalind Ayres
Director: Martin Jarvis
A Jarvis & Ayres production for 麻豆社 Radio 4
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- Sun 20 Apr 2025 15:00麻豆社 Radio 4
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