MI6-HQ.com is a media-website dedicated to the people, places and world of
James Bond
The ''James Bond'' series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. Since Fleming's death in 1964, eight other authors have ...
, providing regular updates on the subject.
About
MI6-HQ.com (formerly MI6.co.uk) publishes original, in-depth articles and intercepts a comprehensive collection of news headlines involving all aspects of the world of James Bond, including news on the actors (past, present and future), the production team, film news and commercial product tie-ins. As well as news from the Bond films, MI6-HQ.com is host to a series of portals for both literary and filmic coverage of an encyclopaedic nature. The website is probably best known for its range of exclusive interviews with influential members of the James Bond world, including
Charlie Higson (''
Young Bond'' writer),
David Hedison (two time Felix Leiter actor),
Jeffery Deaver
Jeffery Deaver (born May 6, 1950) is an American mystery and crime writer. He has a bachelor of journalism degree from the University of Missouri and a J.D. degree from Fordham University and originally started working as a journalist. He later ...
(author of ''
Carte Blanche'', a Bond
continuation novel
A continuation novel is a canonical sequel novel with continuity in the style of an established series, produced by a new author after the original author's death.
Continuation novels may be official, produced with the permission of the late au ...
) and
Christopher Wood, screenwriter for ''
The Spy Who Loved Me''.
Events
In 2005 MI6, together with
Cinema Retro and BondStars.com, put together a screening of the Bond film ''
Thunderball'' to celebrate the film's 40th anniversary. Dave Worrall, Lee Pfeiffer (Journalists and Cinema Retro publishers), Gareth Owen (author) and the founders of MI6 hosted the event.
As well as the screening of the 1965 film, the event hosted a book signing with Sir Christopher Frayling and question and answer sessions with
Ken Adam
Sir Kenneth Adam (born Klaus Hugo George Fritz Adam; 5 February 1921 – 10 March 2016) was a German-British movie production designer, best known for his set designs for the James Bond films of the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for ''Dr. Stran ...
,
Molly Peters
Molly Peters (15 March 1939 – 30 May 2017), born Vivien Mollie Rudderham, was an English actress and model best known for her role as Bond girl Patricia Fearing in the James Bond film '' Thunderball''.
Career
Molly Peters started out as a mod ...
,
George Leech,
Martine Beswick
Martine Beswick (born 26 September 1941) is Jamaica-born British actress and model perhaps best known for her roles in two James Bond films, '' From Russia with Love'' (1963) and '' Thunderball'' (1965), who went on to appear in several other n ...
,
Earl Cameron and
Norman Wanstall.
In 2010, MI6 published an exclusive copy of the "lost" ''
Per Fine Ounce
''Per Fine Ounce'' is the title of an unpublished novel by Geoffrey Jenkins featuring Ian Fleming's James Bond. It was completed c.1966 and is considered a "lost" novel by fans of James Bond because it was actually commissioned by Glidrose Prod ...
'' extract by acclaimed South African novelist
Geoffrey Jenkins. It was released by the Jenkins estate and gives fans a glimpse into what might have been had
Glidrose accepted the manuscript.
In 2019 MI6 began publishing a weekly podcast named 'James Bond & Friends'. Each week founders of the website assemble a rotating panel of James Bond experts and fans to discuss news from the Bond world and offer a fresh take on subjects. Guests have predicted important milestones in the
pre-production of
James Bond 25, including the hiring of
Phoebe Waller-Bridge to polish the screenplay. Podcaster Mark O'Connell predicted her involvement in an episode published April 2nd, whilst the Guardian broke the news that Waller-Bridge would be involved with the scripting process on April 14th.
Media association
Since its foundation, MI6 has been a trustworthy resource for media organisations across the world. It has been frequently cited as the best James Bond website by media outlets such as ''
Entertainment Weekly'' and ''
The Times''. Press organisations and websites who have been assisted by MI6 include:
* ''
Time'' magazine
* ''Entertainment Weekly''
*
Times Online
*
MTV
MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...
*
Reuters
* ''The Times''
*
NZ Herald
See also
*
MI6, the British Secret Intelligence Service
*
James Bond
The ''James Bond'' series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. Since Fleming's death in 1964, eight other authors have ...
, fictional character
*
Ian Fleming
Ian Lancaster Fleming (28 May 1908 – 12 August 1964) was a British writer who is best known for his postwar ''James Bond'' series of spy novels. Fleming came from a wealthy family connected to the merchant bank Robert Fleming & Co., a ...
, author
*''
Skyfall''
References
External links
MI6-HQ.com
{{James Bond
British film websites
James Bond