''Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond'' is a 2014 British miniseries of four instalments detailing the military career of

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creator Ian Fleming. The somewhat fictionalised biography spans the period from 1938 to 1952, dwelling on Fleming's romantic adventures as well as his espionage for the

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. Actor

Dominic Cooper Dominic Edward Cooper (born 2 June 1978) is an English actor known for his portrayal of comic book characters Jesse Custer on the AMC show ''Preacher'' (2016–2019) and young Howard Stark in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with appearances ...

stars as Fleming, while

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plays his love interest,

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Cast

as Ian Fleming *

as Ann O'Neill *

Samuel West Samuel Alexander Joseph West (born 19 June 1966) is an English actor, narrator and theatre director. He has directed on stage and radio, and worked as an actor across theatre, film, television and radio. He often appears as reciter with orch ...

as Rear Admiral John Godfrey *

Anna Chancellor Anna Theodora Chancellor (born 27 April 1965) is a British actress who has received nominations for BAFTA and Olivier Awards. Background and early life Chancellor was born in Richmond, England to barrister John Paget Chancellor, eldest son of ...

as Second Officer Monday *

Rupert Evans Rupert Evans (born 9 March 1977) is a British actor. He is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and starred in the Amazon series ''The Man in the High Castle'' and also in the CW's ''Charmed'' series. In 2021 Evans appeared in ''Bridgerton ...

as Peter Fleming *

Lesley Manville Lesley Ann Manville (born 12 March 1956) is an English actress known for her frequent collaborations with Mike Leigh, appearing in the films ''Grown-Ups'' (1980), '' High Hopes'' (1988), '' Secrets & Lies'' (1996), '' Topsy-Turvy'' (1999), ''A ...

as Evelyn Fleming *

Pip Torrens Philip D'Oyly "Pip" Torrens (born 2 June 1960) is an English actor. Known for playing urbane, authoritative figures, Torrens portrayed courtier Tommy Lascelles in the Netflix drama ''The Crown (TV series), The Crown'', aristocrat Lord Massen i ...

as Esmond Rothermere *

Annabelle Wallis Annabelle Wallis (born 5 September 1984) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Jane Seymour in Showtime's period drama '' The Tudors'' (2009–2010), Grace Burgess in the BBC drama '' Peaky Blinders'' (2013–2022), Mia Form in ...

as Muriel Wright *

Camilla Rutherford Camilla Rutherford (born 20 September 1976) is an English actress and fashion model. Early life Camilla Rutherford was born to (Gordon) Malcolm Rutherford (1939-1999), a financial journalist for the ''Financial Times'' and sometime advisor to ...

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Episodes

Series 1 (2014)

Release dates

The miniseries premiered on US television 29 January 2014, and on 12 February on UK television.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* BBC America original programming Works about Ian Fleming Television series set in the 1930s Television series set in the 1940s {{James Bond, state=collapsed