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January 19, 2023 71 mins

On this episode of The James Bond A-Z Podcast hosts Tom Butler and Brendan Duffy explore the characters creatives of the 007 films that fall under the letters U and V.

Topics covered include:

United Artists, the studio behind Bond for many years

Universal Exports, a long-running, recurring 007 component

Venice, the Italian location used in three Bond films

Vodka Martini, Bond's tipple of choice

Plus characters including Valenka, Vargas, Verity, Venz, Vijay, Villiers, Vlad, Fiona Volpe, and Countess Lisl Von Schlaf

And much, much more...

James Bond will return... in next week's James Bond's A-Z Podcast.

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