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BBC2 screened From Russia With Love (1963) on Sunday 29th July 2007 as part of a season of films celebrating the Summer of British Film. The season is complemented by a major new seven part documentary series British Film Forever and the re-release of selected British films in UK cinemas including the 1964 James Bond classic Goldfinger starring Sean Connery as 007.

Way back in the mid-Seventies when the Bond films were first shown on British TV exclusively by ITV, each screening was heralded as a major entertainment event. Not only did the covers of the TV TIMES feature Bond, but there were often major articles featured inside with specially commissioned illustrations. Now in the 21st Century a screening of a Bond film on ITV hardly creates enough energy to stir a martini, let alone shake one!

When the Bond films were first announced to be up for sale to TV in the UK it created a real storm among the cinema industry causing great concern regarding falling attendance in cinemas, as industry and newspaper reports showed. How times have changed!

Sean Connery as James Bond 007 in From Russia With Love (1963)

ABOVE: The Daily Mail report on the sale of the first six James Bond films to ITV - Read the full story of how the films debuted on the small screen in the 1970s. BELOW: The UK television premiere of From Russia With Love in 1976 was promoted on the cover of the weekly listings magazine TV TIMES, and with illustrations by Mike Francis. Later ITV screenings also had colourful listings in the TV TIMES.

1976 TV TIMES From Russia With Love Illustration

To celebrate the BBC-TV premiere of From Russia With Love on 29th July 2007, 007 MAGAZINE presents an exclusive portfolio of behind-the-scenes photographs from the filming in 1963.

From Russia With Love is being shown as part of a season of films celebrating the Summer of British Film. The season is complemented by a major new seven part documentary series British Film Forever and the re-release of selected British films in UK cinemas including the 1964 James Bond classic Goldfinger starring Sean Connery as James Bond 007.

007 MAGAZINE presents an exclusive portfolio of previously unpublished photographs from the shooting of From Russia With Love on location in Istanbul and at Pinewood Studios in 1963.

Deleted Scenes, rare shots and much more!

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