#125: John Glen Interview

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4.8 • 688 Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2017

⏱️ 137 minutes

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Summary

This week we welcome Bond legend and member of 007 royalty: John Glen. We talk about his time working on On Her Majesty's Secret Service, The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker. Then we cover his stint as the longest serving Bond director of all time from 1981's For Your Eyes Only through to 1989's Licence To Kill.

John tells some fascinating stories in an interview that's sure to go down as an all-time classic episode of JBR.

[Interview begins at 45:40]

Note: This interview was recorded before the passing of Sir Roger Moore and before Daniel's recent announcement confirming his return for Bond 25.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Roger Moore, and you're listening to James Bond Radio.
0:05.0	Hello, and welcome to James Bond Radio.
0:07.4	This is episode 125, where today we've got a very special guest.
0:14.0	We are interviewing none other than the legendary five-time Bond director, Mr. John Glenn.
0:22.2	With me, as always, is my amazing partner in crime.
0:26.6	Mr. Tom Sears, how are you doing, Tom?
0:28.1	You're all right?
0:28.5	Are you looking forward to speaking to John later?
0:30.5	I am very well, and I am very, very excited because I feel like the JBR family are going to be very excited as well because
0:38.5	what have we got here man we've got a legend who is responsible for not only an entire decade
0:44.7	of bondage and and based on the living daylights numbers a lot of people's very favorite sort
0:50.3	of period of bondage but we've got a man who goes way back in the annals of Bond,
0:55.6	back to our very much favourite Bond film of all time,
0:58.2	on a mostly secret service, the man who edited that film.
1:00.7	So, I mean, good Lord, if there is a member of Bond royalty in the house,
1:06.8	it's John Glenn, and he is indeed in the JBI House today.
1:10.0	Are you excited, man, because I'm well excited. It's so excited, yeah is indeed in the JBI House today. Are you excited, man?
1:10.8	Because I'm well excited.
1:12.7	It's so excited.
1:14.2	Yeah, I'm like, no, he's brilliant.
1:16.4	Not only the editing as well.
1:19.4	Obviously, his second unit directing on everything.
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