
Art Malik, who played Kamran Shah in The Living Daylights, was born in Bahawalpur, Pakistan on 13th November 1952.

Art Malik, who played Kamran Shah in The Living Daylights, was born in Bahawalpur, Pakistan on 13th November 1952.

Daniel Craig’s third Bond film, Skyfall, went on general release in the United States on 9th November 2012, although it was released in IMAX the day before. Production was delayed by the financial problems of MGM, resulting in a four year gap between Quantum of Solace and Skyfall.

The World Premiere of Pierce Brosnan’s third Bond film, The World Is Not Enough, took place at Mann Village Theatre in Los Angeles on 8th November 1999.

Angela Scoular, who Ruby in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969), was born in London on 8th November 1945. She also appeared in the 1967 version of Casino Royale as Buttercup.

Famke Janssen, who played Xenia Onatopp in Goldeneye was born in Amstelveen, Netherlands on 5th November, 1964.

Composer John Barry, whose arrangement of the James Bond Theme is indelibly etched on the eardrums of us all and created the memorable soundtracks for many of the early Bond movies, was born in York on 3rd November 1933.
Photo: John Barry in concert by Geoff Leonard. Licensed under CC BY-SA 1.0.



The eagerly anticipated second Bond film with Daniel Craig, Quantum of Solace , went on UK general release on 31st October 2008. Despite the success of Casino Royale (2006) the follow up was widely felt to miss the mark.

Quantum of Solace premièred at the Odeon Leicester Square on 29th October 2008.
After the success of Casino Royale (2006), Daniel Craig’s second James Bond outing was eagerly anticipated but widely felt to miss the mark.