In 1967, David Niven headed an all-star cast including Woody Allen, Ursula Andress and Orson Welles in a comic spoof of the spy genre. Alan Silverman has a look at Casino Royale. Now, it's the 21st 'official' Bond film adventure featuring a new 007 and a return to the original source material. A decade later Sean Connery became the first to play Bond on screen.
In 1953, former British Naval intelligence officer Ian Fleming published the first in his series of novels featuring the exploits of secret agent 007 - Bond, James Bond.
