Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!

Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Inmechon The movie's only flaw is also a virtue: It's jammed with characters, stories, warmth and laughs.

whatithinkis And wow boring. I'm amazed by all these positive reviews. This is shallow, uninteresting tripe. Nice cinematography captures definite period feel, but, wow, who cares. BORING. Apart from the lead a poor use of talented people. A reviewer on another site said (and I agree wholeheartedly), 'If you're watching this because you think it's about the origins of James Bond, think again. As Mr. Fleming would tell you, the prototype for Mr. Bond was actually Sydney Reilly, a real life spy that nearly usurped Lenin. Probably the best dramatization of Reilly is called, "Reilly: Ace of Spies," and stars Sam Neill. Highly recommended.' "Reilly: Ace of Spies" is riveting. This is not.

buiger In the great tradition of excellent, professionally made British TV Series...How good, how refreshing! Finally a production which entertains, informs and intrigues at the same time! Everything about this show is well done, the script (above all), the direction, the acting, the cinematography, the sound... There is absolutely nothing to complain about. It is interesting, the dialog (finally) is engaging, it is wonderful to hear the English language spoken so beautifully. Yes, it does not completely conform to historical fact, it has been a little dramatized for entertainment purposes, but who cares? It is and remains an excellent production.I am certain Fleming would have loved this! Well done to all!

Essex_Rider I did enjoy the production, but there were quite a few schoolboy errors in it. Firstly, unless people were pretty savvy, Fleming talking about Nazi nuclear secrets would have gone over most peoples heads. It was generally referred to as 'Atomic' weaponry, not nuclear. The fireworks that exploded over London were clearly modern. Fireworks that existed in 1945 were pretty basic, just simple rockets, no more. The reference to 'The man that never was' was an attempt by British Intelligence under the command of Lieutenant Commander Ewen Montagu to fool the Germans into believing the invasion of Sicily would take place elsewhere. As far as we know, Fleming was never a part of this operation. That said, it was enjoyable hokum as clearly Fleming was unable to reveal much of what he did actually do when part of Military Intelligence. The period pieces were pretty much okay and the storyline was pacey and in parts, quite risqué. Although I ticked the spoilers box, maybe I'm being picky because I did watch all 4 episodes and I did enjoy them. By the way, Lara Pulver as Ann O'Neill was simply stunning.

fazley asif Rarely TV serials adopt the idea of 'Art-house' production, and this is one of them. Another gem from the BBC production. Story of the creator of 007 who himself is a legend in thus arena, perhaps one of the most influential one. At first glance I thought it contains style over substance but in time everything worked out just fine ! This is not just another espionage story of WWII, rather the script mingled the personal and professional life of Fleming brilliantly. Dominic Cooper was an excellent choice, he can play the hard-boiled spoiled brat quite fascinatingly, we all have seen it in 'The Devil's Double'. Lara Pulver was naturally brilliant in the seductive dominatrix role as usual. Only if they could let the 'blond Muriel' stay a bit longer !Its not easy to bring-up the story of someone with so many 'issues' meticulously, but they tried and didn't fail ! Its no hardcore action flick like 007, rather vintage flavoured of WWII, the set decoration was quite believable. And most of all, this series is 'Hot', and hot means 'Haught' ! Waiting for the final instalment !