Some of the biggest stars from the James Bond films are to take part in a golden anniversary celebration of the series, which starts today in Scotland.
Popular Bond Sir Roger Moore, Richard "Jaws" Kiel and Britt Eckland, who played Mary Goodnight in The Man With The Golden Gun, will carry a gold case containing the first box-set of all 22 Bond films on blu-ray as it travels Britain in 007's Aston Martin DBS.
The case will tour memorable filming locations in the UK from today until September 24, retracing the super spy's steps from the Highlands of Wester Ross and Argyll (The World Is Not Enough and From Russia With Love) to Cornwall (Die Another Day), via Stoke Park (Goldfinger and Tomorrow Never Dies) and Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire.
The gold case, fitted with a "007 Days" digital timer starting at 10.07am today at Eilean Donan Castle in Wester Ross (the British Secret Service HQ in The World Is Not Enough). It will also be carried by Bond girls Eunice Gayson, Tania Mallet and Shirley Eaton.
Each location will be presented with a unique gold disc commemorating its part in Bond history.
The case will also travel by train, helicopter, boat and on foot, arriving at HMV in Oxford Street, London, in a dramatic stunt on September 24 with the store opening at 10.07am.
Next month, it is 50 years since Dr No and on October 26 the latest Bond film, Skyfall, is released, with Daniel Craig back as Bond.
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