Although it’s not as bad as it seemed back in 2002, Die Another Day’s good parts are undermined by the overuse of digital effects and a curious self-satisfaction.

In a photo finish with GoldenEye, 1999's The World is Not Enough emerges as Brosnan’s best movie by a nose. It’s funny, moving, sexy, thrilling and (three minutes of Garbage aside) never dull.

In June 1999, ITV launched a brand new drama series bursting with controversy from the word go.

A perfect cocktail of swagger, severity, and schoolboy innuendo, Brosnan's Bond blends a little bit of every previous incarnation before him.

GoldenEye ushered in a new era for James Bond, making the “sexist, misogynist dinosaur” relevant for a whole new generation of Bond fans.

The Persuaders! was a camp, colourful action adventure series with implausibly blonde women and improbably lapelled suits.

With a savagery far removed from previous instalments of the franchise, 1989’s Licence to Kill is a compelling and violent affair.

Everyone loves a high concept TV series and it doesn’t come much higher than this. Dr Jonathan Chase is a square jawed hero with the frankly fantastic ability to transform, at will, into any animal.

James Bond pursues KGB turncoat Georgi Koskov, renegade US arms dealer Brad Whittaker and a murderous Pretenders-loving milkman, armed only with a cello and a set of car keys.

Richard Rich. Esq. Famous thesp, yeah? Up there with Tarby, Brucie, Ronnie, that other Ronnie, that one from that game show, oh, you know, northern type, oh what's his name.