Let’s start Thursday with a record breaker. This scene from CASINO ROYALE includes the Aston Martin DBS car flip, which set a Guinness World Record for the most barrel rolls in a car (it’s seven!). “We were going to be happy with a couple of rolls, maybe three at a push,” says stunt driver Adam Kirley. “I could feel that we were going for quite a few rolls, so it was just a case of holding on for the ride.” | James Bond 007

Bond fights to get to Vesper Lynd in the collapsing Venice building in CASINO ROYALE. The sinking Venetian villa was filmed on this day in 2006 in Pinewood’s 800,000 gallon paddock tank. Director Martin Campbell said: “Water always dictates its own pace in terms of schedule. Patience is what it’s all about. The actors have to get themselves prepared, and you can only do so many takes because of the chlorine in their eyes.” | James Bond 007

All the actors who have played James Bond on film & tv and past & future contenders. | James Bond Television