On Her Majesty's Secret Service - Part one

For our first full episode of 'Red Wine with Fish', you join us in the snow-capped mountains of Switzerland for part one of On Her Majesty's Secret Service (book published 1963, film released 1969).

Featuring George Lasenby in his first and last out of Bond, Diana Rigg makes her debut as a Bond girl, and Telly Savalas is the infamous Blofeld.

James Bond saves a distressed woman, Contessa Teresa "Tracy" di Vicenzo, from drowning, later discovering she is the daughter of Marc-Ange Draco, the head of the Unione Corse crime syndicate. Draco offers Bond information on his longtime nemesis, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, in exchange for Bond marrying Tracy. Bond agrees and goes undercover, posing as the genealogist Sir Hilary Bray from the College of Arms, to investigate Blofeld's plot. Trouble - and love - ensue.

There is a lot to explore in terms of food and drink in this book and film. From eggs galore and vodka tonics with Angostura bitters to Camparis in filing cabinets and the illusive branch water, your whistle be whetted alongside tales of some of the most iconic brands in British drinks history. It's a true nostalgia-fulled trip back to the 1960s with a splash of Babycham here, a swig of Calvados there and soda syphons aplenty. We also raid Bond's future father-in-law Draco's well-stocked bar, uncover lost whisky giants and ask - how quickly can you make a Martini?

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DRINK ALONG!

Whisky soda a la Bond

50ml American whiskey - Jack Daniel's

Soda water

Pour your whiskey into a pint glass filled with ice and top with soda water from a soda syphon. Keep a bucket of ice cubes and a flagon of iced water nearby.

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EAT ALONG!

Chopped hard boiled eggs with cream and cheese sauce laced with English mustard

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