The Car: A speedy Ford Mustang

The Gadget: A magnetic ring that guarantees a jackpot on the fruit machine every time. Handy in Vegas

The One-Liner: “Plenty O’Toole… named after your father, perhaps?”

22. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

It’s another low entry from Brosnan, this time as he takes on one of the series’ worst baddies – a futuristic media mogul who thinks typing menacingly fast is a substitute for the classic laser up the double-Os. Brosnan was a great Bond – the look, the charm, the knack for innuendo – but somehow the nineties-ness of his era has dated even worse than the Carry On Bond era of the seventies.

The Style: He’s strictly casual in the film’s big motorcycle chase – baggy blue linen shirt and dark chinos

The Car: A remote control BMW 750iL

The Gadget: An explosive Omega Seamaster watch

The One-Liner: “You always were a cunning linguist, James,” says Moneypenny, while Bond beds a language tutor. Quite

21. Thunderball (1965)

The first real misfire of the Bond series sees Connery go deep for a slow-moving, never-ending underwater battle (though you have to love Tom Jones belting out the word ‘Thunderball’ at the top of his lungs). But never one to let a nautical theme slip by without taking advantage, Bond rocks some of the best beachwear of his 50 plus-years on the big screen. No Bond did beach duds like Connery.

The Style: Cuban collar shirts and blue swim shorts

The Car: Aston Martin DB5

The Gadget: An actual jet pack

The One-Liner: “I think he got the point.” After skewering a man to death with a spear gun

20. Octopussy (1983)

Roger Moore’s Bond heads to India on the trail of a plot involving a bomb and bogus Fabergé eggs, and finds himself in a floating palace populated entirely by beautiful women (*raises eyebrow naughtily*). It’s enjoyable nonsense until an overlong chase on a circus train, which regrettably ends with Bond dressing up like a clown. Alright, he’s in disguise but it’s still ridiculous, Mr Bond.