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CD cover for radio play 19 Jun 2013 | 11:32 pm
One Modesty fan designed this great CD cover for the recent BBC radio play of A Taste for Death. Download and enjoy!
Happy 50th birthday Modesty! 14 May 2013 | 03:32 am
Today is the 50th anniversary of the birth of Modesty Blaise. The first strip made its appearance in the Evening Standard on May 13, 1963. Below are two sets of strips from the first story, "La Machi...
Modesty Blaise Swedish DVD Cover 31 Jan 2013 | 12:50 am
The 1966 Modesty Blaise film has a brand new cover for the Swedish DVD edition. I'm surprised they even made a DVD of this film, given how most Modesty fans loathe this film! New Swedish DVD cover - ...
A Taste for Death BBC Radio Play: All the News to Date 5 Dec 2012 | 10:28 pm
For those who haven’t read the previous posts, here is all the news to date on the Radio 4 production of A Taste for Death. Note: all new information will be updated in this post; scroll to the bottom...
A Taste for Death: Press release from Souvenir Press 2 Dec 2012 | 11:22 pm
(which sounds a bit better than 'Souvenir Press Press Release') Souvenir Press will be reprinting A Taste for Death to tie in with the radio play. You can view their press release here, and below is ...
A Taste for Death: BBC Announcement 23 Nov 2012 | 10:59 pm
The BBC has finally announced the A Taste for Death radio play, with an almost-full cast list (noticeably absent: McWhirter). The cast list: Modest Blaise - Daphne Alexander Willie Garvin - Carl Prek...
More “A Taste for Death” News: Willie Garvin 23 Nov 2012 | 01:21 am
This just in: the role of Willie Garvin will be played by… Carl Prekopp. Prekopp has been in countless BBC radio plays, including Wuthering Heights and David Copperfield. You can hear his voice in t...
Update on A Taste for Death Radio Play 16 Nov 2012 | 01:48 am
More news about the BBC radio production of A Taste for Death... The dramatisation will be broadcast on the Radio 4 “15 Minute Drama” slot over the five weekdays of the week before Christmas, 17–21 D...
John Burns originals for sale 22 Oct 2012 | 06:30 am
The Book Palace has three Modesty Blaise originals by John Burns for sale. The first two are unused art that was produced for Dead Man's Handle and The Xanadu Talisman (both 13x17 oil on card): ...an...
New BBC Radio Play of A Taste for Death 18 Oct 2012 | 10:14 am
BIG news, everyone... the BBC is producing a radio play of the Modesty Blaise novel A Taste for Death. The play will be serialised on Radio 4 in December (yes, this year!) The script has been written...