'James Bond' Stars To Tour The UK For Film Franchise's 50th Anniversary, Sir Roger Moore To Kickstart 'Golden Briefcase' Timer

Bond Stars To Go On Tour
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Stars of the James Bond films including Britt Ekland and Richard Kiel will tour the UK as part of the film franchise's 50 anniversary celebrations, kick started by 007 himself Sir Roger Moore.

Producers behind the popular 007 series have declared 5 October Global James Bond Day to mark 50 years since the release of Sir Sean Connery's first turn as the superspy in 1962's Dr. No.

A number of events have been planned to mark the occasion, including exhibitions across the world and a live concert in Los Angeles, and now it has emerged some of the franchise's stars will embark on a tour across the UK.

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Sir Roger Moore and Britt Ekland in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

Bond girls including Britt Ekland, Eunice Gayson and Shirley Eaton, as well as Richard Kiel, who played infamous metal-mouthed character Jaws, for the 007 Days of Bond tour, which will stop at various locations across the U.K. including Penbryn Beach in Wales and Stoke Park in England.

On Monday, Sir Roger Moore will travel to Scotland in an Aston Martin DBS car from 2008's Quantum of Solace to launch the tour at Eilean Donan Castle, where Pierce Brosnan filmed scenes for 1999's The World Is Not Enough. Sir Roger will be joining in for a photocall and starting the timer on a special 'golden briefcase'.

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Sir Roger Moore with the Aston Martin DBS featured in Quantum Of Solace

A helicopter will also recreate a chase scene from 1963's From Russia With Love, which was filmed near Lochgilphead, in Argyll.

The tour will finish in London on 24 September.

Bond 50 Blu-ray collection available from 24 September 2012 (available to pre-order here). See what's in store in the latest Bond film Skyfall in the pictures below...