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=== Television === In 1954, [[CBS]] paid Ian Fleming $1,000 (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|1000|1954}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US|df=y}}) to adapt his novel ''Casino Royale'' into a one-hour television adventure, [[Casino Royale (1954 film)|"Casino Royale"]], as part of its ''[[Climax!]]'' series.{{sfn|Black|2005|p=14}} The episode aired live on 21 October 1954 and starred [[Barry Nelson (actor)|Barry Nelson]] as "Card Sense" James Bond and [[Peter Lorre]] as [[Le Chiffre]].{{sfn|Benson|1988|p=11}} The novel was adapted for American audiences to show Bond as an American agent working for "Combined Intelligence", while the character [[Felix Leiter]]—American in the novel—became British onscreen and was renamed Clarence Leiter.{{sfn|Black|2005|p=101}} In 1964 Roger Moore appeared as James Bond in an extended comedy sketch opposite [[Millicent Martin]] as Sonia Sekova in her [[ATV Network|ATV]] TV series ''Mainly Millicent'', which also makes reference to 007. It was written by [[Dick Hills and Sid Green]]. Undiscovered for several years, it reappeared as an extra in the DVD and Blu-ray release of ''[[Live and Let Die (film)|Live and Let Die]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=''Mainly Millicent: Roger Moore's First Appearance as James Bond''|date=16 January 2015 |url=https://www.bondsuits.com/mainly-millicent-roger-moores-first-appearance-james-bond/|access-date=21 August 2024}}</ref> In 1973, a [[BBC]] documentary ''[[Omnibus (UK TV series)|Omnibus]]: The British Hero'' featured [[Christopher Cazenove]] playing a number of such title characters (e.g. [[Richard Hannay]] and [[Bulldog Drummond]]). The documentary included James Bond in dramatised scenes from [[Goldfinger (novel)|''Goldfinger'']]—notably featuring 007 being threatened with the novel's circular saw, rather than the [[Goldfinger (film)|film]]'s laser beam—and ''[[Diamonds Are Forever (film)|Diamonds Are Forever]]''.<ref>{{citation |title=Radio Times|date=6–12 October 1973|pages=74–79}}</ref> In 1991, a spin-off animated series, ''[[James Bond Jr.]]'', was produced with [[Corey Burton]] in the role of Bond's nephew, James Bond Jr.<ref>{{cite news|last=Svetkey|first=Benjamin|title=Sweet Baby James|url=https://ew.com/article/1992/05/29/looking-james-bond-jr-franchise/|access-date=4 November 2011|newspaper=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=29 May 1992|archive-date=20 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020094034/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,310606,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2022, a [[Reality television|reality competition show]] based on the franchise, ''[[007: Road to a Million]]'', was released on [[Amazon Prime Video]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rantala |first1=Hanna |title=New TV show ''007: Road To A Million'' brings Bond-like tasks to screens |url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/new-tv-show-007-road-million-brings-bond-like-tasks-screens-2023-11-02/ |work=[[Reuters]] |date=8 November 2023 |language=en |access-date=16 January 2024 |archive-date=11 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231111221436/https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/new-tv-show-007-road-million-brings-bond-like-tasks-screens-2023-11-02/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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