MARK O'CONNELL - Writer, Author, Bond fan

Welcome to a veritable Double-O show of 007 related missions, interviews, curios and exclusive insight. The best MI6 office for CATCHING BULLETS' video treats, insights and interviews is on YouTube so subscribe another day with love... youtube.com/@CatchingBullets… #JamesBond #Bond26

After it nearly drops the Power Sword, MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE is fine when you realize it's just desperate to be THOR - RAGNAROK with Dr. Evil tics to pitch Skeletor as a bitter old Palm Springs queen with his eye on the shiny blond pool-boy, He-Man. #HeMan #MastersoftheUniverse

On His Majesty's World Service as this bullet catcher chats to the BBC's 'NewsHour' about another helping of shaken and stirred rumouring when it comes to Commander Bond. Did we assume just 3 actors will test for this role?! And on one weekend? #JamesBond #BBCWorldService

ABOUT A SPY... Hoult as Bond. Grant as M. Sorted. #JamesBond #NewJamesBond

A FLUE TO A KILL! Our chimney sweep has got wise to my Bond proclivities and commentary so took a photo of our chimney flue to show it has a secret Bond life of its own! (No, Roger Moore is not up my chimney... so to speak!). #RogerMoore #JamesBond #CatchingBullets

A fabulous other thanks to Gosse Dent and the JAMES BOND NL team for the BOND, QUEER BOND love! jamesbond.nl/bond-queer-bond… BOND, QUEER BOND - THE OTHER FABULOUS HISTORY OF A SPY OUT NOW | £22 | All stockists US release | January 2027 #JamesBondNL #JamesBond #BondQueerBond

The dead - and the very undead headlines about the new James Bond - are alive!! Feliz día de los muertos a todos los agentes del mundo! #DiadelosMuertos #Spectre #JamesBond #NewJamesBond #DayoftheDead💀

Meet the newest James Bond! youtu.be/JkG4ZsmBmWg?is=tCZ7… #YoungBond #JamesBond #SilverFin @bigfinish

Six years ago today we lost the First Knight of Bond, British cinema and pop culture, Sir Sean Connery... youtu.be/JdqcYMNMfvQ?is=1yOy… #SirSeanConnery #SeanConnery #JamesBond

To all fellow agents, allies, Bond fans & supporters, this bullet catcher hopes you all have a FABULOUS, Baron Samedi Halloween!! Have a beautiful day! 🧡 ★★★★ | EMPIRE ★★★★ | STUN 'Am so enjoying it' | BBC LONDON 'Thrilling' | QUEERTY OUT NOW US | Jan 2027

CATCHING YOUNG BOND with Isaac Rouse and Charlotte McBurney as I talk to the newest James Bond about Big Finish's new adaptation opus SILVERFIN in quite what is the year for new 007s... youtu.be/JkG4ZsmBmWg?si=PrkG… #YoungBond #JamesBond #SilverFin @monstroso @TheIanFleming @bigfinish

Who will be the next James Bond? I join BBC News to look at the purported candidates, what the role needs now and who the lesser rumoured names could be... youtu.be/NyzzLugFl_I?is=HSEf… #Bond26 #JamesBond #NewJamesBond @BBCNews

I challenge any 2026 film to hold better triumph than when some bicycles are all grabbed in GHOSTS - THE POSSESSION OF BUTTON HOUSE! Refusing to be some charity night cameo fest, it is CARRY ON RENTAGHOST meets CLOCKWISE and a genuine Button moon is a banger! #Ghosts #ButtonHouse

BOND'S TEST MATCH as I talk to BBC NEWS about the viability of the rumoured James Bond candidates, what the role and screen tests need, and who it could or should be... youtu.be/wVZpN3OJpyI?is=NQz3… #NewJamesBond #JamesBond #AmazonMGMStudios

Anyone else have Stephen King signing an episode of MINDER on their Sunday bingo card?!! CARRIE MEETS TERRY? THE GREEN MILE END? #Minder

This bullet catcher is on the main BBC NEWS channel from 0840 chatting about the purported screen tests which may finally have narrowed down the contenders for Commander Bond's 007th reign. #BBC #BBCNewsChannel #BBCNews #NewJamesBond

LIVE AND LET FIVE as I talk the [rumoured] Bond candidates with BBC FIVE... youtu.be/wUKu_Bl3Izc?si=hLBn… #NewJamesBond #JamesBond #BBCFiveLive #Bond26 #AmazonMGMStudios

As new Hollywood rumours (rumours!) suggest the crosshairs for the 007th 007 are finally focusing, I talk to LBC's Ben Kentish about the validity of the named actors and what might happen now... youtu.be/b-ksxLaKlkwsi=L6ywJ… #LBC #JamesBond #NewJamesBond #Bond26

Last crew members standing. #Nostromo #Alien #RIPTomSkerrit

'The baubles, they tickle my - Liberace!?' Kind of. If you Bond know, you Bond know...! #BondQueerBond #JamesBond #AViewtoaKill #SanFrancisco – at San Francisco, CA

THE WILDE IS NOT ENOUGH! Oscar Wilde is a queer, cultural & literary icon. With new insights from producer Barbara Broccoli, BOND, QUEER BOND looks at how The Man with the Green Carnation played his brilliant part in the 007 story. Happy birthday Oscar! lnk.to/BondQueerBond