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The first time I received recognition from the British press

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Irving Allen, one didn’t like very much. He was very vulgar... or could be very vulgar, and I’ll never forget when Maurice Binder, who did all the credit titles for the Bonds, and I... went to Irving, because we thought he liked those and we had an idea of a film, and we went into his office and said, ‘Irving, we would like to make this film’. And he threw me and Maurice Binder out, and said, ‘I’ve got enough geniuses around me and I don’t need you two!’ And then Cubby Broccoli picked up the wreckage, across the road, you know.

Sir Kenneth Adam (1921-2016), OBE, born Klaus Hugo Adam, was a production designer famous for his set designs for the James Bond films of the 1960s and 1970s. Initially, he trained as an architect in London, but in October 1943, he became one of only two German-born fighter pilots to fly with the RAF in wartime. He joined 609 Squadron where he flew the Hawker Typhoon fighter bomber. After the war, he entered the film industry, initially as a draughtsman on This Was a Woman. His portfolio of work includes Barry Lyndon and The Madness of King George; he won an Oscar for both films. Having a close relationship with Stanley Kubrick, he also designed the set for the iconic war room in Dr Strangelove. Sir Ken Adam was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2003.

Title: Irving Allen

Listeners: Christopher Sykes

Christopher Sykes is an independent documentary producer who has made a number of films about science and scientists for BBC TV, Channel Four, and PBS.

Tags: Irving Allen, Maurice Binder, Albert R Broccoli

Duration: 42 seconds

Date story recorded: December 2010 and January 2011

Date story went live: 14 September 2011