Big Finish Productions has released a new video featuring Isaac Rouse at Eton as the upcoming Young Bond: SilverFin audio drama prepares to introduce listeners to a younger version of the iconic British spy.
The video, titled “James Bond goes to Eton,” accompanies the latest casting announcement for the production, which adapts Charlie Higson’s novel SilverFin (2005). Rouse, known for The Crown Season 6, voices teenage James Bond in the audio drama.
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The story follows Bond on his first day at his new school, where he soon makes an enemy and becomes caught up in a dangerous adventure. The official synopsis from Big Finish states:
“On his first day at his new school, James Bond is about to make his very first enemy, and is soon plunged into a deadly adventure that will take him from the playing fields of Eton to the murky waters of Loch Silverfin. A monstrous secret lurks beneath its icy surface… a secret that threatens to plunge the world into a new era of warfare.”
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Rouse is joined by Charlotte McBurney as Wilder Lawless, while the latest announcement expands the supporting cast considerably.
William Hope voices Lord Hellebore, Paterson Joseph plays Dr Perseus Friend, Tim McInnerny voices Uncle Max, Miranda Raison plays Aunt Charmian, and Timothy Bentinck voices Sergeant White.
Lucy Fleming joins the production as Madame Ouspenskaya, while Penelope Rawlins voices Alfie Kelly. Harry Marcus and Christopher Nathan also feature as Red Kelly and George Hellebore, respectively. Miriam Margolyes, best known for playing Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter films, voices Cleek MacSawney.
Young Bond author Charlie Higson himself also appears as Michael Merriot, Bond’s mentor.
Young Bond: SilverFin will comprise 16 half-hour episodes, split across two parts for approximately eight hours of audio drama. Big Finish plans to release the complete story across two box sets on October 29.
The production is one of several recent projects expanding the world of 007 beyond the main film franchise, as speculation continues over who will inherit the role from Daniel Craig in Amazon MGM Studios’ next James Bond movie. There's no release date for the untitled film.
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