EXTRACTS: The Modesty Blaise Companion Expanded Edition © 2018 The Book Palace (425 PAGES in Full edition)

T H E M O D E S T Y B L A I S E C O M P A N I O N ADAPTATIONS The original Companion concentrated on the strips and novels. Since its original publication there have also been three radio play adaptations from the novels. “A Taste for Death” was broadcast in five episodes on BBC Radio 4 in December 2012 produced and directed by Kate McAll and adapted by Stef Penney with the following cast : Modesty Blaise Daphne Alexander Willie Garvin Carl Prekopp Sir Gerald Tarrant Alun Armstrong Simon Delicata Sam Dale Steve Collier Geoffrey Streatfield Dinah Pilgrim Samantha Dakin McWhirter Alex Fearns Skeet Lowry Jeff Mash Sir Howard Presteign Nigel Anthony “Modesty Blaise” was broadcast in five episodes on BBC Radio 4 in June 2014 produced and directed by Kate McAll and adapted by Stef Penney with the following cast: Modesty Blaise Daphne Alexander Willie Garvin Neil Maskell Sir Gerald Tarrant Alun Armstrong Gabriel Ewan Bailey McWhirter Alex Fearns Grant Matthew Gravelle Paul John Hollingworth “The Silver Mistress” was broadcast in five episodes on BBC Radio 4 in February 2017 directed by Kate McAll and adapted by Stef Penney with the following cast : Modesty Blaise Daphne Alexander Willie Garvin Paul Bazely Sir Gerald Tarrant Ian McNeice Clare Clare Grogan Sexton & Colonel Jim Ewan Bailey Lady Janet & Angel Sara Markland Quinn John Ramm The 1966 Joseph Losey film “Modesty Blaise” greatly dismayed Peter O’Donnell and he was very suspicious of later attempts to put his characters on to film or into television. The 1982 unsold pilot can still be found on the internet. The relocation to California of both the action and the characters is perhaps sufficient explanation as to why it was unsold. The 2004 action film directed by Scott Spiegel, “My Name is Modesty” had a great Modesty fan, Quentin Tarantino as its Executive Producer. It was released direct to DVD and can still be found on the internet. It has been suggested that the film was only made in order to trigger an extension of the film rights. It covers Modesty’s life prior to the stories in the original daily strip and parallels the twelve strip “introduction” produced for syndication clients titled “In the Beginning”. I I 2264