Former 007 describes his ‘shock’ after being dismissed as the charismatic British spy in brief phone call with saga’s producers

There’s an ice palace, a giant space laser, an invisible car. And John Cleese. And Halle Berry in a bikini … Pierce Brosnan’s swansong as James Bond is so brilliantly inept you really must watch it this Friday on ITV at 10.35pm, says Stuart Heritage

‘Degenerate’ Die Another Day attacked on both sides of the north-south divide