Here we have Daniel Wroughton Craig, who was born in March 1968 in Chester.
He did not go to RADA, instead he joined the National Youth Theatre in London, and from there he stepped to the stage. However it was television that made his name, specifically the very popular drama "Our Friends in the North".
From that, he was offered several film roles, but mostly not the lead. He was happy to take them though, and every one taught him something new.
He took over the role of James Bond in 2006, with yet another version of "Casino Royale". He then followed that with "Quantum of Solace" (2008) "Skyfall" (2012) "Spectre "(2015) and "No Time to Die" (2020).
This film, "Skyfall", revolves around a disastrous assignment that leads to agents right across the world being located. Even M16 is attacked. Though he is disgraced, M knows that only James Bond can help, so she goes to him and they work together, off the record. It turns out in the end that the assignment was not a failure but a sabotage, by a shady figure from M`s own past, nothing to do with James Bond.
This set is huge, so tonight I will only tackle the autograph cards. Even these come in two sorts, cards like ours, with an inset photo and a white background, and cards which are a picture right to the edge of the card at the top and then a blank space at the bottom where the signature goes.
The checklist of our version shows that to make life even easier the numbers are not consecutive. They are :
- A99 Joe Don Baker (*)
- A111 Teri Hatcher (*)
- A159 Michelle Arthur
- A188 Chichinou Kaeppler
- A206 Caron Gardner
- A227 Berenice Marlohe
- A228 Daniel Craig (*)
- A229 Judi Dench (*)
- A230 Jane Seymour (*)
- A231 Bruce Glover (*)
- A232 Daryl Kwan
- A233 Catherine Serre
- A234 Oliver Skeete
- A235 Jennifer Castle
- A237 Caroline Hallett
- A240 Tonia Sotropoulou
- A242 Glyn Baker
- A243 Naomie Harris (*)
Some are much rarer than others and these are shown by (*) after the name.