A new drama based on the exploits of the James Bond creator, Ian Fleming, is
to be shown on Sky Atlantic later this year.
The four-part series is to star Dominic Cooper (Mamma Mia!, The History Boys) in the lead role and has the working title, Fleming, Sky revealed today.
Set against the permissive society of war-torn London, the drama is to explore the early life of the 007 creator; a life “as exciting, eventful and sexually charged as his famous creation,” according to Sky.
The outbreak of the Second World War found a young Fleming as an unsuccessful stockbroker