1964: James Bond's ASTON MARTIN DB5 | Tonight | Retro Transport | BBC Archive

Tonight reporter Kenneth Allsop visits Wimbledon Common, where he is invited to swap his E-Type Jaguar for an Aston Martin DB5 with some rather unusual accessories. It's fitted with a rotating numberplate, radar, spiked hubcaps, a bulletproof shield and twin Browning machine guns... all the usual additions to help make the daily commute a little easier.

It's only after the transaction is complete, however - when Mr Allsop finds a Mauser and a mysterious gold finger stashed under the seat - that he realises he's getting slightly more than he bargained for.

Originally broadcast 17 September, 1964.





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