Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, and Daniel Craig each reflect on the impact and importance of taking on such a famous role.

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He chimes in on the lasting impact of Bond over the years and through different actors like Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Craig in the video below.

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Representing the football world will be several African greats, among them Liberia's George Weah, Cameroonians Roger Milla and Abedi Pele of Ghana.

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That was after a series of flops of high profile cases, against George Walker, the Maxwells and Roger Levitt.

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Poet Brian Patten, who will be part of a double bill with Roger McGough at St George's Hall, said the festival was "exciting, wide-ranging and inclusive and I'm really proud to be part of it".

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The BBC's environment analyst Roger Harrabin said chancellor George Osborne rejects the target and the coalition was seeking a compromise acceptable to the Lib Dems such as committing to the principle but leaving details until after the next election.

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Directors Martin Scorsese, Christopher Nolan, David Fincher, David Lynch, James Cameron, Danny Boyle, George Lucas and cinematographers Wally Pfister (Inception, The Dark Knight) and Roger Deakins (Skyfall, True Grit) are all present.

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They join other thought leaders, including Alan W. Brown, John Seely Brown, Rod Collins, Bill George, Ranjay Gulati, John Hagel, Gary Hamel, Umair Haque, Vlatka Hlupic, Roger Martin, Lisa Earle McLeod, Vineet Nayar, Franz Roeoesli, Fred Reichheld and Jeff Sutherland.

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