The new 007

Idris Elba

How about Sophie Okenedo? Time for a female 007? She is a good actor and has the most beguiling smile; give her a kick-ass attitude, and she would totally bewilder the baddies!

I would have preferred Idris Elba, or Aiden Turner or Richard Madden.

How about Sam Clafin?

Yes a younger Colin Firth or George Clooney!

I don't know Tom Hardy but I think it's time to retire the whole dated, misogynist, gratuitously violent franchise. After Skyfall, I just gave up.

Having said that I am really hoping that the producers do not go down the -lets make the character a woman- road. That decision killed Dr Who and I cant see it doing anything for Bond

Alex O’loughlin without a doubt for me

Agree Sean Connery was THE 007, but if new ones have to come along it would be Sam Heughan for me.

Jonny Depp!

Ramin Karimloo. He's fit and good looking. He's a wonderful singer, and has had lead roles in Phantom and Les Mis. He's currently in Holby City.

Idris Elba for me too. I'm happy to volunteer to be his Bond girl.

I honestly hate JB, both books and films, so the one thing you can rely on is that I will not be seeing it. My favourite was Connery. I do object, however to the current idea that we have to be PC and therefore sooner or later we'll have to have a black female Bond (probably disabled to boot). Don't get me wrong, I like Elba, but couldn't be more wrong for JB. How about David Tennant, with that sense of fun and perfect comic timing?

Never been a fan of Sean Connery, every time I watch him in a film I'm looking for the join.

Tom Hiddleston. Perfect.

Idris Elba without question.

Who’s Tom Hardy? Can’t possibly be as good as Daniel Craig!

Dara o Briain, he’s very clever, and has mastered the quizzical look!

David Attenborough, before it's too late.

Ok this is not going to go down well I feel! BUT when Daniel Craig took over they started with a story line introducing the family home in Scotland the graves of his parents so on so forth, you can't just change James Bond in to a black man over night it would be like changing shaft into an Asian man. If they had kept a story line out of it and when Bond retires pass on the name and 007 to the new Bond the old one reinstated with his real identity! Then I would have no problem with Idris Elba becoming Bond.

Bond was written as a man of Scottish origin ,rumour was that Sir Fitzroy Maclean was the inspiration for him,although he himself denied it.Doctor Who is science fiction they can make the doctor a dog if they want but Bond shouldn't be subject to PC nonsense keep him true to the books.

I've had a lovely chuckle at some of these answers, particularly Graham Norton as Bond, great as he is in his chat show and now as a novelist.
It's James Norton for me, and Aidan Turner.

lemongrove

Tom Hardy is quite small I think, he only looked tall in Taboo because of the tall hat he wore.??

Tom Hardy's not that small actually. He did performing arts A-level in the same college classes as my daughter (he'd also dated her friend for a while when they were v. young) and was Oberon to her Titania in MSND in one of their performances. He was definitely quite a bit taller than her. I think he'll make an excellent Bond and good on him for doing so well, especially as he was a bit of a 'difficult' lad back in the day!

As much as I like Tom Hardy, he mumbles too much for me. None of the talked about in the media contenders fit the bill for me.

Tom Hiddlestone for me. Tom Hardy not bad either. My favourite JBs are Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig. It wasn't changing Dr Who to a woman that ruined it, it was the silly PC/woke plot lines (now I'll duck under the parapet).