 Welcome Bond fans! I hope you all had a wonderful global James Bond day on October 5th, whether you had a small celebration or a big one. I hope you were able to take some time out to toast to our favorite secret agent. But celebrating the 60-year anniversary isn't over yet because I am joined here by someone who's going to tell you a little bit more about that. I'm joined here by Matthew Wood, the co-founder of the James Bond Facebook group, Shaken Not Stirred. Welcome Matthew. Hello, welcome. Thanks very much for having me. Yeah, no, cheers. So the reason we're having Matthew over is his major Facebook group is hosting this big James Bond weekend for in honor of the 60-year anniversary. We're going to jump into that in a minute. But first, for all the viewers watching here today that aren't aware who you are, hopefully most of them do, can you introduce yourself a little bit and talk about your Facebook group? Yeah, certainly. So Shaken Not Stirred, I had this idea in 2019 in March to, I mean, there's so many Facebook groups out there, there's so many variety. And I've kind of had this idea that, you know, I wanted to create something that would bring people together more because we had loads of Facebook groups and kind of with certain small groups of people and they kind of go just as far as that, like a small group of, say, like 10 people. Even though they're worldwide, you know, you've only got like a small fraction of people. But I wanted to create something that would kind of group people together and group the different groups together. And that was the sort of idea behind it. So hopefully we've achieved that. I mean, it's been four years now, three, four years. So and I do think it's actually kind of kind of work like that where we've tried to interact with different people. We just haven't been, right, this is Shaken Not Stirred, we're not going to get involved with any other thing. We want to kind of connect the Bond community. And that's what it was all about. Amazing. Yeah, no. And you've definitely seemed to have succeeded because this you've had your 60 event definitely isn't the first event that you've hosted, isn't it? Yeah. I mean, we didn't actually mean to do these events. It was kind of fell into it kind of thing. I mean, we're good friends with Terence Mountain, who played Raphael on a Majesty Secret Service. So he kind of would see them a few times. Me and Nick had me and a few times and one day he was sitting there. We had like a dinner or something. He said, if you do one of these things, I'll come to it. I was like, well, that's pretty cool. So I said, okay, we'll think about it. And then me and Nick decided on one day in June 2019. And it was a free ticket for everybody. It was very small. We hired this. We went into this pub, a bar on right next to my six, called the Riverside. And we actually got a few people to come. We got Terence Mountain, Derek Lyons, who has done a few films, he's come to all of our vids since we've had then Sylvan Whitton and Mason, who was the daughter of the person who wrote Fundable. So that was pretty cool. And then obviously we had Louise Pinesi, I think it is Louise Pinesi from Spain, who I know he runs some sort of Spanish fan club. And he wrote this book and he said, I will come over and we'll talk about Fundable. And I learned a lot from that, actually. That was really interesting about her father, how he actually that Dr. No wasn't going to be the first Bond film was going to be Fundable because the legal wrangling, you know, it wasn't speed. But yeah. So and then it just went from there. At the same year, we decided to do another event because we had lots of success. Then we had Madeleine Smith getting involved in this. And we had somebody from No Time to Die. And this was like when the film was actually, you know, being filmed. So it's kind of no spoilers. Because obviously they've got our MDA, they need to make sure they're not breaching that because Eon just wouldn't have them back. So it's kind of cool to have them there, not to say anything, but just, you know, just call for them just to be with us really. And then last year was the big one, Operation Secrets. We had a private screen in No Time to Die. We had, you know, three people from No Time to Die, actually there. It was supposed to be about five or six, but good job we did because we just didn't have the room. We did that in a pub in Trafalgar Square called the Admiral team. Well, that's gone now. That's kind of like it caught fire and everything, not during our event after. So it would have been pretty strange. And yeah, this, so me and Nick decided this year, 60th anniversary, we have to go all out and this, the budget of this event has quadrupled all of our previous events put together. This is a really, really big, big event. So yeah, it's going to be, it's going to be cool. Amazing. Yeah, no, that's great to see how it, how it grown into something that big. Obviously the Operation Secrets you just mentioned, I'm still so bummed out that I missed out on that last year because of the whole COVID restrictions and we won't get into that. But I'm very happy to be able to join this time. Lyrit is also going to join. And yeah, this is like M says, this is the big one, isn't it? Can you tell us a little bit more about this big, you've had your 60th event? Obviously, I know it's going to be from October 28th to October 30th from a Friday to a Sunday. And there are two types of tickets and I'm sure Matt can fill you in a little bit more about the details. Yes, certainly. So Friday the 28th October is when it starts. And we've, so we've worked from January. This has been in the work since January all the way up. We've written to Eon, we've written to Pinewood with, yeah, it's been a big, big event. So we finally got permission in August to screen Dr. No and 4K. We had to screen that film because it's obviously the first one from this is what it's all about the 60th. And the only way we could do that is if we bought all the tickets. So me and it have to, you know, we had to put some money in of our own to buy, that's basically hire out the whole Pinewood Cinema, which is not cheap by any means. And this is a free ticket for every Bond fan to say thanks from our point of view for, you know, doing, you know, supporting, shaking, not stirred and to come into the event. And the idea is, obviously, we don't make no money out of this. So all of this is just paying for the event. So we don't get nothing out of it. We just enjoy putting these things on. So we've got a 4K screen of Dr. No. We've got normal one store joining us, who already works on sound, who's sound editor on Dr. No. All of the Sean Connery films, apart from Diamonds Are Forever, he even did Never Say Never Again, won an Oscar for Goldfinger. So that's pretty cool. And so it's mounting would join us because he works with Sean Connery on Diamonds Are Forever. And at the very, the pre title, he's one of the Blowfield's guards, one who gets phone, a skateboard, he gets cool. And he has a line in that. So he's got some great stories on set from that day. And we're going to have loads of other kind of Bond guests there. But I'm not going to tell you who they're going to be, but they're going to be in the audience watching the film. So it's going to be pretty cool. And the Saturday is the big one. Obviously, we've got starts in the morning. We've got free talks. We've got a talk from the Turban expert in Octopussy. And he worked how he sort of got involved in working for Eon on Octopussy. We've got Steve Barnett, Ramblin's on from the set. So basically, he worked on No Time to Die, Spectre Skyfall. And he has some really interesting behind the scenes stories. And he's put together a little kind of presentation. And he's going to show us some pictures and some kind of stories to go along with that. And the different scenes that he worked in. And we've also got Philip Latchford, who runs the Moonmaker page. And he's going to show us, he's put together, this is really cool, a timeline of the whole of Moonmaker from kind of cool sheets, things like that. So he's going to do the whole thing on that day. It's going to be about 40 minutes. It's going to go through every single kind of finite detail of Moonmaker. So they're the talks. And then we've got the panels, the actual bond guests. Now, we've got 10 bond guests come into this. Norman Wonstall, Terence Mountain, Madeline Smith, Karen Lyman Rowe, Steve Barnett. We've got now we've got Graham Hartstone, who worked on Sound from Dr. No to Die Another Day, Sid Child, who worked as a stunt woman on For You As Only. They're the two we've just announced. And you know what, there's so many, I actually can't remember them all, which is because we've got over 10. And then we've got free course meal. We've got, we're going to split the panel. So we've got bond girls chatting, we've got stunt people chatting, this and the other. There may be some more guests on the day. There's always surprises. We're not going to tell you everything. And then we have the free course meal. And in the evening, the James Bond theme casino, after the casino, we're going to do the quiz. And after the quiz, we're going to, well, the raffle, there's a raffle going to be there somewhere. There's going to be a quiz, lots, lots of stuff going on on the Sunday. Me, me and Nick, for those that got double A tickets, me and Nick are going to take you on a tour of some bond locations. So the grave site from For Your Eyes Only, where it goes to Tracy's grave, that's a really cool, I mean, it is actually a real graveyard. So we need to be respectful, but it's actually a pretty cool place to be. Lots of Bond fans are made trips there. Shrublands from Thunderball, that's still there. And Black Park is a hive of Bond locations from Casino Royale to Goldfinger to Octopussy. And it's actually, hopefully, I think we found another location that people didn't really know about. So that would be pretty cool. So we'll have to wait and see. But yeah, so there's all these things. There's three tickets. So if you want to do all three days, double A ticket, if you want to do two days, Friday, Saturday, it's the operative ticket. And now we've introduced the money penny ticket, just for those who want to come for one day. So we've got the Saturday for our figures about 90 pounds, which is value for money in itself for the Saturday. They're only limited amount of tickets available with that. I think we've sold a few already. So maybe five or six left just for the one day only. But ticket sales will end on the 16th of October, because we need two weeks to process all the guests. We need to send out emails. We need to send out our tineries. There's a lot of work that still needs to be done. So we do need the time to do that. And this is just a hobby. You know, we work as full-time jobs and things like that. So yeah, that's kind of it in a nutshell, really. Amazing. Yeah, the amount of dedication you guys put into this to put all of this together. I mean, you didn't even give away the whole event. There's just so much more to it. And, you know, this, I think, is going to be so special to, you know, fans that are just fans or content creators like me, whoever, to just be together. And most people, I think, are going to be staying in the Pinewood Hotel. That's where me and Lirit will be staying as well. Maybe worth mentioning, if you are interested in joining us in this event, you can phone the Pinewood Hotel and tell them that you want to come over for the Shaken Nuts Third 60-year anniversary event. And they will give you a special rate for their rooms just for this weekend, which I think is good to know if you are interested to come. What I find amazing as well is I've spoken to some of my supporters on a channel. There's one guy coming from Germany. I think his name is Philip. There is someone coming all the way from the States. I think he has his folks over in the UK, but he still, you know, kind of come over for this event. It's cool that you introduced the MoneyPenny ticket as well for people that may not want to go all three days, but just want to join in on the big one on the Saturday. So, yeah, amazing how you put it together. You and Nick, obviously. And I honestly can't wait, and if I can throw in my two cents, you know, if you look at Calvin and David Tsaritsky, I'm sure they do all these Bond events all the time. To them, it might be common, but to me, this is the first one I'm doing, like meeting other Bond fans. Obviously, last year, I was going to come. And hearing you speak of all the things that are going to come up, it's amazing how you've put this together. And I hope with this video, we're going to maybe, you know, get a bit more fans in and allow them to meet us, which is going to be huge. And of course, it's not mandatory to stay in the Pinewood Hotel, I think. Obviously, most of it is set there, so it would be ideal to stay there. But people living in the UK, living nearby, you know, they could always stay at their own place. It's, yeah, it's great. And I do know you just showed me off camera, a little piece of merchandise that are going to come up for sale on the event. Do you care to show them again? Oh, absolutely. So obviously, we don't make no money out of this. Anything that we do make, we put into charity. And on the night, we're going to raise some money for Cherry. We've got a really cool way of doing that, actually. And I will share that with you. So what we're going to try to do, we're going to talk to the casino company. We've got four tables, got to mention this, Blackjack, Craps, Poker, and roulette. So everyone's going to have an opportunity, well, most people are going to have an opportunity to minimum donation on a roulette number. And we're going to have a prize for that. And we're going to spin it during the night. And whoever, whichever number it lands on, that person is going to win a prize. All the proceeds of that will go to charity. So that would be pretty cool. We're always big on charity. And obviously it goes into our own kind of event. So for next year, we've got, say, maybe a little bit of money to put forward, because we have a lot of expenses. Now, this is something we've never done before, merchandise. So we've got just this black normal cup. Okay, doesn't look too snazzy. But when you put boiling water with it, which when you put boiling water with it, it comes into this, which is pretty cool. So you've had your 60s, the actual posters designed by Ruben Wakeman, who's done an amazing job there. And he's got the dates on it. He's got a little bit, Pinewood Hotel, Pinewood Studio. So I think that's just a nice little touch. Now, there are only about 15 of these, because these are really expensive to buy. It's cost us a few hundred quid just to buy kind of like a few of these. We're also going to have tote bags. And we're working on a program as well. So actual like eight to 10 page program, just a kind of snapshot of the weekend. There's a memorabilia thing, you know, souvenir. So we've got three weeks to put all of this together whilst doing full-time jobs. And I'm studying a degree as well. So it's kind of, yeah, it's going to be a busy time. But hopefully we can sell these tickets. We'd like to say we've got one week left to sales, because there's an enormous amount of work to do. And we need two weeks to do the admin side of it and to get everything out to everybody individually, email over 50 people. But I'm really excited about this. You know, the sound of the 007 concert was amazing on Tuesday. Absolutely incredible. And lots of people from there coming to our event, which was really nice. And, you know, me and Nick have been speaking. We can't believe that, you know, we've got people from Holland, Germany, France, US, you know, all over the world coming to our event. And like I say, we try to do it as cheap as possible. And there was a worry at the start in August when we sold like five tickets without, oh my goodness, you know, you know, this event is a, you know, it's a lot of money. And we need to cover this. So kind of had a bit of a worry at the start, but now it's going along nicely. We've kind of met our obligations. So it's just a kind of, if we get a little bit more, we may be able to get another guest. So if we can have an influx of another 10 maybe tickets sold, then we may be able to get some more guests on the day. And there will be complete surprises and they'll be quite big guests. So, yeah, we're talking to a few people still. So who knows, there's still a few surprises to be had on the day. We're not going to reveal everything. And there's some small touches here and there that no one knows about. So, yeah, hopefully it'll be pretty cool. Yeah. And hopefully this video helps you to maybe get those few more tickets. Who knows? But man, what, again, I've said this before in the video, what dedication? I hope you don't burn out after this is over. Make sure to take some time off to relax as well, because it sounds like, you know, with a full-time job, doing a degree, putting all of this together. I mean, hats off to you and Nick for doing this. And the casino for charity, that's really, that's going to be great as well. This is going to be a bit of a black tie event, if I'm not mistaken as well. I mean, it's optional, I think, but people are allowed to dress up when we visit the casino, right? Yeah, yeah, absolutely. So it's an optional black tie because, you know, it's very hard to gauge. I mean, us, like, you and me, you know, we're going to go James Bond, you know, probably Tux and then, you know, because it's a, when do you get an opportunity to do that in a casino, you know, with, you know, the, you know, Bond themes all around you, you know, and people from the films actually attend in as well, which is pretty cool. Now, the casino is free to play, which is cool as well, and everyone's going to get some money. I'm not going to go into that because it's going to be interesting when you receive it. And this will give you enough for chips, and there's going to be a leaderboard, and so we're going to give away some prizes as well. But it's going to be really, really cool. So it's optional because some of our guests may not want to do that, and that's absolutely fine. But for those like me and yourself, Geron, and obviously Nick and a few others, and the women, I mean, I know Jem, my wife is very interested in, she's got an evening dress, casino style dress already. She's very excited to dress up. So the options there, if you want it. Same, same with Lirit. She bought her dress for this thing as well. So yeah, it's great. And I like that you kept it optional for those who don't want to dress up. Definitely getting my suit in my suitcase to the UK as well. I should get a proper tie as well. I always had like these cheap ones, but now that I'm doing something like this, I'll definitely look into that. And I like that you don't give everything away yet. There are going to be surprises, which already makes me so excited to join in on this. And yeah, unfortunately, I do have a bit of a time limit. I know you're on a tight schedule yourself. So we're going to finish this video off. But I do want to ask you if you have anything left, I mean, to mention, before we finish off this video, is there something you want to tell the Bond fans? Yeah, absolutely. So first of all, thank you to everybody who supported myself and Nick in Shaker Not Sturge. We've all been absolutely amazing. We've made some really, really good friends. And even like on Tuesday night when we went, we bumped into people we knew, it was like one big party for all the Bond fans. But yeah, no, please try to bite it if you can come great, because we will not be doing this kind of event again. This is, I'm losing my hair doing this event. And I'm sure Nick, well, Nick hasn't got much hair, but I'm sure he's kind of the same. And he's been very stressful for both of us. So we kind of agreed that this is a big one for the 60th. It's not going to, we're not going to do this every year because it's just too much to do every single year. So we're really excited to do this as a one off event. We still will do events, but this is a massive scale. What we've achieved is beyond our, even our kind of dreams, we put down kind of a thing we wanted to achieve. We've gone past that completely, gone past that now. So, and that's thanks to all of you. So thank you to all of you who have bought a ticket. Thanks to everyone who supported us. And please, yeah, try to get there because there's some great people going to be there. Jerome's going to be there as well. I'm going to be there. We're going to have a Bond Community Q&A. So if you're in the Bond Community and you get a ticket, let me know. And you could be a part of that panel because I think it's pretty cool to, for some people to ask, where do we, you know, where do we come from? How did we get this far? And everyone has their own journey into Bond. So yeah, no, thanks to everybody and hope to see you end of October. So you've heard the man get your ticket. I will put it in the description and we'll hopefully meet you guys in person next at the end of this month in the UK. So get your tickets before it's too late. See you guys in the next video. Cheers, guys. See you later.