Vincent Dowd

In the Amazon era already, you would have been very possibly ignorant of the fact that there was one non-movie spin-off, a game show on Amazon Prime called 007 Road to a Million. Nine pairs of contestants... attempt to win a million pounds by competing in James Bond-inspired challenges around the globe. It sounded pretty dire, it was pretty dire, widely considered deeply forgettable.

In the Amazon era already, you would have been very possibly ignorant of the fact that there was one non-movie spin-off, a game show on Amazon Prime called 007 Road to a Million. Nine pairs of contestants... attempt to win a million pounds by competing in James Bond-inspired challenges around the globe. It sounded pretty dire, it was pretty dire, widely considered deeply forgettable.

I think it'll be another four years before we see the film. In terms of who it might be, I don't think it any longer could be Aegis Elba or Tom Hardy, who used to be the frontrunners. The years go by and they're just a bit too old now. So James Norton, Jonathan Bailey, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Paul Meskell, Daniel Kaluuya, all kinds of people.

I think it'll be another four years before we see the film. In terms of who it might be, I don't think it any longer could be Aegis Elba or Tom Hardy, who used to be the frontrunners. The years go by and they're just a bit too old now. So James Norton, Jonathan Bailey, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Paul Meskell, Daniel Kaluuya, all kinds of people.

I would guess it's going to be at least a year before we find out.

I would guess it's going to be at least a year before we find out.

The upmarket, gated, fictional community of Stillwater in Cape Town or possibly Johannesburg. Sikle, a black 30-something businessman, encounters a white neighbour. And who are you? Sikle Mbak.

The upmarket, gated, fictional community of Stillwater in Cape Town or possibly Johannesburg. Sikle, a black 30-something businessman, encounters a white neighbour. And who are you? Sikle Mbak.

The usual calm of Stillwater is shaken when a mysterious run-down shack somehow appears on a vacant patch of ground. Writer Amy Jefter.

The usual calm of Stillwater is shaken when a mysterious run-down shack somehow appears on a vacant patch of ground. Writer Amy Jefter.

The design and Femi Tomowo's music suggest Stillwater's comfortable way of life.

The design and Femi Tomowo's music suggest Stillwater's comfortable way of life.

Sicle and Bonolo, the black couple in the play, have to cope with moments of condescension from their white neighbours, but not outright aggression. Jephthah doesn't portray any character as totally good or bad.

Sicle and Bonolo, the black couple in the play, have to cope with moments of condescension from their white neighbours, but not outright aggression. Jephthah doesn't portray any character as totally good or bad.

The play's ambitious and funny.

The play's ambitious and funny.

Those uncomfortable and very incisive moments are on stage now in London and Amy Jephter's new play should reach South Africa later this year.

Those uncomfortable and very incisive moments are on stage now in London and Amy Jephter's new play should reach South Africa later this year.