Shonteff first became associated with the spy genre at the height of Bondmania when he introduced the world to Charles Vine in The Second Best Secret Agent in the Whole Wide World (aka Licensed to Kill) in 1965. (Yes, the movie whose Sammy Davis, Jr. theme song is energetically sung by all the Circus staff in Tomas Alfredson's 2011 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy!) Star Tom Adams reprised the role in two Sixties sequels which Shonteff sat out (Where the Bullets Fly and Somebody's Stolen Our Russian Spy), but Shonteff clearly felt a close attachment to the character, because he revived him under slightly altered names (for legal reasons) throughout the rest of his career with ever diminishing returns. The 1970s saw first Nicky Henson and then The New Avengers' Gareth Hunt essaying the role of "Charles Bind" in spy spoofs No. 1 of the Secret Service (1977) and The Man from S*E*X (1979), respectively, while 1990 found Michael Howe playing a Lamborghini Countach driving No. 1 in the nigh unwatchable Number One Gun. Just prior to No. 1 of the Secret Service (which one-time Bond contender Richard Todd steals as the urbane villain Arthur Loveday), Shonteff tried his hand at a serious spy movie adapting Len Deighton's Spy Story, the unofficial fourth "Harry Palmer" movie. 

But his finest hour in the genre may have come in 1967 when he updated the Sax Rohmer "Yellow Peril" femme fatale Sumuru for the spy craze, with Goldfinger's golden girl Shirley Eaton once more altering her skin color to play the Asian supervillain. Nope, there's nothing remotely PC about any of it, but if you can get past the appalling casting conventions of the time, The Million Eyes of Sumuru is a thoroughly entertaining Eurospy romp! It stars Eurospy stalwart George Nader (Jerry Cotton himself!) and Dr. Goldfoot foil Frankie Avalon as the intrepid agents who go up against Eaton. Amazingly, the New Beverly will be screening a 35mm IB Tech print of this cult classic!

Now let's be greedy and hope that perhaps this Shonteff celebration will continue into March with screenings of The Second Best Secret Agent in the Whole Wide World, Spy Story, and the two Big Zapper movies. (The Big Zapper was Shonteff's female private detective turned spy, an Emma Peel wannabe who could shoot lasers out of her... well, it was the Seventies and it was Shonteff, so you can guess.)

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Electric shock and related terms and definitions

Resolution 77 - (Rev. Hammamet, 2016) - Enhancing the standardization work in the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector for software-defined networking

Resolution 97 - (Rev. Geneva, 2022) - Combating mobile telecommunication device theft

Resolution 99 - (Geneva, 2022) - Consideration of organizational reform of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector study groups

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Definition of the management interface for a generic alarm reporting control (ARC) feature

Interface for synergy management of cloud and software-defined networking-based networks - Protocol neutral requirements

Cost-effectiveness evaluation framework for network operation

Effectiveness indicators for intelligence level of AI-enhanced telecom operation and management

Definitions, associated measurement methods and guidance targets of user-centric parameters for call handling in cellular mobile voice service

Requirement for disaster relief mobile message service

Requirements for safety confirmation and broadcast message service for disaster relief

ITU-T E.100 series - Framework of disaster management for disaster relief system

Definitions of terms related to quality of service

Terms and definitions for disaster relief systems, network resilience and recovery

New definitions for inclusion in Recommendation ITU-T P.10/G.100

Measurements to be made before the line-up period that precedes a television transmission

Definition and duration of the line-up period and the preparatory period

Definitions for application to international television transmissions

Sound-programme control, sub-control and send reference stations

Definition and duration of the line-up period and the preparatory period

Definitions for application to international sound-programme and television-sound transmission

Definitions for application to international sound-programme transmissions

Reference framework of converged service for identification and authentication for IoT devices in a decentralized environment

Quantum Key Distribution Networks - Software Defined Networking Control

Objective Perceptual Assessment of Video Quality: Full Reference Television

Rationale for minimum data set for evaluating energy efficiency and for controlling data centre equipment in view of power saving

Verification experiments related to increase of efficiency of air-conditioning and control technologies at a data centre

Verification test and feasibility study of energy and space efficient cooling systems for data centres with high density ICT devices

The case of Korea_the quantification of GHG reduction effects achieved by ICTs

Boosting Energy Efficiency through Smart Grids

Study on methods and metrics to evaluate energy efficiency for future 5G systems

U4SSC - Case study - Identifying the cascading effects on vital objects during flooding

TP-GSTR-GNSS - Considerations on the use of GNSS as a primary time reference in telecommunications
This report, initially posted on 1 July, was reposted on 12 October 2020 with a correct date of approval