together would form one ongoing plot, in a manner comparable to The Line, the Cross and the Curve. However, once Bond was appointed as producer and co-writer as well as director, the project expanded into a full fledged feature film. Since Arden's death, Bond had primarily worked as a director of TV documentaries, primarily on The South Bank Show during which time he covered such topics as Roald Dahl and Catherine Cookson. In this context, It Couldn't Happen Here marked a return to drama film making for Bond. In 2010 Bond was interviewed by VBS.TV and Jamie Reynolds of the Klaxons for VBS Meets...Jack Bond. The video and article are available online. A fierce devotee of Bond and his work, during the interview Reynolds described in detail the influence of Bond on the Klaxons' music. Other topics covered in the discussion included surrealism, astrology and an incident in which, during the course of one production, Bond managed to mislay both a live bear and a coachload of psychiatric patients. Reynolds commented at the time to the NME "“Having seen his films, which are some of the most brilliant films I’ve ever seen, I thought he was clearly a very clever man, somebody I would very much like to sit down and have a natter with ... Someone whose brain I could pick at.” Also in 2010 and continuing until mid 2011, Bond directed and appeared in The Blueblack Hussar, a documentary centred on the musical comeback of Adam Ant covering the period from Ant's late 2010 "World Tour Of London", through his early 2011 period in Paris and late Spring 2011 UK national tour up until his appearance at the summer 2011 Hyde Park Hard Rock Calling festival. As well as Ant and Bond, the film also prominently features Reynolds, Mark Ronson, John Robb, Charlotte Rampling, Allen Jones and Ant's backing vocalists Georgina "Twinkle" Leahy and Georgina Baillie. The film also has a cameo appearance by Baillie's then-band, the Poussez Posse, including Fiona Bevan and the three future founder members of The Featherz. The film received selected screenings in 2013-2014 and was released on DVD in July 2014. Selected works Television The Pity of War BBC2, 1964 tx. 4/8/1964, script/director George Orwell 1903-1950 1965 BBC2, tx.20/11/1965, script/director Dali in New York BBC2, 1966 tx.8/8/1966, producer/director Exit 19 BBC2 1966 tx.8/8/1966, The Editor The South Bank Show ITV, usually as producer/director