Is it time for a female 007?

Dame Helen Mirren says James Bond has got to be a man, otherwise it 'just doesn't work...

- FRANCES LEATE

YES

'What a breath of fresh air it would be'

Louise Baty, 46, is a writer from Nottingham.

I can see it now: getting comfy at my local Odeon as the iconic theme blares, and our star appears on screen, driving an Aston Martin. "The name's Bond, JANE Bond... Oh, what a moment.

Now actor Daniel Craig has hung up Bond's threepiece suit for good, it's high time the franchise was shaken and stirred. Come on, casting directors, surely everyone's favourite Secret Service agent is crying out to be depicted by a woman at this stage.