The name's Bond, James Bond."

It's taken five actors, 19 films and 40 years to bring the most world's most famous secret agent to life and immortalise his catchphrase as one of the best in movie history.

If you, like me, have ever stood in front of the mirror and pretended to be Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, or the other bloke who was in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, and wished that you too could be a super-cool MI6 agent - licensed to kill - then there is no need to dream any more.

Because a major new exhibition coming to Bradford's National Museum of Photography, Film and Television is going to give every would-be 00-agent out there the chance into step into the great James Bond's Italian patent leather shoes.

The exhibition, called Bond, James Bond, is set to revel the secrets behind the world's most successful ever movie franchise and give fans a chance to see the original guns, gadgets, cars and costumes that have dazzled us on the big screen ever since Connery first made Ian Fleming's laconic spy his own.

Connery's classic Aston Martin from Goldfinger and Pierce Brosnan's hi-tech Q-Boat from one of 007's latest outings The World Is Not Enough will greet visitors in the museum's foyer when the exhibition opens on March 23 and act as a gateway into his world of espionage.

Once inside visitors will be able to take part in one of Bond's stylish opening sequences by walking along the famous, blood-stained, gun barrel as the dancing girls gyrate seductively.

They will then be inducted into MI6 and have to use a hi-tech swipe card to access other sections of the exhibition.

The new spies will start off surrounded by Bond's cold-war roots before attending a briefing by spyboss "M", being kitted out with nufty gadgets by "Q", and then navigating a series of deadly challenges and stunts to reach the explosive finale in the villain's secret lair.

Along the way fans will be able to marvel at plans and props from the movies including Oddjob's bowler hat, Rosa Klebb's flick knife shoes, Jaw's murderous teeth, and Bond's crocodile submarine and Acrostar jet plane from Octopussy.

A debriefing at the end will enable new recruits to see how they scored as an agent - and whether they'd be able to cut it in the ruthless world of international espionage.

Michael Harvey, the curator of cinematography at the museum, said the exhibition will explore the secret formula that has made the Bond movies such an enduring success - as well as giving visitors the thrill of being Bond.

He said: "The aim of the exhibition is to show how the Bond films are constructed and how they have endured over four decades.

"In common with other films the individual creative talents of writers, directors, designers, costumiers and special effects experts make an immense contribution, and all of these are looked at.

"While combining excitement and entertainment, Bond films have both anticipated and reflected the mood of the time, from their debut at the beginning of the sexual liberation of the 1960s, through the changing world of Glasnost and Perestroika to current concerns about media manipulation and the arms trade."

Bond, James Bond, follows in the footsteps of another massive movie exhibition at the NMPFT which wowed Bradford audiences last year. The Art of Star Wars exhibition attracted a million movie fans from across the country and museum bosses are hoping the popularity of the Bond films will help the 007 exhibition emulate the Star Wars success.

The exhibition will be given its world premiere in Bradford before moving to London's Science Museum and then heading off on tour around the world.

Amanda Neville, head of the NMPFT, said it was a major coup for Bradford to be have landed the new exhibition first - something which had only been made possible by the museum's close relationship with the company behind the Bond franchise - Eon.

The NMPFT has even named one of its cinemas after the legendary Cubby Broccoli who produced the early Bond films. Cubby's daughter Barbara now produces the movies.

Amanda added: "We enjoy a particularly close relationship with Eon and are delighted that this partnership has made this important exhibition possible - the first to offer a truly authoritative, behind the scenes interpretation of a major cultural force."

Barbara Broccoli, who is now busy with the latest big-budget Bond movie - the 20th in the series, said she was delighted that the museum would be putting together the ultimate 007 experience for fans.

She said: "For forty years the James Bond films have brought excitement and glamour from exotic locations to audiences around the world, making 007 one of the best-recognised and most popular characters ever created.

"We are pleased to be working with the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television in creating a major exhibition of the Bond films that examines and celebrates this global, but very British, success."

The exhibition will run at the NMPFT from March 23 to September 1, so get the tuxedo out of mothballs, pour yourself a Vodka Martini, find a desirable Bond-girl for your arm and get ready for those curled-lip Connery impressions. "Puusshy Galore? But of courshe you are.