Bradford's James Bond exhibition is to tour the world.

The Bond, James Bond exhibition at the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television has proved so popular that it is now being sought after by museums as far afield as America, India and Australia as a sure-fire crowd pleaser.

An impressive 45,000 people have already visited the NMPFT to see the 007 exhibition which gives film fans an insight behind the scenes of the Bond movies and a chance to see some of 007's most famous gadgets - the museum's Sian Giles is pictured with the alligator submarine from the film Octopussy.

Museum spokesman Dean Loughran said the success of the exhibition was a great boost for Bradford and the creative team at the museum who designed and built it.

He said: "It's an exhibition that was born in Bradford. It has been put together in Bradford by our curators so the fact that it's going to tour the world is great news for the museum and the city.

"We've had Japanese, Russian, Chinese and American journalists here to report on it so this is certainly an exhibition that has put Bradford on the world map.

"To have attracted 45,000 people is very pleasing. It's been a tremendous success.

"The Museum has a track record in developing internationally successful exhibitions. Specimens and Marvels, which looked at the work of William Henry Fox Talbot attracted global interest and has so far been seen in Helsinki, Paris and Madrid."

Bond, James Bond is due to leave Bradford in September to go on show at the Science Museum in London. It will then be shipped to the USA to be exhibited in Detroit before starting its world tour.

Mr Loughran added that exhibitions like Bond, James Bond had firmly cemented the NMPFT as one of the most popular museums in the country and best attended outside London.

The exhibition of Bond movie memorabilia - from spy boss M's original desk to the Alligator submarine used by Roger Moore in Octopussy - combined with the latest interactive technology that allows visitors to pit their wits against the computer and win a 00-agent rating has been a major factor is drawing crowds to the museum.

But Mr Loughran said staff at the NMPFT have no intention of resting on their laurels and already have other exhibitions of world importance already in the pipeline.

Next year the NMPFT will be officially unveiled as the new home of the Royal Photo-graphic Society collection which, together with what the museum already holds, will make it the most important assembly of photography and photographic equipment in the world.