Robert Finney

At a London prep-school, reviled teacher Andrew Crocker-Harris (Michael Redgrave) prepares for semi-retirement. Suffering ill health, a failed marriage, and the derision of his peers, Crocker-Harris (nicknamed ‘The Crock’) has given up on life. But that afternoon, a student gives Crocker Harris an unexpected gift, which prompts him to reevaluate his past, and prepare for his future.

In Istanbul, MI6 agents James Bond and Eve chase a mercenary, Patrice, who has stolen a computer hard drive containing details of undercover agents placed in terrorist organisations by NATO states. Patrice wounds Bond in the shoulder and, as the two men fight atop a train, Eve inadvertently shoots Bond, allowing Patrice to escape. Bond falls…

Shemekia Copeland had the advantage of good genes and a strong family name early in her career as the daughter of top-shelf blues guitarist Johnny Copeland, but 17 years after she cut her debut album, she's established that she can more than get by on her own talent and reputation, and 2015's Outskirts of Love (which finds her returning to Alligator Records after a pair of albums for Telarc) shows once again she's one of the strongest and most capable vocalists in the contemporary blues game. Copeland has a solid, expressive voice with plenty of power, she knows how to sell a song without an excess of melodrama, and with producer and songwriter Oliver Wood she's found a creative partnership that serves both sides well.