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Sir Derek Jacobi and cast perform another Shakespeare classic which has been released for the first time as a digital download. The play opens with the King of Navarre and three noble companions, Berowne, Dumaine, and Longaville, taking an oath to devote themselves to three years of study, promising not to give in to the company of women - Berowne somewhat more hesitantly than the others.

Alex Bryn, a once successful musician, is retired and earning his bread as a small-time music critic when he receives an unexpected call from a police inspector. The inspector is investigating a suspicious death in Edinburgh of a woman identified as a past girlfriend of Alex's. Shaken by the news, Alex finds himself in a jazz bar attending an impossible out-of-time show performed by Ciara, his ex-lover, and reminiscing about their turbulent past.

When the beloved priest of the local church in a small rural town in Scotland dies, new priest, Father James Affleck, arrives. James is very charismatic and plans to win the hearts of his people no matter what it takes. And he does, especially winning the heart of a new romantic love. But the Circle of Illumination take the new priest as opportunity, threatening to take everything Father James loves from him unless he helps them.