After the last couple of reports which have made much of the cold weather, it's a relief to report that we are now back to the blue skies and sunshine that we had hoped for in the Bahamas. The contrast with the chill of Prague is noticeable to our new arrivals, particularly Judi Dench.

"Its something about going from the two heats, from the two temperatures. You've been very, very cold in Prague and suddenly to be really hot here and swimming…. I'm so lucky."

This is a significant film for Judi as M. Not only does she get to work in Prague, she also joins the unit on location in the Caribbean which makes a change for her as most of her 007 work up to now has been based in the UK. Of course, there's also the small fact that she's working with a new James Bond.

Taking us back to the beginnings of their relationship, CASINO ROYALE, as it does in so many other areas of Bond's life, establishes a pattern that is played out across the subsequent stories. Judi's done a lot more work with Daniel Craig since we last spoke in Prague and her appreciation of him as an actor has only increased. But, and this is always important for Judi who loves to laugh, the main thing is, they can have fun together.

"He's got a great sense of humour and that's always really the first clue working with somebody I think. There's a kind of self deprecation about him that's very attractive and when you have a sense of humour in somebody it makes working much easier"

That's just as well as the scenes coming up next here on location are enough to test anyone's sense of humour to the limits.

Until then...
YARBOROUGH