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1. You Left Your Baby, But Took The Violin

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Jarvis, Tom and Alice are all drawn to be near the London Underground – but for very different reasons. Stars Kim Wall.

For Jarvis and Busker Tom, the attraction of the old school house is that it's near the London Underground.

For Alice, it's an escape from a painful past...

Ruth Rendell's crime mystery written under the pen name of Barbara Vine.

Dramatised in four parts by Nick Fisher.

Tom .... Jonathan Cullen
Alice .... Kate Fenwick
Axel .... Mark Strong
Jarvis .... Kim Wall
Cecilia .... Ann Beach
Jasper .... Stuart Morris
Bienvida .... Verity Watte
Tina .... Alice Arnold
Peter .... Christopher Scott
Woman on Tube .... Colleen Prendergast
Alice's Mother .... Shirley Dixon
Ivan .... Chris Pavlo
Woman with Baby .... Elaine Pyke
Tannoy .... Alex Lowe

Musicians: Polly Hewett, Roland Robert and Christine Messiter.

Director: Marion Nancarrow

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in September 1996.

28 minutes

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