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Ridley Road

SOON TO BE A MAJOR BBC ONE DRAMA''Vivid, cinematic and exciting'' Red''Conjures a great picture of Soho''s early-Sixties jazz-and-caffeine buzz'' Emerald Street''Thought-provoking'' Independent on SundayA TALE OF LOVE AND MORALITY SET IN THE DARK SIDE OF THE SWINGING SIXTIESSUMMER, 1962. Twenty-year-old Vivien Epstein, a Jewish hairdresser from Manchester, arrives in London following the death of her father. She has travelled to the city to make a new start, and quickly finds herself swept up in a city buzzing with life. Landing a job at Oscar''s salon, she thrives amid the vibrant café culture of Soho and the warm camaraderie of the other hairdressers. But beneath the surface, Vivien is desperate to find Jack Fox, a man she had a brief but intense romance with some months before. Her sear