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Nov 2023
46m 52s

A Strange Picnic

Sony Music Entertainment
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Over half a million people commute to London every day. They travel at the same time, on the same train, with the same familiar faces in the carriage. Rarely does anyone think for a moment that they might not arrive at their destination. Tony Jasper was no different.

Until, on one fateful morning in October 1999, Tony is onboard a train bound for Paddington Station when it collides head on with another train.

In an extraordinary act of bravery, Tony is spurred into action, risking his life to save others from the disastrous wreckage. It marked the beginning of a life changing journey that would take him through trauma and depression, but also, to love.


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