Outlook Mixtape: Strangers on a Train - part 2

Tales of a mysterious man and a lovestruck fellow commuter, a young student doctor from India who responded to the desperate call of a woman going into labour, and a London train driver on how he got the voice that would make his fortune.

In 2004, Zöe Folbigg was regularly commuting into London from her home in Hitchin, north of the British capital. While waiting for the 8.21 train one morning she spotted a handsome stranger and couldn't take her eyes off him. After pining for him for months, she plucked up the courage to ask him out on a date, but he already had a girlfriend. Then months later, he got back in touch.

One Saturday night in 2017, Gray Davis was on his way home on the New York subway with his wife and mother when they saw another passenger get pushed on to the tracks. The professional ballet dancer used the strength and skills he'd gained from years of dancing to leap to the rescue.

Natalia Paruz took up playing the musical saw after a bad car accident. She now plays the unusual instrument in New York's subway stations. Reporter Colm Flynn went to meet her in 2017.

Redd Pepper was working as a train driver on the London Underground when his incredibly deep booming passenger announcements got him noticed by talent spotters. In 2018, Redd told Matthew Bannister how he became a voice over artist adding drama to Hollywood movie trailers.

In 2017, Indian medical student Vipin Khadse became a hero when he delivered a baby on a packed train. The labour was complicated, but luckily Vipin had a surgical blade and was in Whatsapp contact with his training mentors who guided him through the difficult delivery. Matthew Bannister heard Dr Khadse's story.

Presenter: Jo Fidgen
Producer: Andrea Rangecroft

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(Photo: A transparent 60-minute cassette tape with a white label bearing the words: The Outlook Mixtape. Credit: Getty Images)