Ramon Tikaram is a British stage and screen actor of Indo-Fijian and Southeast Asian descent. He is known for playing such roles as Ferdy in the BBC television series This Life and Qadim Shah in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders.
A Dutch historian happens upon an elderly stranger who regales him with the tale of a superstitious schoolmaster who ran afoul with the town prankster over the heart of a young coquette.