First broadcast 23rd December 1988.

Wexford is called in when a woman's baby is taken from the High Street, and substituted for another.

George Baker ... Det. Chief Insp. Wexford
Christopher Ravenscroft ... Det. Inspector Burden
Jane Horrocks ... Pippa Bond
Clive Wood ... Tony Jasper
Christine Kavanagh ... Leila Jasper
Louie Ramsay ... Dora Wexford
Ann Penfold ... Jean Burden
Charon Bourke ... Sylvia Wexford
Jonathan Lacey ... Trevor Bond
Alison Rose ... Susan Raines
Dorothy Vernon ... Mrs. Carter
Natasha Williams ... Julie
Ashley Barker ... Pete Jasper
Ken Kitson ... Det. Sergeant Martin
Sasha Mitchell ... WPC Carla Maynard
Colin Campbell ... Sergeant Willoughby
Meera Syal ... Matron
Emma Smith ... Pat Burden
Noah Huntley ... John Burden
Kenneth Midwood ... Mr. Henderson
Julia Lang ... Mrs. Henderson
Richard Haddon Haines ... Mr. Hunter (as Richard Haddon-Haines)
Karen Archer ... Mrs. Hunter
Shirley Anne Selby ... Mandy (as Shirley-Anne Selby)
Barbara Marten ... Katharine Freeman
Ian Bleasdale ... Mr. Franklin
Karen Gledhill ... Mrs. Franklin
Rosalind Thomas ... Senior Nursing Officer
Tom Knight ... Man in Police Station
Peggy Ann Wood ... Woman in Newsagents
The Romsey Abbey Choir ... Kingsmarkham Choir
Fred Bryant ... Santa Claus
Karl Magee ... Gavin Fletcher