The Beiderbecke Affair
The Beiderbecke Affair

The Beiderbecke Affair

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1985- 1985
1 Seasons
6 Episodes
7.8(8 votes)
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Comedy
Drama

Overview

The Beiderbecke Affair is a 1985 British television series produced for ITV, written by the prolific Alan Plater, whose lengthy credits included the preceding four-part miniseries Get Lost! (1981). Trevor Chaplin teaches woodwork and likes to listen to jazz. Jill Swinburne teaches English and wants to help save the planet. Trevor tries to buy some jazz records but this leads to meeting a 'dazzlingly beautiful platinum blond'. In a similar style to Get Lost!, where Neville Keaton and Judy Threadgold feature in an ensemble cast, The Beiderbecke Affair is intended as a sequel; however, Alun Armstrong was unavailable, sp the premise was reworked. It is the first part of The Beiderbecke Trilogy with the two sequel series being The Beiderbecke Tapes and The Beiderbecke Connection.

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Yorkshire Television

Cast & Crew

6 members
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James Bolam

Trevor Chaplin

James Bolam
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Barbara Flynn

Jill Swinburne

Barbara Flynn
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Terence Rigby

Big Al

Terence Rigby
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Dudley Sutton

Mr. Carter

Dudley Sutton
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Dominic Jephcott

DS Hobson

Dominic Jephcott
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Keith Smith

Mr Wheeler

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