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The Beiderbecke Tapes

The Beiderbecke Tapes

★ 6.8/10•1987•1h 30m•PG•Comedy•Drama
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The Beiderbecke Tapes is a two-part 1987 British television comedy-drama serial written by Alan Plater. The second installment in The Beiderbecke Trilogy, it stars James Bolam and Barbara Flynn as schoolteachers Trevor Chaplin and Jill Swinburne. When a tape recording of a conversation about nuclear waste inadvertently falls into Chaplin's hands, he and Swinburne find themselves being pursued by national security agents.

StatusEnded
Runtime1h 30m
LanguageEN
First Air DateDec 13, 1987

Episodes

E190m

Part 1

Trevor & Jill meet John the barman who gives them a jazz tape without any jazz on it. At a meeting with Dave the wimp they find out about The Peoples Front For The Liberation of west Yorkshire. John the barman has died but is feeling much better now. The man with no name called Mr Peterson came to see them. He was followed by the six men in gray suits. Jill goes to see The Oldest Suffragette In Town. Trevor and Jill go on a trip to Amsterdam with their class from "San Quentin High" but miss the boat.

Dec 13, 1987

E290m

Part 2

Trevor and Jill go on a trip to Amsterdam with their class from "San Quentin High" - but the class has decamped. Trevor and Jill meet "The Honourable Order of Elks" who are "looking for a bit of action". Jill & Trevor find their action in Edinburgh. The gray men get attacked by a bagpipe band but Jill & Trevor have to go home where they find that the jazz tape with no jazz wasn't all it seemed.

Dec 20, 1987

Actors

James Bolam

James Bolam

Trevor Chaplin

Barbara Flynn

Barbara Flynn

Jill Swinburne

Dudley Sutton

Dudley Sutton

Carter

Malcolm Storry

Malcolm Storry

Peterson

Keith Smith

Wheeler

Beryl Reid

Beryl Reid

Sylvia

Robert Longden

Robert Longden

Mr Pitt

David Battley

David Battley

John

Peter Martin

Peter Martin

Charlie

Judy Brooke

Yvonne

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