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The Beiderbecke Tapes
Overview
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.
Status
Ended
Created By
Alan Plater
Network
ITV1
Seasons & Episodes
Miniseries
When a tape recording of a conversation about nuclear waste inadvertently falls into schoolteacher Trevor Chaplin's hands, he and colleague Jill Swinburne find themselves being pursued by national security agents.
Episodes
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.
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.
Top Cast
James Bolam
Trevor Chaplin
Barbara Flynn
Jill Swinburne
Dudley Sutton
Carter
Malcolm Storry
Peterson
Keith Smith
Wheeler
Beryl Reid
Sylvia
Robert Longden
Mr Pitt
David Battley
John
Peter Martin
Charlie
Judy Brooke
Yvonne
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