Series
The Beiderbecke Tapes
1987 · 1 season · Comedy · Drama
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- 8.4
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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.
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
Crew
- Alan PlaterNovel
- Michael GlynnProducer
- David CunliffeExecutive Producer
- Peter JacksonDirector of Photography
- Frank RicottiOriginal Music Composer
- David AspinallEditor
Media
Details
- First aired
- December 13, 1987
- Last aired
- December 20, 1987
- Status
- Ended
- Original language
- English
- Episodes
- 2
- Rated
- PG
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
Seasons
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