The Beiderbecke Affair
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Play S1 E1Trevor 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'.
Cast: James Bolam, Barbara Flynn, Terence Rigby
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Miniseries
6 episodes
1. What I Don't Understand Is This...Jazz-loving, woodship teacher Trevor Chaplin and his girlfriend Jill are on the trail of a saleswoman who mistakenly delivered a set of records that were supposed to be by Bix Beiderbecke.PGCC55minJan 1, 1985
2. Can Anybody Join In?Jill is detained by the police, Trevor goes in pursuit of a platinum blonde, Big Al reveals some of his secrets, and Sergeant Hobson tries to make sense of it all.PGCC55minJan 13, 1985
3. We Call It the White EconomyTrevor has succeeded in finding the music he's been looking for and Jill's campaign is reaching fever pitch. But who is the mysterious supergrass and the woman 'with a past'? Will the truth ever be revealed to Hobson?PGCC55minJan 20, 1985
4. Um... I Know What You're ThinkingTrevor is at the apex of an emotional triangle, Hobson is in trouble, and Jill is taken out to dinner.PGCC55minJan 27, 1985
5. That Was a Very Funny EveningJill and Trevor have an emotional crisis, Hobson has a policing crisis, and Big Al has a storage crisis. But the question on everybody's mind is: 'Who is McAllister?'.PGCC55minFeb 3, 1985
6. We Are on the Brink of a New Era, If Only...Somehow, a bizarre twist of fate plunges the couple into a mystery involving bureaucracy and death threats. All is revealed: will Hobson find fame and glory, will Trevor and Jill find true happiness, and will Mr Carter ever really understand his two colleagues?PGCC55minFeb 10, 1985
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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'.
Creators and cast
- Created by
- Alan Plater
- Studio
- Yorkshire Television
Maturity rating
PGCheck the rating before watching with younger viewers.
Audio languages
English
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