The Beiderbecke Tapes

1987· PG· Comedy· Drama

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.

1987-12-13

Episodes

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Cast & Characters

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Key Crew

ProducerMichael Glynn

Director of PhotographyPeter Jackson

Original Music ComposerFrank Ricotti

EditorDavid Aspinall

Full cast & crew (10 cast · 16 crew)

Details

First aired1987-12-13

StatusEnded

StudiosYorkshire Television

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited Kingdom

Rating6.8/10 · 9 votes

Original languageen

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