The Beiderbecke Tapes

Name: The Beiderbecke Tapes
Released: 1987-12-13
Rating: 6.6
Cast: James Bolam, Barbara Flynn, Dudley Sutton, Beryl Reid, Don Fellows

6.6

December 13, 1987

1 Season • 2 Episodes

Ended

Comedy Drama

Overview

The Beiderbecke Tapes is a two-part British television drama serial written by Alan Plater and broadcast in 1987. It is the second serial in The Beiderbecke Trilogy and 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 Trevor's hands, Trevor and Jill find themselves being pursued by national security agents.

Cast

James Bolam

Trevor Chaplin

Barbara Flynn

Jill Swinburne

Dudley Sutton

Beryl Reid

Don Fellows

Maggie Jones

Malcolm Storry

Episodes

1. The Beiderbecke Tapes

December 13, 1987 • 90m

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.

2. The Beiderbecke Tapes

December 20, 1987 • 90m

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.

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