The Beiderbecke Affair
S1 · E1IMDB:
7.8
Released
1/1/1985
Duration
0h 55m
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Country
United Kingdom
Cast
James Bolam, Barbara Flynn, Terence Rigby
Overview
The Beiderbecke Affair is a 1985 British television series produced for ITV, written by the prolific Alan Plater, whose lengthy credits included the preceding four-part miniseries Get Lost! (1981). 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'. In a similar style to Get Lost!, where Neville Keaton and Judy Threadgold feature in an ensemble cast, The Beiderbecke Affair is intended as a sequel; however, Alun Armstrong was unavailable, sp the premise was reworked. It is the first part of The Beiderbecke Trilogy with the two sequel series being The Beiderbecke Tapes and The Beiderbecke Connection.
The Beiderbecke Affair
Season 1 · Episode 1IMDB:
7.8Released
1/1/1985
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Cast
James Bolam, Barbara Flynn, Terence Rigby
Duration
0h 55m
Country
United Kingdom
Overview
The Beiderbecke Affair is a 1985 British television series produced for ITV, written by the prolific Alan Plater, whose lengthy credits included the preceding four-part miniseries Get Lost! (1981). 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'. In a similar style to Get Lost!, where Neville Keaton and Judy Threadgold feature in an ensemble cast, The Beiderbecke Affair is intended as a sequel; however, Alun Armstrong was unavailable, sp the premise was reworked. It is the first part of The Beiderbecke Trilogy with the two sequel series being The Beiderbecke Tapes and The Beiderbecke Connection.
Episodes
EP 1AvailableWhat 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.
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.
EP 2AvailableCan 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.
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.
EP 3AvailableWe Call It the White Economy
Trevor 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?
We Call It the White Economy
Trevor 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?
EP 4AvailableUm... I Know What You're Thinking
Trevor is at the apex of an emotional triangle, Hobson is in trouble, and Jill is taken out to dinner.
Um... I Know What You're Thinking
Trevor is at the apex of an emotional triangle, Hobson is in trouble, and Jill is taken out to dinner.
EP 5AvailableThat Was a Very Funny Evening
Jill 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?'.
That Was a Very Funny Evening
Jill 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?'.
EP 6AvailableWe 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?
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?
Cast
Trevor Chaplin
James Bolam
Jill Swinburne
Barbara Flynn
Big Al
Terence Rigby
Mr. Carter
Dudley Sutton
DS Hobson
Dominic Jephcott
Mr Wheeler
