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Summary
Trevor Chaplin (James Bolam) is a jazz-loving woodwork teacher at a comprehensive school.
Along with fellow teacher Jill Swinburne (Barbara Flynn), he becomes involved in a series of mysterious events.
In The Beiderbecke Affair, Trevor and Jill start off trying to track down some jazz records and end up helping to bring a corrupt policeman to justice.
In The Beiderbecke Tapes, Trevor finds himself in possession of a tape containing a discussion about dumping nuclear waste in the Yorkshire Dales. This leads him and Jill on a wild goose chase around Europe.
In The Beiderbecke Connection, Jill and Trevor are talked into helping a mysterious refugee to cross the Yorkshire border.
In 1981, Alan Plater was responsible for a four-part TV thriller called Get Lost!, starring Bridget Turner and Alun Armstrong. This earlier series was quite similar to The Beiderbecke Affair in many ways.
Cast List
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James Bolam
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Trevor Chaplin
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Barbara Flynn
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Jill Swinburne
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Dudley Sutton
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Mr. Carter
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Keith Smith
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Mr. Wheeler
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Terence Rigby
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Big Al (Series 1 & 3)
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Danny Schiller
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Little Norm (Series 1 & 3)
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Dominic Jephcott
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D.S./D.I. Hobson (Series 1 & 3)
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Stephen Tomlin
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D.C. Ben (Series 1)
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George Costigan
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D.C. Ben (Series 3)
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Sean Scanlon
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D.C. Joe (Series 1 & 3)
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Robert Longden
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Mr. Pitt (Series 1 & 3)
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Peter Martin
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Charlie (Series 2 & 3)
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Judy Brooke
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Yvonne (Series 2 & 3)
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Colin Blakely
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Supt. Forrest (Series 1)
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Beryl Reid
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Sylvia (Series 2)
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David Battley
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John (Series 2)
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Production Details
Written by:
Alan Plater
Directed by:
David Reynolds, Frank W Smith, Brian Parker, Alan J W Bell
Produced by:
Anne W. Gibbons, Michael Glynn
3 series, 12 episodes
Transmitted: 1985-88
TV Channel: ITV
Yorkshire Television
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