Synopsis & Context
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.
Season Management
Title Dossier
- Original Title
- The Beiderbecke Tapes
- Release
- December 13, 1987
- Screen Time
- 1 season · 1h 30min/ep
- Rating
- N/A
- Direction
- Alan Plater
- Original Language
- English
- Country of Origin
- United Kingdom
- Production Status
- Ended
Personas & Cast
James Bolam
Trevor Chaplin
2 eps.
Barbara Flynn
Jill Swinburne
2 eps.
Dudley Sutton
Carter
2 eps.
Malcolm Storry
Peterson
2 eps.
Keith Smith
Wheeler
2 eps.
Beryl Reid
Sylvia
2 eps.
Robert Longden
Mr Pitt
2 eps.
David Battley
John
2 eps.
Peter Martin
Charlie
2 eps.
Judy Brooke
Yvonne
2 eps.
Anthony Molloy
Tony
2 eps.
Maggie Jones
Bella
1 ep.
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