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The Beiderbecke Tapes

Created by Alan Plater

1987

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.

First aired
13 Dec 1987
Episode length
90 min
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Writer
Alan Plater
Cinematography
Peter Jackson
Music
Frank Ricotti
Editor
David Aspinall
Executive producer
David Cunliffe
Producer
Michael Glynn
Elsewhere
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  • Miniseries

    Season 1 · 1987

    When a tape recording of a conversation about nuclear waste inadvertently falls into schoolteacher Trevor Chaplin's hands, he and colleague Jill Swinburne find themselves being pursued by national security agents.

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