TV series

The Beiderbecke Tapes

1987★ 6.8 · 9Ended1 seasonComedyDrama

Overview

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.

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Cast

James Bolam
as Trevor Chaplin

Barbara Flynn
as Jill Swinburne

Dudley Sutton
as Carter

Malcolm Storry
as Peterson

Keith Smith
as Wheeler

Beryl Reid
as Sylvia

Robert Longden
as Mr Pitt

David Battley
as John

Peter Martin
as Charlie

Judy Brooke
as Yvonne

Crew

Alan Plater
Novel

Michael Glynn
Producer

David Cunliffe
Executive Producer

Frank Ricotti
Original Music Composer

Peter Jackson
Director of Photography

David Aspinall
Editor

Malcolm Drury
Casting Director

Peter Kindred
Production Design

Brian Castle
Costume Design

Di Lofthouse
Makeup Artist

Ian Ferguson
Unit Manager

Mary Owen
Unit Manager

Seasons

Miniseries

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.

Episodes: 2