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The Beiderbecke Tapes

1987 Comedy, Drama

Rating

6.6/10

Popularity

1

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.

Details

Creator

Alan Plater

Cast

James Bolam

Barbara Flynn

Dudley Sutton

Status

Ended

Release date

12/13/1987

Last air date

12/20/1987

Seasons

1

Episodes

2

Origin country

GB

Vote count

8