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The Beiderbecke Connection

TV19887.8/10DramaComedy

About The Beiderbecke Connection

Synopsis

The Beiderbecke Connection is a four-part British television serial written by Alan Plater and broadcast in 1988. It is the third and final part of The Beiderbecke Trilogy and stars James Bolam and Barbara Flynn as schoolteachers Trevor Chaplin and Jill Swinburne. Now with a baby in tow, Jill and Trevor are asked by Big Al to look after a refugee called "Ivan".

At a glance

Release year

1988

Rating

7.8/10

Type

Series

Provider

Neon · Yoru · Cypher · Sage · Breach · Vyse

Genres

DramaComedy

Actors

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James Bolam

Trevor Chaplin

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Barbara Flynn

Jill Swinburne

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Terence Rigby

Big Al

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Danny Schiller

Little Norm

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Dudley Sutton

Mr Carter

K

Keith Smith

Wheeler

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Dominic Jephcott

DI Hobson

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George Costigan

Ben

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Sean Scanlan

Joe

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