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The Beiderbecke Tapes

TV19876.8/10ComedyDrama

About The Beiderbecke Tapes

Synopsis

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.

At a glance

Release year

1987

Rating

6.8/10

Type

Series

Provider

Neon · Yoru · Cypher · Sage · Breach · Vyse

Genres

ComedyDrama

Actors

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James Bolam

Trevor Chaplin

Barbara Flynn profile photo

Barbara Flynn

Jill Swinburne

Dudley Sutton profile photo

Dudley Sutton

Carter

Malcolm Storry profile photo

Malcolm Storry

Peterson

K

Keith Smith

Wheeler

Beryl Reid profile photo

Beryl Reid

Sylvia

Robert Longden profile photo

Robert Longden

Mr Pitt

David Battley profile photo

David Battley

John

Peter Martin profile photo

Peter Martin

Charlie

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