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The Beiderbecke Connection

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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".

Created byAlan Plater

Play
Status
Ended
Language
EN
First aired
November 27, 1988
Last aired
December 18, 1988
Seasons
1
Episodes
4
Network
ITV1

Season 1

Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
James Bolam

James Bolam

Trevor Chaplin

Barbara Flynn

Barbara Flynn

Jill Swinburne

Terence Rigby

Terence Rigby

Big Al

Danny Schiller

Danny Schiller

Little Norm

Dudley Sutton

Dudley Sutton

Mr Carter

Keith Smith

Wheeler

Dominic Jephcott

Dominic Jephcott

DI Hobson

George Costigan

George Costigan

Ben

Sean Scanlan

Sean Scanlan

Joe

Patrick Drury

Patrick Drury

Ivan

Creative team
Created by
Alan Plater
Showrunner
Keith Richardson
Keith Richardson
Produced by
Michael Glynn

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