CinemaOSSeries · 1987 · 1 Season

The Beiderbecke Tapes

68%(9)IMDbComedyDrama

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.

Created byAlan Plater

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Status
Ended
Language
EN
First aired
December 13, 1987
Last aired
December 20, 1987
Seasons
1
Episodes
2
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

Dudley Sutton

Dudley Sutton

Carter

Malcolm Storry

Malcolm Storry

Peterson

Keith Smith

Wheeler

Beryl Reid

Beryl Reid

Sylvia

Robert Longden

Robert Longden

Mr Pitt

David Battley

David Battley

John

Peter Martin

Peter Martin

Charlie

Judy Brooke

Yvonne

Creative team
Created by
Alan Plater
Showrunner
David Cunliffe
Produced by
Michael Glynn

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