The Beiderbecke Tapes
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.
Top cast
James Bolam
Trevor Chaplin
Barbara Flynn
Jill Swinburne
Dudley Sutton
Carter
Malcolm Storry
Peterson
Keith Smith
Wheeler
Beryl Reid
Sylvia
Robert Longden
Mr Pitt
David Battley
John
Peter Martin
Charlie
Judy Brooke
Yvonne
Anthony Molloy
Tony
Maggie Jones
Bella
Christopher Wilkinson
Dave
Dave Leslie
Man Opposite
Victor Maddern
Sam Bentley
Seasons
Details
- Status
- Ended
- First air date
- December 13, 1987
- Last air date
- December 20, 1987
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 2
- Episode runtime
- 1h 30m
- Network
- ITV1
- Original language
- EN
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