The Beiderbecke Tapes
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The Beiderbecke Tapes

68% Match
1987
1 Seasons
tv
ComedyDrama

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.

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Cast & Crew

Director / Creator: Alan Plater
James Bolam
James Bolam
Trevor Chaplin
Barbara Flynn
Barbara Flynn
Jill Swinburne
Dudley Sutton
Dudley Sutton
Carter
Malcolm Storry
Malcolm Storry
Peterson
Ke
Keith Smith
Wheeler
Beryl Reid
Beryl Reid
Sylvia
Robert Longden
Robert Longden
Mr Pitt
David Battley
David Battley
John

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