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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.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
Where to watch
Not streaming in any country yet.
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 84GoodWatch 76
IMDb8.4
Time to watch it all
3 h
2 episodes, about 90 min each
An episode a night: done in 2 nights.
First aired
1987
December 13, 1987
Ended 1987
Genres
ComedyDramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United Kingdom
24 of 24 · most episodes first
James BolamTrevor Chaplin · 2 episodes
Barbara FlynnJill Swinburne · 2 episodes
Dudley SuttonCarter · 2 episodes
Malcolm StorryPeterson · 2 episodes- KSKeith SmithWheeler · 2 episodes
Beryl ReidSylvia · 2 episodes
Robert LongdenMr Pitt · 2 episodes
David BattleyJohn · 2 episodes
Peter MartinCharlie · 2 episodes- JBJudy BrookeYvonne · 2 episodes
- AMAnthony MolloyTony · 2 episodes
Maggie JonesBella · 1 episode- CWChristopher WilkinsonDave · 1 episode
- DLDave LeslieMan Opposite · 1 episode
Victor MaddernSam Bentley · 1 episode
John AldersonTracy · 1 episode
Don FellowsLeo · 1 episode- PCPeter CarlisleHarry · 1 episode
Timothy CarltonCarstairs · 1 episode
Bill WallisPronk · 1 episode
Marlous FluitsmaGuide · 1 episode- GOGeoff OldhamMinister · 1 episode
- ASAlan StarkeyMan at Funeral · 1 episode
- PWPhilip WildeGrey Guardian · 1 episode
Directing · 1
- Brian Parker Director
Writing · 1
- Alan Plater Novel, Writer, Creator
Production · 5
- David Cunliffe Executive Producer
- Michael Glynn Producer
- Ian Ferguson Unit Manager
- Mary Owen Unit Manager
- Patricia Robertshaw Production Assistant
Camera · 1
- Peter Jackson Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- David Aspinall Editor
Sound · 2
- Frank Ricotti Original Music Composer
- Barrie Box Sound Recordist
Art · 2
- Peter Kindred Production Design
- Stuart Pearson Graphic Designer
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Brian Castle Costume Design
- Di Lofthouse Makeup Artist
Other crew · 2
- Malcolm Drury Casting Director
- Christine Normanton Production Consultant
The Beiderbecke Tapes episodes
1 season · 2 episodes
Episodes
- S1 E1 Episode #1.1, 8.4
- S1 E2 Episode #1.2, 7.8
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