James BolamTrevor Chaplin
Barbara FlynnJill Swinburne
Dudley SuttonCarter
Malcolm StorryPeterson
Keith SmithWheeler
Beryl ReidSylvia
Robert LongdenMr Pitt
David BattleyJohn
Peter MartinCharlieWhy it may be worth watching
- The Beiderbecke Tapes combines Comedy and Drama storytelling.
- The principal cast includes James Bolam, Barbara Flynn, Dudley Sutton.
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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.
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Best suited to viewers looking for Comedy, Drama. The available catalogue spans 1 season.
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