The Beiderbecke Tapes

Name: The Beiderbecke Tapes
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Rating: 6.6
Cast: James Bolam, Barbara Flynn, Dudley Sutton, Malcolm Storry, Keith Smith

TV Show

First Air Date: December 13, 1987

Last Air Date: December 20, 1987

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 2

Episode Runtime: 90 min

Rating: ⭐ 6.6/10

Cast: James Bolam, Barbara Flynn, Dudley Sutton, Malcolm Storry, Keith Smith

Created By: Alan Plater

Network: ITV1

Overview

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.