The Beiderbecke Tapes
TV ShowTitle | The Beiderbecke Tapes |
User score | 6.6 |
Release date | Dec 13, 1987 |
Release date of last episode | Dec 20, 1987 |
Genre | Comedy, Drama |
Production country | GB |
Series status | Ended |
Seasons count | 1 (List of episodes) |
Episodes count | 2 |
Run time | 90 min. |
The Beiderbecke Tapes is a two-part British television drama serial written by Alan Plater and broadcast in 1987. It is the second serial in The Beiderbecke Trilogy and 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 Trevor's hands, Trevor and Jill find themselves being pursued by national security agents.