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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Created By	Alan Plater
Status	Ended
Original Name	The Beiderbecke Tapes
First Air Date	December 13, 1987
Last Air Date	December 20, 1987
Seasons	1
Episodes	2
Episode Runtime	1h 30min
Language	English
Original Language	English
Production Countries	United Kingdom
Production Companies	Yorkshire Television
Networks	ITV1

S01E02

Part 2

Trevor and Jill go on a trip to Amsterdam with their class from "San Quentin High" - but the class has decamped. Trevor and Jill meet "The Honourable Order of Elks" who are "looking for a bit of action". Jill & Trevor find their action in Edinburgh. The gray men get attacked by a bagpipe band but Jill & Trevor have to go home where they find that the jazz tape with no jazz wasn't all it seemed.

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