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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.

1987 |1 Season  | 1h 30m |  Comedy, Drama

Cast

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James Bolam

Trevor Chaplin

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Barbara Flynn

Jill Swinburne

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Dudley Sutton

Carter

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Malcolm Storry

Peterson

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Beryl Reid

Sylvia

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Robert Longden

Mr Pitt

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David Battley

John

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Peter Martin

Charlie

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Creator

Alan Plater

Status

Ended

Languages

English

Network

ITV1