Starring
James BolamBarbara FlynnDudley SuttonMalcolm StorryKeith SmithBeryl Reid
Ratings per Episode
Votes per Episode
The Beiderbecke Tapes Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 7.8 |
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About
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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When a tape recording of a conversation about nuclear waste inadvertently falls into schoolteacher Trevor Chaplin's hands, he and colleague Jill Swinburne find themselves being pursued by national security agents.
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Episode #1.1 | 8.4 | 26 | — | |
| ▶ | 2 | Episode #1.2 | 7.8 | 26 | — |
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
James Bolam Trevor Chaplin
Barbara Flynn Jill Swinburne
Dudley Sutton Carter
Malcolm Storry Peterson
Keith Smith Wheeler
Beryl Reid Sylvia
David Battley John
Robert Longden Pitt
Peter Martin Charlie
Judy Brooke Yvonne
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