Frank W. Smith
Director
The Beiderbecke Affair (1985)
Season 1
The Beiderbecke Affair is a television series produced in the United Kingdom by ITV during 1985, written by the prolific Alan Plater, whose lengthy credits to British Television since the 1960s included the preceding 4 part mini series Get Lost! for ITV in 1981. The Beiderbecke Affair has a similar style to Get Lost!, where Neville Keaton and Judy Threadgold played in an ensemble cast. Although The Beiderbecke Affair was intended as a sequel to Get Lost!, Alun Armstrong proved to be unavailable and the premise was reworked. It is the first part of The Beiderbecke Trilogy with the two sequel series being The Beiderbecke Tapes and The Beiderbecke Connection.
Released Jan. 1, 1985
Episode 55 min
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Keywords: tmdb.miniseries, mdblist.imdb-tv-mini-series, imdb.teleplay-adapted-by-author, imdb.jazz, imdb.corruption, imdb.england, imdb.tv-mini-series + 6 more, imdb.schoolteacher, imdb.police, imdb.local-government, imdb.leeds-england, imdb.based-on-novel, tmdb.jazz
Production Companies: Yorkshire Television
Network: ITV1
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - What I don't understand is this...
Jazz-loving, woodship teacher Trevor Chaplin and his girlfriend Jill are on the trail of a saleswoman who mistakenly delivered a set of records that were supposed to be by Bix Beiderbecke.
Jan. 1, 1985, midnight
S1E2 - Can Anybody Join In?
Jill is detained by the police, Trevor goes in pursuit of a platinum blonde, Big Al reveals some of his secrets, and Sergeant Hobson tries to make sense of it all.
Jan. 13, 1985, midnight
S1E3 - We Call It The White Economy
Trevor has succeeded in finding the music he's been looking for and Jill's campaign is reaching fever pitch. But who is the mysterious supergrass and the woman 'with a past'? Will the truth ever be revealed to Det Sgt Hobson?
Jan. 20, 1985, midnight
S1E4 - Um ... I Know What You're Thinking
Trevor is at the apex of an emotional triangle, Sergeant Hobson is in trouble, and Jill is taken out to dinner.
Jan. 27, 1985, midnight
S1E5 - That Was A Very Funny Evening
Jill and Trevor have an emotional crisis, Sergeant Hobson has a policing crisis, and Big Al has a storage crisis. But the question on everybody's mind is: 'Who is McAllister?'.
Feb. 3, 1985, midnight
S1E6 - We Are On The Brink Of A New Era, If Only...
Somehow, a bizarre twist of fate plunges the couple into a mystery involving bureaucracy and death threats. All is revealed in this final episode: will Hobson find fame and glory, will Trevor and Jill find true happiness, and will Mr Carter ever really understand his two teaching colleagues?
Feb. 10, 1985, midnight
Network: ITV1
Episode Runtime: 55 min.
Season Runtime: 55 min.
Released: Jan. 1, 1985
Last Air Date: Feb. 10, 1985, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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