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The Beiderbecke Tapes

3.4Dec 13, 19871 SeasonComedyDrama

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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James Bolam

James Bolam

Trevor Chaplin

Barbara Flynn

Barbara Flynn

Jill Swinburne

Dudley Sutton

Dudley Sutton

Carter

Malcolm Storry

Malcolm Storry

Peterson

?

Keith Smith

Wheeler

Beryl Reid

Beryl Reid

Sylvia

Robert Longden

Robert Longden

Mr Pitt

David Battley

David Battley

John

Peter Martin

Peter Martin

Charlie

?

Judy Brooke

Yvonne

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