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The Beiderbecke Tapes
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The Beiderbecke Tapes

6.81987-1987NRComedyDramaCreated by David Cunliffe

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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JB
James Bolam
James Bolam
Trevor Chaplin
BF
Barbara Flynn
Barbara Flynn
Jill Swinburne
DS
Dudley Sutton
Dudley Sutton
Carter
MS
Malcolm Storry
Malcolm Storry
Peterson
KS
Keith Smith
Wheeler
BR
Beryl Reid
Beryl Reid
Sylvia
RL
Robert Longden
Robert Longden
Mr Pitt
DB
David Battley
David Battley
John
PM
Peter Martin
Peter Martin
Charlie
JB
Judy Brooke
Yvonne

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