The Beiderbecke Connection

📊 Series Specifications

Network ITV1
Episode Runtime ~60 min
Total Seasons 1
Total Episodes 4
Original Language EN
Creator Alan Plater

The Beiderbecke Connection (1988)

Created by Alan Plater
⭐ 3.9 / 5 (6 votes) 🎬 1 Seasons 📼 4 Episodes 🏷️ Drama, Comedy 📡 Ended
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Synopsis

The Beiderbecke Connection is a four-part British television serial written by Alan Plater and broadcast in 1988. It is the third and final part of The Beiderbecke Trilogy and stars James Bolam and Barbara Flynn as schoolteachers Trevor Chaplin and Jill Swinburne. Now with a baby in tow, Jill and Trevor are asked by Big Al to look after a refugee called "Ivan".

Seasons & Episodes

E1 Oh Look, It's Average-Sized Trevor Chaplin

Jill & Trevor have produced Firstborn. They need a babysitter and get a refugee. Head for the border.

E2 Hello Sir, Hello Miss

The refugee is back from the border. Life goes on. Big Al and Little Norm make other plans. Trevor makes a stand.

E3 Is He the Lodger?

A face from the past. Criminals in the spare bed. The police take an interest. A day at the seaside

E4 What Do We Have on Hockey Sticks?

Rocking the world on its axis. But life goes on for those that hear the music.