The Beiderbecke Affair: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Trevor Chaplin teaches woodwork and likes to listen to jazz. Jill Swinburne teaches English and wants to help save the planet. Trevor tries to buy some jazz records but this leads to meeting a "dazzlingly beautiful platinum blond", a suspicious detective sergeant and a strange pair of men running a junior football team. Big Al and Little Norm agree to help Trevor and Jill with their school supplies problems. Jill decides to stand as a local councillor. A tale of "Black Economies", council corruption and many strange characters all set to a background of Bix Beiderbecke.

Series details

• Title: The Beiderbecke Affair
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Comedy
• Premiere date: 1985-01-06
• Final broadcast date listed: 1985-02-10
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 36269
• IMDb ID: tt0086668
• TVDB ID: 79114

Cast and credited roles

• James Bolam — Trevor Chaplin
• Barbara Flynn — Jill Swinburne
• Dudley Sutton — Mr. Carter
• Dominic Jephcott — Detective Sergeant Hobson
• Terence Rigby — Big Al
• Keith Smith — Mr. Wheeler
• Danny Schiller — Little Norm

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1985-01-06; final listed air date 1985-02-10; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Beiderbecke Affair on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.