The Beiderbecke Connection: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Trevor Chaplin teaches woodwork and likes to listen to jazz. Jill Chapman teaches English and wants to help save the planet. They live together and just want a quiet life, they also have a child. They are asked by their friend "Big Al" to put up a friend of his and, of course, they agree. But when Ivan arrives, they find he speaks no English but thinks that "Bix is cool". Meetings with criminals, smuggling people over the border, fighting for the right to education even when it's against the rules.

Series details

• Title: The Beiderbecke Connection
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Comedy
• Premiere date: 1988-11-27
• Final broadcast date listed: 1988-12-18
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 36204
• IMDb ID: tt0094421
• TVDB ID: 75504

Cast and credited roles

• James Bolam — Trevor Chaplin
• Barbara Flynn — Jill Swinburne
• Dominic Jephcott — Detective Inspector Hobson
• Keith Smith — Mr. Wheeler
• Dudley Sutton — Mr. Carter
• Terence Rigby — Big Al
• Danny Schiller — Little Norm
• George Costigan — Ben
• Sean Scanlan — Joe
• Patrick Drury — Ivan
• Judy Brooke — Yvonne Fairweather
• Dave Leslie — Man Opposite

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1988-11-27; final listed air date 1988-12-18; episode order: 4.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Beiderbecke Connection 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.