Episode Ratings

Miniseries

2 episodes · 1987

When a tape recording of a conversation about nuclear waste inadvertently falls into schoolteacher Trevor Chaplin's hands, he and colleague Jill Swinburne find themselves being pursued by national security agents.

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Cast & Crew

Original Music Composer

Peter Jackson

Director of Photography

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First Air

13/12/1987

Rating

6.8/10

Status

Ended

Seasons

1

Episodes

2

Language

English

Genres

Comedy Drama

Production

Links

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The Beiderbecke Tapes

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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