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The Beiderbecke Affair is a television series produced in the United Kingdom by ITV during 1985, written by the prolific Alan Plater, whose lengthy credits in British television since the 1960s included the four-part mini series Get Lost! for ITV in 1981. The Beiderbecke Affair has a similar style to Get Lost!, wherein Neville Keaton and Judy Threadgold played in an ensemble cast. Although The Beiderbecke Affair was intended as a sequel to Get Lost!, Alun Armstrong proved to be unavailable and the premise was reworked. It is the first part of The Beiderbecke Trilogy, with the two sequel series being The Beiderbecke Tapes (1987) and The Beiderbecke Connection (1988).
Original Release
01/06/1985
Cast
Name | Character |
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James Bolam | Trevor Chaplin |
Barbara Flynn | Jill Swinburne |
Dudley Sutton | Mr. Carter |
Dominic Jephcott | Det. Sgt. Hobson |
Terence Rigby | Big Al |
Keith Smith | Mr. Wheeler |
Danny Schiller | Little Norm |
Colin Blakely | Chief Supt. Forrest |
Keith Marsh | Harry |
Alison Skilbeck | Helen |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | What I Don't Understand Is This... | Sunday, 06 January 1985 |
2 | Can Anybody Join In? | Sunday, 13 January 1985 |
3 | We Call It the White Economy | Sunday, 20 January 1985 |
4 | Um... I Know What You're Thinking | Sunday, 27 January 1985 |
5 | That Was a Very Funny Evening | Sunday, 03 February 1985 |
6 | We Are on the Brink of a New Era, If Only... | Sunday, 10 February 1985 |
Directors
David Reynolds, Frank W. Smith
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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James Bolam | Trevor Chaplin |
Barbara Flynn | Jill Swinburne |
Dudley Sutton | Mr. Carter |
Dominic Jephcott | Det. Sgt. Hobson |
Terence Rigby | Big Al |
Keith Smith | Mr. Wheeler |
Danny Schiller | Little Norm |
Colin Blakely | Chief Supt. Forrest |
Keith Marsh | Harry |
Alison Skilbeck | Helen |
Sue Jenkins | Janey |
James Grout | Mr. McAllister |
Robert Longden | Mr. Pitt |
Sean Scanlan | DC Joe / Joe |
Stephen Tomlin | DC Ben / Ben |
Ian Bleasdale | Rev. Booth |
George Malpas | Lol |
Deborah Langley | Akela |
Martin Pitman | Simon, Cub Scout / Simon |
Bernard Atha | Returning Officer |
Producers
Name | Role |
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David Cunliffe | Executive Producer |
Anne W. Gibbons | Producer |