Series·1988·1 Season
The Beiderbecke Connection
Created By
Alan Plater
Country
GB
Language
English
Episodes
4
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The Story
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".
Producer
Keith Richardson, Michael Glynn
Cinematography
Peter Jackson
Music
Frank Ricotti
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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Cast
James Bolam
Trevor Chaplin
Barbara Flynn
Jill Swinburne
Terence Rigby
Big Al
Danny Schiller
Little Norm
Dudley Sutton
Mr Carter
Keith Smith
Wheeler
Dominic Jephcott
DI Hobson
George Costigan
Ben
Sean Scanlan
Joe
Patrick Drury
Ivan
Judy Brooke
Yvonne Fairweather
Dave Leslie
Man Opposite
Gaynor Kitchen
Sharon
Darren Bennet
Gary
Thomas McGlinchey
Firstborn
// crew
Crew
Peter Jackson
Director of Photography
David Aspinall
Editor
Keith Richardson
Executive Producer
Michael Glynn
Producer
Frank Ricotti
Original Music Composer
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