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The Beiderbecke Tapes(1987)
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8 Votes
Overview
The Beiderbecke Tapes is a two-part British television drama serial written by Alan Plater and broadcast in 1987. It is the second serial in The Beiderbecke Trilogy and 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 Trevor's hands, Trevor and Jill find themselves being pursued by national security agents.
Type: Miniseries
Status: Ended
Languages: English
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Top 9 Billed Cast
James Bolam
Trevor Chaplin
Barbara Flynn
Jill Swinburne
Dudley Sutton
Beryl Reid
Don Fellows
Maggie Jones
Malcolm Storry
Robert Longden
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