The Beiderbecke Affair

The Beiderbecke Affair
GenreComedy drama
Written byAlan Plater
Directed by
  • David Reynolds
  • Frank W. Smith
Starring
Theme music composer
Opening theme"Cryin' All Day"
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producerDavid Cunliffe
ProducerAnne W. Gibbons
Production companyYorkshire Television
Original release
NetworkITV
Release6 January (1985-01-06) –
10 February 1985 (1985-02-10)
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The Beiderbecke Affair is a television series produced in the United Kingdom by ITV during 1985,[1] 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 (Alun Armstrong) and Judy Threadgold (Bridget Turner) 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).

  1. ^ Seely, Michael (27 November 2018). "All That Jazz: The Beiderbecke Trilogy » We Are Cult". We Are Cult. We Are Cult. Retrieved 9 August 2019.