The Beiderbecke Tapes

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The Beiderbecke Tapes
Genre	Comedy drama
Written by	Alan Plater
Directed by	Brian Parker
Starring	James Bolam Barbara Flynn Dudley Sutton Keith Smith
Theme music composer	Frankie Trumbauer and Chauncey Morehouse
Opening theme	"Cryin' All Day"
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of episodes	2
Production
Executive producer	David Cunliffe
Producer	Michael Glynn
Production company	Yorkshire Television
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	13 December (1987-12-13) – 20 December 1987 (1987-12-20)
Related
The Beiderbecke Affair The Beiderbecke Connection
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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.