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The Beiderbecke Connection
The Beiderbecke Connection
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The Beiderbecke Connection

1988–1988
Created byAlan Plater
1 Season
4 Episodes

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".

CAST
James BolamTrevor ChaplinBarbara FlynnJill SwinburneTerence RigbyBig AlDanny SchillerLittle NormDudley SuttonMr CarterKeith SmithWheelerDominic JephcottDI HobsonGeorge CostiganBenSean ScanlanJoe
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GENRES
DramaComedy
STATUSEnded
RATING
7.8
NETWORK
ITV1
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