The Beiderbecke Affair (1985)
Trevor Chaplin teaches woodwork and likes to listen to jazz. Jill Swinburne teaches English and wants to help save the planet. Trevor tries to buy some jazz records but this leads to meeting a 'dazzlingly beautiful platinum blond'.
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Cast
James Bolam
as Trevor Chaplin
James Christopher Bolam is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Terry Collier in The Likely Lads and its sequel Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?.
Barbara Flynn
as Jill Swinburne
Barbara Joy Flynn (born 5 August 1948) is an English actress. She first came to prominence playing Freda Ashton in the ITV drama series A Family at War (1970–1972). She went on to play the milk woman...
Terence Rigby
as Big Al
Terence Christopher Gerald Rigby was an English RADA trained actor with a number of film credits including Get Carter, Tomorrow Never Dies, Essex Boys and Watership Down. On television, he memorably...
Dudley Sutton
as Mr. Carter
Dudley Sutton was a British actor famous for his work with directors such as Sidney J. Furie, Ken Russell, Derek Jarman and Sally Potter and for playing Tinker Dill in the long running BBC drama serie...
Dominic Jephcott
as DS Hobson
Director
Alan Plater
