The book of the beiderbecke affair was written after the tv series was made. Media in category the beiderbecke trilogy filming locations the following 5 files are in this category, out of 5 total. You know, these beiderbecke series are not really the greatest ever. Starring barbara flynn and james bolam this is one of six episodes the three stories are the. All four episodes of the precursor series to the beiderbecke trilogy, starring alun armstrong and bridget turner as two teachers trying to enjoy a halfterm break. In each of the three serials the beiderbecke affair, the beiderbecke tapes and the beiderbecke connection jill and trevor inadvertently become embroiled in a series of unlikely adventures involving such things as political corruption, nuclear waste dumping and serious fraud. Aug 04, 2016 the beiderbecke tapes is a twopart british television drama serial written by alan plater and broadcast in 1987. Watch full episodes of the beiderbecke affair and get the latest breaking news, exclusive videos and pictures, episode recaps and much more at.
A third series, the beiderbecke connection, followed in 1988. The beiderbecke connection by alan bell alan bell, james. The beiderbecke affair the beiderbecke tapes the beiderbecke connection. The beiderbecke trilogy is a collection of three series of a lighthearted british mysterycomedydrama. The beiderbecke trilogy complete series 6dvd box set.
Its a twopart sequel to the beiderbecke affair, made by yorkshire tv, set in that part of the u. It is the second serial in the beiderbecke trilogy and stars james bolam and barbara flynn as schoolteachers trevor chaplin and jill swinburne. The beiderbecke tapes is a twopart british television drama serial written by alan plater and broadcast in 1987. In 2012, the british film institute published a book about the series in its range examining key television shows. Although the beiderbecke affair was intended as a sequel to get lost. Watch the beiderbecke tapes season 1, episode 1 the beiderbecke tapes, part one. Written by jazz enthusiast alan plater in which the leading character is an ardent jazz fan and much is made of his devotion to bix beiderbecke. Jan 23, 2009 a fun series with great dixie styled jazz music and just one of many films by plater that involve his love of jazz while the beiderbecke affair is released here in the states from acorn on january 27, i can only hope that eventually its sequels will also find their way to dvd. Katalyst media genres years movie genres tv genres imdb years popular tvshows kat top 100 unsorted movies tv music games books apps anime other xxx. Trevor chaplin receives a gift of some cassette tapes of jazz music. K, i imagine, two years after the events of the affair.
The beiderbecke affair lacks bite maryann johanson 02142009 god bless em, acorn media, the american dvd company dedicated at least in part. Starring barbara flynn and james bolam this is the second of two episodes. The beiderbecke trilogy the complete series nonusa format import region 2 pal 4. The beiderbecke tapes is a twopart british television drama serial written by alan. The beiderbecke tapes is a twopart british television drama serial written by alan plater and. The beiderbecke tapes is another story of trevor chaplin and jill swinborne who enter a world of adventure as trevor is offered some jazz tapes from the barman at his local pub.
The middle of a trilogy, unusual for a variety of reasons, none of which can really be explained. With deliciously witty dialogue, groovy jazz music and a first rate cast including the all time great colin blakely the beiderbecke affair was a huge hit with viewers and couple of years later a two part follow up emerged, the beiderbecke tapes saw the dynamic duo receive a recording of a meeting in which plans to discuss the dumping of toxic. Trevor orders some jazz records which fail to turn up while jill begins her campaign to stand for the council. The beiderbecke tapes is a twopart british television drama serial written by alan plater and broadcast in jill swinburne 2 episodes, share this rating title. Beiderbecke tapes 1987 rotten tomatoes movie trailers.
It is the first part of the beiderbecke trilogy with the two sequel series being the beiderbecke tapes and the beiderbecke connection. It was widely believed, for many years, that beiderbeckes real name was leon bismark beiderbecke. Aug 22, 2019 bix beiderbecke march 10, 1903 august 6, 1931 was a notable jazz cornet player. Teachers trevor chaplin james bolam and jill swinburne barabara flynn find themselves plunged into another jazzrelated mystery when the former purchases some bix beiderbecke tapes from a pub barman. The lives of jazz lovers trevor james bolam and jill barbara flynn, now married and raising their first child, become more complicated after they. The lives of jazz lovers trevor james bolam and jill barbara flynn, now married and raising their first child, become more complicated after they agree to take in a friend who has recently fallen on. 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. Jan 31, 2007 with deliciously witty dialogue, groovy jazz music and a first rate cast including the all time great colin blakely the beiderbecke affair was a huge hit with viewers and couple of years later a two part follow up emerged, the beiderbecke tapes saw the dynamic duo receive a recording of a meeting in which plans to discuss the dumping of toxic. They are pursued by two brothers, big al and little norm and pursuaded to harbour a foreign refugee. Get the best deals on horror box set dvds when you shop the largest online selection at. The beiderbecke connection trevor and jill are back this time with a baby in tow. But all trevor wanted was a tape of bix beiderbecke music. The beiderbecke tapes rent movies and tv shows on dvd.
Affair the beiderbecke tapes the beiderbecke connection. The series the complete series dvd, 2016, 17disc set. The beiderbecke trilogy complete series 6dvd box set, the beiderbecke affair the beiderbecke tapes the beiderbecke connection. It was made by yorkshire tv, and set in that part of the u. It is the first part of the beiderbecke trilogy, with the two sequel series being the beiderbecke tapes 1987 and the beiderbecke connection 1988. The frank ricotti all stars featuring kenny baker the. With james bolam, barbara flynn, dominic jephcott, terence rigby. The beiderbecke tapes episode 1 2 of 2 with james bolam. Complete 30 film collection dvd, 2014, 21disc set, canadian 4. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
The series works as a kind of downtoearth update of hollywoods 1930s thin. Nuclear waste in the yorkshire dales sinister conversations and a missing barman take trevor and jill on a whirlwind mystery from the dales to amsterdam and edinburgh. Original release, december 198712 20 december 1987 19871220. The beiderbecke tapes, adapted by alan plater from his novel of the same name, is a sequel to the beiderbecke affair. The beiderbecke trilogy the complete series dvd, 2008, 6disc.
Described by one critic as an inspired update of the thin man, the lighthearted british comedymystery series the beiderbecke affair begins, per its title, when jazz fan trevor orders a set of bix. Although trevor has packed along his two thousand tapes and thousands of records to jills place, shortly after visiting a strange local pub with zero customers, trevor bonds with a barman over beiderbecke who delivers him nine hours worth of jazz on a stack of cassette tapes. Rent the beiderbecke tapes 1987 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. The tape, supposedly of beiderbecke music that is at the center of the story is two degrees removed from any sort of reality. A year or so ago, i took a cha the beiderbecke tapes. The beiderbecke affair is a television series produced in the united kingdom by itv during 1985, written by the prolific alan plater, whose lengthy credits to british television since the 1960s included the preceding 4 part mini series get lost. The beiderbecke connection, the third series, was the most enjoyable to me. Get the best deals on horror box set dvds when you shop the largest online selection. This site is dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of information about bix beiderbecke, the musical genius from davenport, iowa. After the success of the british mini series the beiderbecke affair and its sequel the beiderbecke tapes, the bbc followed with the beiderbecke connection, the final installment of the trilogy. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search.
Hal hartley described amateur as being a gangster movie in which the wheels on the cars are slightly loose, liable even to fall off. In the beiderbecke affair 1984, woodwork teacher and jazz buff trevor chaplin james bolam has always fantasized that a beautiful blonde will enter his life and simultaneously provide him with rare recordings of his hero bix beiderbecke. This is comedy to be enjoyed with a glass of wine and the life partner of your choice. Sep 27, 2009 although trevor has packed along his two thousand tapes and thousands of records to jills place, shortly after visiting a strange local pub with zero customers, trevor bonds with a barman over beiderbecke who delivers him nine hours worth of jazz on a stack of cassette tapes the very next day. The beiderbecke tapes is the second serial in the beiderbecke trilogy about schoolteachers trevor chaplin and jill swinburne. It helps if you like the music of bix beiderbecke, but anyone with a taste for quality television two words that rarely go together along the lines of inspector morse will enjoy every minute of all three series, which most likely will be released as movies. Find bix beiderbecke discography, albums and singles on allmusic. The beiderbecke tapes rent movies and tv shows on dvd and. Bad news just dropped for all phase 4 mcu movies winnie from. When a tape recording of a conversation about nuclear waste inadvertently falls into trevors hands, trevor and jill find themselves being pursued by national security agents. It is now known that this like so many other myths about beiderbecke is untrue. Archive interviews with bolam, flynn and plater, while filming the beiderbecke tapes in 1987. The beiderbecke connection tv miniseries 1988 trevor chaplin teaches woodwork and likes to listen to jazz.
Annotated lists of books, articles, video tapes, audio tapes, recordings, and related items are provided. The beiderbecke tapes 1987 feature length mystery with trevor and jill as they continue to embroil themselves in all sorts of clandestine meetings and intrigue. In each serial, the plot rambles, moving from one seemingly. Second series of three light comedy stories written by alan plater. This is a series which proves beyond doubt that frenetic, fastpaced comedy is not the beall and endall. The beiderbecke connection is a fourpart british television serial written by alan plater and broadcast in 1988. The beiderbecke tapes, the second series, was to me the weakest of the three. In each serial, the plot rambles, moving from one seemingly unrelated event to another, all of which are eventually shown to be interconnected. When a tape recording of a conversation about nuclear waste inadvertently falls into trevors hands, trevor and jill find themselves being. The beiderbecke affair is a television series produced in the united kingdom by itv during. The beiderbecke trilogy refers to three television serials written by alan plater and made by. The beiderbecke affair episode 1 with james bolam barbara.
Sgt hobson becomes suspicious of the activities of trevor, jill, big al, little norm and later big als sister the platinum blonde. Mar, 2020 beiderbecke, jazz, yorkshire views, comic timing and a thoroughly good yarn. The beiderbecke trilogy the complete series dvd, 2008. The beiderbecke tapes is the second entry in playwrightscreenwriter alan platers beiderbecke trilogy following 1985s the beiderbecke affair and preceding 1988s the beiderbecke connection. The beiderbecke tapes tv miniseries 1987 full cast. The beiderbecke affair delivered school teachers trevor chaplin james bolam and jill swinburne barbara. The complete bix beiderbecke in chronological order. Ytv later decided that they would film the novel as a twopart serial, each episode of ninety minutes duration. Jill swinburne teaches english and wants to help save the planet.
The beiderbecke connection tv miniseries 1988 imdb. The beiderbecke tapes, 1987, is a lighthearted british mysterycomedydrama, in the format of a television series. The beiderbecke tapes tv miniseries 1987 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. In each of the three serials the beiderbecke affair, the beiderbecke tapes and the beiderbecke connection jill and trevor inadvertently become embroiled in a series of unlikely adventures involving such things as political corruption, nuclear espionage and serious fraud. Jill chapman teaches english and wants to help save the planet. Rent the beiderbecke tapes 1987 starring james bolam and barbara flynn on dvd and bluray. Property of yorkshire television first series of three light comedy stories written by alan plater. Chaplin is a laidback, slightly eccentric woodwork teacher at a comprehensive school. The beiderbecke affair tv series 19851985 the movie. It helps if you like the music of bix beiderbecke, but anyone with a taste for quality television two words that rarely go together along the lines of inspector morse will enjoy every minute of all three series, which most likely will be released as movies, rather than multipart stories. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. If adam and eve cant make it work in paradise, how am i going to make it work in lewisham. John gave them a tape which led to meeting dave the wimp. Subtle easy humour in this film, that follows the lives of two school teachers played by james bolam and barbara flynn.
The beiderbecke affair,the beiderbecke tapes, and the beiderbecke connection. The beiderbecke connection dvd, 2003 for sale online ebay. A fun series with great dixie styled jazz music and just one of many films by plater that involve his love of jazz while the beiderbecke affair is released here in the states from acorn on january 27, i can only hope that eventually its sequels will also find their way to dvd. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. On a clear day you can see forever by alan jay lerner, burton lane. The frank ricotti all stars featuring kenny baker the beiderbecke. The beiderbecke tapes 1987 posted by nicklaus in tv other. Apparently, the original bix recordings were thought to be too expensive to use so irritating. Trevor tries to buy some jazz records but this leads to meeting a dazzlingly beautiful platinum blond, a suspicious detective sergeant and a strange pair of men running a junior football team. When a tape recording of a conversation about nuclear waste inadvertently falls into trevors hands, trevor and jill find.
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