The Beiderbecke Connection

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show_name = The Beiderbecke Connection


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genre = Comedy drama
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writer = Alan Plater
director = Alan Bell
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starring = James Bolam
Barbara Flynn
Terence Rigby
Danny Schiller
Dudley Sutton
Dominic Jephcott
Keith Smith
Patrick Drury
Judy Brooke
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theme_music_composer = Frankie Trumbauer and Chauncey Morehouse
opentheme = “Cryin' All Day”
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country = UK
language = English
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num_episodes = 4
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executive_producer = Keith Richardson
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producer = Michael Glynn
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channel = ITV (Yorkshire Television)
picture_format = Film PAL (576i)
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first_aired = 27 November 1988
last_aired = 18 December 1988
preceded_by = The Beiderbecke Tapes
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imdb_id = 0094421
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"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".

Plot

Trevor Chaplin teaches woodwork and likes to listen to jazz. Jill Chapman teaches English and wants to help save the planet. They live together and just want a quiet life. Since their last adventure in "The Beiderbecke Tapes", Jill and Trevor have a child - Firstborn. Big Al asks them to put up a friend of his and, of course, they agree. But when Ivan arrives, they find he speaks no English but thinks that "Bix is cool". Meetings with criminals, smuggling people over the border, fighting for the right to education even when it's against the rules. These and other adventures are played out to a soundtrack of jazz music in the style of Bix Beiderbecke performed by Frank Ricotti with Kenny Baker as featured cornet soloist.

Filming Locations

*Jill's House- Norfolk Green, Chapel Allerton, Leeds
*San Quentin High- Foxwood School, Seacroft, Leeds
*The Bowling Green- The Recreation Ground, Wortley, Leeds
*The Archer Street Shopping Precinct- The area surrounding the Bond Street Precinct (now Leeds Shopping Plaza), Bond Street and Albion Street, Leeds City Centre.