The Beiderbecke Affair

Season 1

Trevor Chaplin teaches woodwork and likes to listen to jazz. Jill Swinburne teaches English and wants to help save the planet. Trevor meets a beautiful blond, a detective sergeant and a pair of men running a junior football team.
Where to Watch Season 1
6 Episodes
  • What I don't understand is this...
    E1
    Episode 1What I don't understand is this...Teacher Trevor Chaplin orders some Bix Beiderbecke records from a platinum blonde raising money for the cubs unfortunately the records turn out to be duds. His friend Jill Swinburne is standing in the local elections as a Conservationist.
  • Can Anybody Join In?
    E2
    Episode 2Can Anybody Join In?Sgt. Hobson takes Big Al, Little Norm and Jill into custody. Jill refuses to be a witness against the pair but gets a chance, for her and Trevor, to visit them at the church. Sgt Hobson starts an investigation by following Trevor and Jill.
  • We Call It The White Economy
    E3
    Episode 3We Call It The White EconomyTrevor has succeeded in finding the music he's been looking for and Jill's campaign is reaching fever pitch. But who is the mysterious supergrass and the woman 'with a past'? Will the truth ever be revealed to Det Sgt Hobson?
  • Um ... I Know What You're Thinking
    E4
    Episode 4Um ... I Know What You're ThinkingTrevor is at the apex of an emotional triangle, Sergeant Hobson is in trouble, and Jill is taken out to dinner.
  • That Was A Very Funny Evening
    E5
    Episode 5That Was A Very Funny EveningHelen takes Trevor to visit her father but he is used to getting his own away and demands Trevor drops his unsuitable friends. Mr. Pitt, from planning, gives Jill files, on the McAllister's businesses, and she passes them to Sgt. Hobson.
  • We Are On The Brink Of A New Era, If Only...
    E6
    Episode 6We Are On The Brink Of A New Era, If Only...Somehow, a bizarre twist of fate plunges the couple into a mystery involving bureaucracy and death threats. All is revealed in this final episode: will Hobson find fame and glory, will Trevor and Jill find true happiness, and will Mr Carter ever really understand his two teaching colleagues?
Cast of Season 1
  • James BolamTrevor Chaplin
  • Barbara FlynnJill Swinburne
  • Terence RigbyBig Al
  • Dudley SuttonMr. Carter
  • Dominic JephcottDet. Sgt. Hobson
  • Colin BlakelyChief Supt. Forrest
  • Danny SchillerLittle Norm
  • Keith SmithMr. Wheeler
  • George MalpasLol
  • Ian BleasdaleRev. Booth
  • Keith MarshHarry
  • James GroutMr. McAllister
  • Robert LongdenMr. Pitt
  • Alison SkilbeckHelen
  • Sue JenkinsJaney
  • Sean ScanlanDC Joe
  • Stephen TomlinDC Ben
  • Deborah LangleyAkela
  • Martin PitmanSimon, Cub Scout
  • Bernard AthaReturning Officer
  • Jason LumsdenBradley
 
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