The Beiderbecke Tapes (1987)

The Beiderbecke Tapes is a two-part British television drama serial written by Alan Plater and broadcast in 1987. It is the second serial in The Beiderbecke Trilogy and stars James Bolam and Barbara Flynn as schoolteachers Trevor Chaplin and Jill Swinburne. When a tape recording of a conversation about nuclear waste inadvertently falls into Trevor's hands, Trevor and Jill find themselves being pursued by national security agents.

• First Air Date: 1987-12-13
• Last Air Date: 1987-12-20
• Total Seasons: 1
• Total Episodes: 2
• Episode Runtime: 90 min.
• Network: ITV1
• Director: Brian Parker
• Writer: Alan Plater