The Beiderbecke Affair

Overview

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! for ITV in 1981. The Beiderbecke Affair has a similar style to Get Lost!, where Neville Keaton and Judy Threadgold played in an ensemble cast. Although The Beiderbecke Affair was intended as a sequel to Get Lost!, Alun Armstrong proved to be unavailable and the premise was reworked. It is the first part of The Beiderbecke Trilogy with the two sequel series being The Beiderbecke Tapes and The Beiderbecke Connection.

Cast

James Bolam

Trevor Chaplin

Barbara Flynn

Jill Swinburne

Terence Rigby

Big Al

Dudley Sutton

Mr. Carter

Dominic Jephcott

Det. Sgt. Hobson

Colin Blakely

Chief Supt. Forrest

Danny Schiller

Little Norm

Keith Smith

Mr. Wheeler

George Malpas

Lol

Ian Bleasdale

Rev. Booth