The Beiderbecke Connection

The Beiderbecke Connection
Genre	Comedy drama
Written by	Alan Plater
Directed by	Alan Bell
Starring	James Bolam Barbara Flynn Terence Rigby Danny Schiller Dudley Sutton Dominic Jephcott Keith Smith Patrick Drury Judy Brooke Thomas McGlinchey George Costigan Sean Scanlan
Theme music composer	Frankie Trumbauer and Chauncey Morehouse
Opening theme	“Cryin' All Day”
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	4
Production
Executive producer(s)	Keith Richardson
Producer(s)	Michael Glynn
Release
Original network	ITV (Yorkshire Television)
Picture format	Film PAL (576i)
Original release	27 November – 18 December 1988
Chronology
Preceded by	The Beiderbecke Tapes

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".

Trevor Chaplin teaches woodwork and likes to listen to jazz. Jill Swinburne 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.

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