Trevor Chaplin and Jill Swinburne, played by James Bolam and Barbara Flynn
Genre
Comedy drama
Developed by
Alan Plater
Starring
James Bolam
Barbara Flynn
Dudley Sutton
Keith Smith
Theme music composer
Frankie Trumbauer and Chauncey Morehouse
Opening theme
"Cryin' All Day"
Ending theme
"Cryin' All Day"
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Original language
English
No. of series
3
No. of episodes
12
Production
Executive producers
David Cunliffe (Affair, Tapes)
Keith Richardson (Connection)
Production company
Yorkshire Television
Original release
Network
ITV
Release
6 January 1985 (1985-01-06) – 18 December 1988 (1988-12-18)
Related
Get Lost!
Infobox instructions (only shown in preview)
The Beiderbecke Trilogy refers to three television serials written by Alan Plater and made by Yorkshire Television for the ITV network in the United Kingdom between 1984 and 1988. Each serial centres on schoolteachers Trevor Chaplin (James Bolam) and Jill Swinburne (Barbara Flynn), who work at a rundown comprehensive school in Leeds. Woodwork teacher Trevor enjoys football and jazz music whilst English teacher Jill is a political activist concerned with saving the environment.
and 23 Related for: The Beiderbecke Trilogy information
TheBeiderbeckeTrilogy refers to three television serials written by Alan Plater and made by Yorkshire Television for the ITV network in the United Kingdom...
is the first part of TheBeiderbeckeTrilogy, with the two sequel series being TheBeiderbecke Tapes (1987) and TheBeiderbecke Connection (1988). Rather...
Alan Plater and broadcast in 1987. It is the second serial in The BeiderbeckeTrilogy and stars James Bolam and Barbara Flynn as schoolteachers Trevor...
Chaplin in TheBeiderbeckeTrilogy, Arthur Gilder in Born and Bred, Jack Halford in New Tricks and the title character of Grandpa in the CBeebies programme...
Plater and broadcast in 1988. It is the third and final part of TheBeiderbeckeTrilogy and stars James Bolam and Barbara Flynn as schoolteachers Trevor...
Swinburne in TheBeiderbeckeTrilogy (1985–1988), Dr. Rose Marie in the BBC series A Very Peculiar Practice (1986–1988), Judith Fitzgerald in the ITV drama...
"Bix" Beiderbecke (/ˈbaɪdərbɛk/ BY-dər-bek; March 10, 1903 – August 6, 1931) was an American jazz cornetist, pianist and composer. Beiderbecke was one...
Fortunes of War (1987) an adaptation based on the novels of Olivia Manning, TheBeiderbeckeTrilogy (1985–1988), Misterioso (an adaptation of his novel...
roles in TheBeiderbeckeTrilogy and Band of Gold. She has also appeared in minor roles in other Yorkshire Television programmes. TheBeiderbecke Tapes as...
with Lovejoy, the title character, and expertise in the antique trade was the backbone of the show – as Mr Carter in theBeiderbeckeTrilogy and as Oleg...
Great and Small, The BeiderbeckeTrilogy, Rising Damp, Open All Hours, Band Of Gold, Dalziel and Pascoe, Fat Friends, Heartbeat, The Syndicate, No Angels...
in the opening titles of the ITV soap Emmerdale. Each series of TheBeiderbeckeTrilogy ends at Almscliffe Crag. An earlier TV appearance was as the planet...
England. The buildings were originally used as a secondary school, Foxwood School. The school is notable for its use for filming TheBeiderbeckeTrilogy between...
Demand TheBeiderbeckeTrilogyThe Booze Cruise The Brides in the Bath The Cater Street Hangman The Darling Buds of May The Dying of the Light The Flint...
wrote the soundtrack music for Yorkshire Television's TheBeiderbeckeTrilogy, in the style of Bix Beiderbecke. The music was performed by his band, the Frank...
the South African DStv service, from the start of the platform to the shutdown of the channel. Carlton Select was the result of a purchase by Pearson Television...
with the Braithwaites, TheBeiderbeckeTrilogy, Fat Friends and Married Single Other. Several films have also been set in the city, such as The Damned...
in close-up, standing in the nave of St Mark's, Woodhouse, in the 42nd minute of series 1, episode 3 of TheBeiderbeckeTrilogy "Index entry". FreeBMD....
now a suburb of Leeds, England) pre-dates the Domesday book, with evidence of a settlement in the area from the Neolithic Age. Seacroft remained largely...
The Beiderbecke Connection, New Tricks, Linda Green and Casualty. His film work includes Calendar Girls and Shirley Valentine. He appeared in the role...
architectural note. The ITV television series Fat Friends was set in Headingley. Large amounts of the eighties ITV BeiderbeckeTrilogy was filmed in and...
Sense Party - Something Rotten, Party's Over Conservation Party - TheBeiderbecke Affair Conservationists, Democrats and Socialist Workers' Party — Shadowrun...
the protégé of fledgling gangster Dutch Schultz Bix (1991) – Italian biographical drama film about the final years of cornet player Bix Beiderbecke Black...
Global Information