The Beiderbecke Trilogy The Beiderbecke Trilogy 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 while English teacher Jill is a political activist concerned with saving the environment. "The Beiderbecke Trilogy" centres on two schoolteachers – Trevor Chaplin (James Bolam) and Jill Swinburne (Barbara Flynn) – who teach at a comprehensive school
The Beiderbecke Trilogy the decisions. At times Little Norm seems dismayed by his brothers dominance over him, this perhaps being best shown during the football match in "The Beiderbecke Affair". Another character whose first name is never known. Hobson is a principled, enthusiastic and somewhat naive graduate police officer. While Hobson is academic and hard working, he is also inefficient and of not much use to the police force. Hobson participates in exposing corruption in the police force and is quickly promoted. Forrest is a cynical senior police officer, and is Hobson's immediate superior. Forrest shows little regard for procedure and is utterly