The Beiderbecke Affair Beiderbecke Trilogy", with the two sequel series being "The Beiderbecke Tapes" (1987) and "The Beiderbecke Connection" (1988). Rather than following a usual linear story structure, "The Beiderbecke Affair" — set in Leeds in 1985 — is a character-led drama with a plot that initially appears rather unclear, moving as it does from one seemingly unrelated event to another. These events—and the characters involved with them—are eventually shown to be interconnected. Geordie Trevor Chaplin (James Bolam) teaches woodwork, enjoys football and is passionate about jazz. Jill Swinburne (Barbara Flynn) is interested in neither football nor jazz but teaches English and wants
The Beiderbecke Affair the US on 29 September 2009. There are four books associated with the series. Alan Plater's first-ever book was a novelisation of "The Beiderbecke Affair" (Methuen, 1985) and then he originally wrote "The Beiderbecke Tapes" as a novel (Methuen, 1986) before dramatising it for ITV. Four years after the final serial aired, he novelised "The Beiderbecke Connection scripts" (Methuen, 1992). An omnibus edition "The Beiderbecke Trilogy" was released by Methuen in 1993. In 2012, the British Film Institute published a book about the series in its range examining key television shows: "BFI TV Classics: The Beiderbecke Affair" by William Gallagher