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 Trilogy best known as the producer of the thriller serial "Harry's Game" (1982). "The Beiderbecke Connection" was broadcast in four parts in November and December 1988 and averaged 8.8 million viewers over its run. Frank Ricotti was again nominated and this time won the 1988 BAFTA Award for Original Television Music for "The Beiderbecke Connection". All three series are available as individual DVD releases, as a boxed set, "The Beiderbecke Trilogy", and as a boxed set "Beiderbecke Trilogy 21st Anniversary Edition" (containing "The Beiderbecke Trilogy" plus "Get Lost!", cast interviews, CD soundtrack and collectors booklet), released on Region 2. The stories