The Beiderbecke Tapes The Beiderbecke Tapes The Beiderbecke Tapes is a two-part British television drama serial written by Alan Plater and broadcast in 1987. It is the second serial in "The Beiderbecke Trilogy" and stars James Bolam and Barbara Flynn as schoolteachers Trevor Chaplin and Jill Swinburne. When a tape recording of a conversation about nuclear waste inadvertently falls into Trevor's hands, Trevor and Jill find themselves being pursued by national security agents. 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.
The Beiderbecke Trilogy with few ambitions or principles. Trevor's main interest is jazz, however he is also interested in football and snooker (his footballing allegiances are unknown, he is known to be a Geordie, but seen in the opening sequences of "The Beiderbecke Affair" to possess a Leeds United mug. In one sequence reference is made to him using the phrase "Howay the lads!", a common cry of both Newcastle United and Sunderland F.C. fans. Trevor at first lives in a rented flat at the top of a large Victorian house, in which he resides in squalor. Trevor later moves into Jill's house