The Beiderbecke Connection four episodes are titled by incipit, that is, the title is simply the first spoken words heard in each episode. The Beiderbecke Connection The Beiderbecke Connection is a four-part British television serial written by Alan Plater and broadcast in 1988. It is the third and final part of "The Beiderbecke Trilogy" and stars James Bolam and Barbara Flynn as schoolteachers Trevor Chaplin and Jill Swinburne. Now with a baby in tow, Jill and Trevor are asked by Big Al to look after a refugee called "Ivan". Trevor Chaplin teaches woodwork and likes to listen to jazz. Jill Swinburne teaches English
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