The Beiderbecke Connection 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 and wants to help save the planet. They live together and just want a quiet life. Since their last adventure
Bix Beiderbecke to the National Register of Historic Places. Beiderbecke's music was featured in three British comedy drama television series, all written by Alan Plater: "The Beiderbecke Affair" (1984), "The Beiderbecke Tapes" (1987), and "The Beiderbecke Connection" (1988). In 1991, the Italian director Pupi Avati released "Bix: An Interpretation of a Legend". Filmed partially in the Beiderbecke home, which Avati had purchased and renovated, "Bix" was screened at the Cannes Film Festival. At the beginning of the 21st century, Beiderbecke's music continued to reside mostly out of the mainstream and some of the facts of his life are still debated, but scholars