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 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