Ended
The Beiderbecke Connection
Created by: Alan Plater
7.8 6
1 season
DramaComedy
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".
Seasons
Cast

James Bolam
Trevor Chaplin

Barbara Flynn
Jill Swinburne

Terence Rigby
Big Al

Danny Schiller
Little Norm

Dudley Sutton
Mr Carter
K
Keith Smith
Wheeler

Dominic Jephcott
DI Hobson

George Costigan
Ben

Sean Scanlan
Joe

Patrick Drury
Ivan
J
Judy Brooke
Yvonne Fairweather
D
Dave Leslie
Man Opposite
G
Gaynor Kitchen
Sharon
D
Darren Bennet
Gary
T
Thomas McGlinchey
Firstborn

Eamon Boland
Peter Swinburne

Peter Martin
Charlie

Anna-Jane Casey
Emma

Rosalie Williams
Miss Pringle

Robert Longden
Mr Pitt

Deborah Grant
CS Blake
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