The Beiderbecke Affair

The Beiderbecke Affair

The Beiderbecke Affair is a television series produced in the United Kingdom by ITV during 1985, written by the prolific Alan Plater, whose lengthy credits to British Television since the 1960s included the preceding 4 part mini series Get Lost! for ITV in 1981. The Beiderbecke Affair has a similar style to Get Lost!, where Neville Keaton and Judy Threadgold played in an ensemble cast. Although The Beiderbecke Affair was intended as a sequel to Get Lost!, Alun Armstrong proved to be unavailable and the premise was reworked. It is the first part of The Beiderbecke Trilogy with the two sequel series being The Beiderbecke Tapes and The Beiderbecke Connection.

Cast for The Beiderbecke Affair...

James Bolam
Trevor Chaplin
Barbara Flynn
Jill Swinburne
Dudley Sutton
Mr. Carter
Dominic Jephcott
Det. Sgt. Hobson
Colin Blakely
Chief Supt. Forrest
Danny Schiller
Little Norm
Keith Smith
Mr. Wheeler
Ian Bleasdale
Rev. Booth
James Grout
Mr. McAllister
Martin Pitman
Simon, Cub Scout
Bernard Atha
Returning Officer