The Beiderbecke Connection is a four part British

United Kingdom

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 television

Television

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 serial

Serial (radio and television)

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 written by Alan Plater

Alan Plater

Alan Frederick Plater, CBE, FRSL was an English playwright and screenwriter, who worked extensively in British television from the 1960s to the 2000s.-Career:...

 and broadcast in 1988. It is the third and final part of The Beiderbecke Trilogy

The Beiderbecke Trilogy

The Beiderbecke Trilogy refers to three television serials written by Alan Plater and made by Yorkshire Television for the ITV network in the United Kingdom between 1984 and 1988. Each serial centres around schoolteachers Trevor Chaplin and Jill Swinburne who work at a rundown comprehensive...

and stars James Bolam

James Bolam

James Christopher Bolam, MBE is a British actor, best known for his roles as Jack Ford in When the Boat Comes In, Trevor Chaplin in The Beiderbecke Trilogy, Terry Collier in The Likely Lads and its sequel Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, Roy Figgis in Only When I Laugh, Dr Arthur Gilder in...

 and Barbara Flynn

Barbara Flynn

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 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".

Plot

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 in The Beiderbecke Tapes, Jill and Trevor have a child - Firstborn. Big Al asks them to put up a friend of his and, of course, they agree. But when Ivan arrives, they find he speaks no English but thinks that "Bix is cool". Meetings with criminals, smuggling people over the border, fighting for the right to education even when it's against the rules. These and other adventures are played out to a soundtrack of jazz music in the style of Bix Beiderbecke

Bix Beiderbecke

Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke was an American jazz cornetist, jazz pianist, and composer.With Louis Armstrong, Beiderbecke was one of the most influential jazz soloists of the 1920s...

 performed by Frank Ricotti

Frank Ricotti

Frank Ricotti is an English jazz vibraphonist and percussionist.Ricotti played in the National Youth Jazz Orchestra while a teenager, then attended Trinity College of Music...

 with Kenny Baker

Kenny Baker (trumpeter)

Kenny Baker was born on 1 March 1921 in Withernsea, East Riding of Yorkshire and died 7 December 1999. He was an accomplished player of jazz trumpet, cornet and flugelhorn, and a composer.-Biography:...

 as featured cornet soloist.

Episodes

• "Oh Look, It's Average-Sized Trevor Chaplin" - Jill & Trevor have produced Firstborn. They need a babysitter and get a refugee. Head for the border.

• "Hello Sir, Hello Miss" - The refugee is back from the border. Life goes on. Big Al and Little Norm make other plans. Trevor makes a stand.

• "Is He the Lodger?" - A face from the past. Criminals in the spare bed. The police take an interest. A day at the seaside.

• "What Do We Have on Hockey Sticks?" - Rocking the world on its axis. But life goes on for those that hear the music.

Filming locations

• Jill's House- Norfolk Green, Chapel Allerton
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  , Leeds
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• San Quentin High- Foxwood School, Seacroft
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  , Leeds
• The Bowling Green- The Recreation Ground, Wortley
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  , Leeds
• The Archer Street Shopping Precinct- The area surrounding the Bond Street Precinct (now Leeds Shopping Plaza
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  ), Bond Street and Albion Street, Leeds city centre
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