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The Beiderbecke Affair is a 1985 British television series produced for ITV, written by the prolific Alan Plater, whose lengthy credits included the preceding four-part miniseries Get Lost! (1981). Trevor Chaplin teaches woodwork and likes to

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Season 1

  • Um... I Know What You're Thinking
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    Um... I Know What You're Thinking

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/27/1985

    Trevor is at the apex of an emotional triangle, Hobson is in trouble, and Jill is taken out to dinner.

    Director: Frank W. Smith

    Writer: Alan Plater

  • That Was a Very Funny Evening
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    That Was a Very Funny Evening

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/3/1985

    Jill and Trevor have an emotional crisis, Hobson has a policing crisis, and Big Al has a storage crisis. But the question on everybody's mind is: 'Who is McAllister?'.

    Director: David Reynolds

    Writer: Alan Plater

  • We Are on the Brink of a New Era, If Only...
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    We Are on the Brink of a New Era, If Only...

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/10/1985

    Somehow, a bizarre twist of fate plunges the couple into a mystery involving bureaucracy and death threats. All is revealed: will Hobson find fame and glory, will Trevor and Jill find true happiness, and will Mr Carter ever really understand his two colleagues?

    Director: David Reynolds

    Writer: Alan Plater

  • We Call It the White Economy
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    We Call It the White Economy

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/20/1985

    Trevor has succeeded in finding the music he's been looking for and Jill's campaign is reaching fever pitch. But who is the mysterious supergrass and the woman 'with a past'? Will the truth ever be revealed to Hobson?

    Director: Frank W. Smith

    Writer: Alan Plater

  • Can Anybody Join In?
    7.8/1027 votes

    Can Anybody Join In?

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/13/1985

    Jill is detained by the police, Trevor goes in pursuit of a platinum blonde, Big Al reveals some of his secrets, and Sergeant Hobson tries to make sense of it all.

    Director: David Reynolds

    Writer: Alan Plater

  • What I Don't Understand Is This...
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    What I Don't Understand Is This...

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/1/1985

    Jazz-loving, woodship teacher Trevor Chaplin and his girlfriend Jill are on the trail of a saleswoman who mistakenly delivered a set of records that were supposed to be by Bix Beiderbecke.

    Director: David Reynolds

    Writer: Alan Plater