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The Best Episodes of The Beiderbecke Affair Season 1

Every episode of The Beiderbecke Affair Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Beiderbecke Affair Season 1!

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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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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Beiderbecke Affair Season 1 Episode 1 - What I Don't Understand Is This...
    7.0/10(36 votes)

    #1 - What I Don't Understand Is This...

    S1:E1

    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

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  2. The Beiderbecke Affair Season 1 Episode 2 - Can Anybody Join In?
    7.8/10(27 votes)

    #2 - Can Anybody Join In?

    S1:E2

    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

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  3. The Beiderbecke Affair Season 1 Episode 3 - We Call It the White Economy
    8.1/10(21 votes)

    #3 - We Call It the White Economy

    S1:E3

    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

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  4. The Beiderbecke Affair Season 1 Episode 4 - Um... I Know What You're Thinking
    8.2/10(22 votes)

    #4 - Um... I Know What You're Thinking

    S1:E4

    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

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  5. The Beiderbecke Affair Season 1 Episode 5 - That Was a Very Funny Evening
    8.2/10(21 votes)

    #5 - That Was a Very Funny Evening

    S1:E5

    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

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  6. The Beiderbecke Affair Season 1 Episode 6 - We Are on the Brink of a New Era, If Only...
    8.2/10(23 votes)

    #6 - We Are on the Brink of a New Era, If Only...

    S1:E6

    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

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"What I Don't Understand Is This..." is the best rated episode of "The Beiderbecke Affair" season 1. It scored 7/10 based on 36 votes. Directed by David Reynolds and written by Alan Plater, it aired on 1/1/1985. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "Can Anybody Join In?".