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The Best Episodes of The Beiderbecke Affair Season 1

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The Best Episodes of The Beiderbecke Affair Season 1

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...

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  1. Background image for 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.

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    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.

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    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 Det Sgt Hobson?

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    8.2/10(22 votes)

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

    S1:E4

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

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    8.2/10(21 votes)

    #5 - That Was A Very Funny Evening

    S1:E5

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

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    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 in this final episode: will Hobson find fame and glory, will Trevor and Jill find true happiness, and will Mr Carter ever really understand his two teaching colleagues?

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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?".