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{{Short description|British ITV comedy drama, 1st of trilogy}}
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'''''The Beiderbecke Affair''''' is a [[television]] series produced in the United Kingdom by [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] during 1985,<ref name="Seely">{{cite web |last1=Seely |first1=Michael |title=All That Jazz: The Beiderbecke Trilogy » We Are Cult |url=http://wearecult.rocks/the-beiderbecke-trilogy |website=We Are Cult |publisher=We Are Cult |accessdate=9 August 2019 |date=27 November 2018}}</ref> written by the prolific [[Alan Plater]], whose lengthy credits in British television since the 1960s included the four-part mini series ''[[Get Lost!]]'' for ITV in 1981. ''The Beiderbecke Affair'' has a similar style to ''Get Lost!'', wherein Neville Keaton ([[Alun Armstrong]]) and Judy Threadgold ([[Bridget Turner]]) 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]]'' (1987) and ''[[The Beiderbecke Connection]]'' (1988).
==Plot==
Rather than following a usual linear story structure, ''The Beiderbecke Affair''
[[Geordie]] Trevor Chaplin ([[James Bolam]]) teaches woodwork, enjoys [[football (soccer)|football]] and is passionate about [[jazz]]. Jill Swinburne ([[Barbara Flynn]]) is interested in neither football nor jazz but teaches English and wants to help save the planet, standing in a local election as "your Conservation candidate". After Jill left her husband, her colleague Trevor began giving her lifts to school and from there a relationship blossomed. They have an easy-going relationship where half the words seem to be left unspoken but the viewer is never in any doubt as to the [[subtext]].
[[Image:Clayton Grange, Moor Grange Leeds.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Clayton Grange Flats, [[Moor Grange]], [[Leeds]] used as 'The Multistorey Block of Flats' in the Beiderbecke affair, taken in June 2008, 24 years after filming]]
Trevor tries to buy some jazz records from a "dazzlingly beautiful platinum blonde" who calls at the door raising funds for the local [[Cub Scouts (The Scout Association)|Cubs]]’ football team. When the wrong records are delivered, a hunt begins that draws the pair into unforeseen intrigue.<ref name="rt">{{cite web |title=The Beiderbecke Affair (1985) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_beiderbecke_affair |website=www.rottentomatoes |publisher=Fandango |language=en}}</ref> Thrown into the mix are Sgt Hobson ([[Dominic Jephcott]]), a suspicious yet seemingly incompetent graduate police detective, and a pair of local [[black economy]] tradesmen, "Big Al" ([[Terence Rigby]]) and "Little Norm" (Danny Schiller), who agree to help "average-sized" Jill and Trevor with their school supplies problems. There are elements of political and social commentary, whilst bureaucracy (within the
Setting the scene for the sequels, the series ends with Jill and Trevor 'running away to the
It all unravels to a soundtrack of jazz music in the style of [[Bix Beiderbecke]], performed by [[Frank Ricotti]] with [[Kenny Baker (trumpeter)|Kenny Baker]] as featured cornet soloist. Extensive use is made of [[leitmotifs]] for the various characters. The theme song of the series uses the actual [[Bix Beiderbecke]] instrumental "Crying All Day" by [[Frankie Trumbauer]] and His Orchestra released in 1927 on [[Okeh Records]] and re-released in 1941 as part of the "Hot Jazz Classic" series on [[Columbia Records]].
==Characters==
The cast was as follows:<ref name="KA">{{cite web |title=The Beiderbecke Trilogy |url=https://www.historyfiles.co.uk/Guide/Beiderbecke.htm |website=www.historyfiles.co.uk |publisher=Kessler Associates |accessdate=9 August 2019}}</ref>
*'''Trevor Chaplin
*'''Jill Swinburne
*'''Big Al
*'''Little Norm
*'''Janey
*'''Sgt Hobson
*'''Chief Superintendent Forrest
*'''Mr Carter
*'''Mr Wheeler
*'''Harry
*'''Helen McAllister (Helen of Tadcaster)
*'''Mr McAllister
*'''Reverend Booth
*'''Mr Pitt (Pitt the Planner)
==Production==
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[[Image:Abbeydaleoval.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Abbeydale Oval, in [[Kirkstall]], [[Leeds]]. The house on the right featured as Jill's house.]]
[[Image:East Leeds Family Learning Centre.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[East Leeds Family Learning Centre]] (former Foxwood School) in [[Seacroft]], Leeds was used as 'San Quentin High' (picture taken June 2008). Demolition of the complex began in December 2009]]
[[File:StMarksChurchWoodhouse.jpg|thumb|right|200px|St Marks Church in [[Woodhouse, Leeds|Woodhouse]] was the Parish Church of St Matthew in ''The Beiderbecke Affair''.
*Jill's
*Trevor's
*Big Al's allotment and office
*San Quentin High
*The Alderman What's-His-Name
*The
*The
*The Police station exterior - Horsforth Police station, Broadway, [[Horsforth]], [[Leeds]]. (Demolished circa 2012-2014)
*The location
The actual Leeds City Council planning offices are just over the road in The Leonardo
*The
*The hills – Beamsley Beacon, [[Beamsley]]
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*Grassed residential road near level crossing – Fairways Drive, Starbeck, Harrogate
*The
*The parish church of St Matthew (interior) – [[St. Peter's Church, Stanley, West Yorkshire|St Peter's Church]], [[Stanley, West Yorkshire|Stanley]], Wakefield (demolished 2014)
*The steep hill that cub scout walks up followed by Trevor is Carr Lane, Rawdon, LS19
*The
*The houses used as the setting for where Jill lived, which were new at the time of filming, were replaced with an older terrace house in Hill View Avenue at its junction with Norfolk Gardens in [[Chapel Allerton]] for the setting in subsequent series.
*The house that Jill and Trevor look for that they find is a demolished street is an area off Hartley Crescent/Glossop View, Woodhouse Moor, Leeds. This area is now a grassed space with some trees and benches at the top end.
*The corner of Grange Avenue, on the way from Big Al's allotment, is the corner of Grange Avenue and Windmill Lane, Yeadon.
*The telephone box that Trevor uses is at the junction of Parliament Road (now closed to traffic) and Hall Lane, near Armley Prison.
*The [[River Nidd]] and [[Knaresborough Viaduct]] can be seen in the background during Helen and Jill's night out.
==Episodes==
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[[File:Beiderbecke2.jpg|thumb|right|Episode Opening]]
[[File:Beiderbecke3.jpg|thumb|right|Big Al, Trevor and Jill in the church crypt/warehouse]]
*'''"What I don't understand is this..."'''
*'''"Can anybody join in?"'''
*'''"We call it the White Economy"'''
*'''"Um...I know what you're thinking"'''
*'''"That was a very funny evening"'''
*'''"We are on the brink of a new era, if only..."'''
==Home media==
All three series are available on DVD as individual boxed sets, and as a Collection DVD Set ([[The Beiderbecke Trilogy|the ''Beiderbecke Trilogy'']]), with an additional 6 Disc Set, the ''Beiderbecke Trilogy 21st Anniversary Edition'' (containing the ''Beiderbecke Trilogy'' plus ''Get Lost!'', CD Soundtrack, cast interviews and commemorative booklet as special features) released for Region 2. The series is also available {{as of|lc=y|2021}} on [[Britbox]].
''The Beiderbecke Tapes'' was released in the US on 29 September 2009.
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==In other media==
===Books===
There are four books associated with the series. Alan Plater's first-ever book was a novelisation of ''The Beiderbecke Affair'' ([[Methuen Publishing|Methuen]], 1985) and then he originally wrote ''The Beiderbecke Tapes'' as a novel (Methuen, 1986) before dramatising it for ITV. Four years after the final serial aired, he novelised ''The Beiderbecke Connection scripts'' (Methuen, 1992). An omnibus edition
In 2012, the British Film Institute published a book about the series in its range examining key television shows:
Accompanying the non-fiction book, the British Film Institute released an
===Show===
A show called "Beiderbecke and All That Jazz" was developed in the mid 1990s, featuring Alan Plater and Kenny Baker.<ref name="surreal">{{cite news |last1=Plater |first1=Alan |title=It is real surreal |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/feb/17/mondaymediasection4 |work=The Guardian |issue=17 February 2003 |date=2003}}</ref>
==References==▼
===Notes===
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