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What is The Beiderbecke Affair about?
This quirky comedy-drama, written by Alan Plater, starred James Bolam of The Likely Lads fame, and Barbara Flynn, was first shown on ITV in 1985, and was so successful it spawned two sequels. All three series resonated with the sounds of jazz great Bix Beiderbecke and original music by Frank Ricotti, and it was this, as much as the unusual and eccentric style of the dialogue, that made the trilogy so popular with audiences. The very individual episode titles of the first series displayed the show's eccentricity, the title being the first thing uttered each episode.

Actors: Colin Blakely, Robert Longden, Barbara Flynn, Bernard Atha, James Bolam, George Malpas, Keith Marsh, Jason Lumsden, Dominic Jephcott, Stephen Tomlin, Dudley Sutton, Sean Scanlan, Keith Smith, Ian Bleasdale, Alison Skilbeck, James Grout, Danny Schiller, Terence Rigby, D
Genre: Comedy


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