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The Beiderbecke Connection

starring: James Bolam, Barbara Flynn, Terence Rigby, Danny Schiller, Dudley Sutton

: The Beiderbecke Connection
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0743457175128
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Goldhil Home Media
Manufacturer: Goldhil Home Media
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Goldhil Home Media
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 11, 2003
Sales Rank: 70393
Studio: Goldhil Home Media
Theatrical Release Date: 1988



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Description:
High school teachers Jill Swinburne (Barbara Flynn) and Trevor Chaplin (James Bolam) are your average everyday couple. Except that they're not married. Except they refer to their six-month-old son as 'First-Born' because they haven't yet democratically chosen a name. Except that they seem to attract quirky characters with good hearts and misplaced morals.

Alan Plater's third, offbeat comedy thriller, 'The Biederbecke Connection,' is a four-episode colorful romp through Jill and Trevor's lives. They're adjusting to family life, complete with bedtime stories of Duke Ellington. They're also innocently harboring a mysterious refugee who speaks no English. Ivan (Patrick Drury) and Trevor quickly form a 'Beiderbecke Connection' when they learn of their shared passion for Bix Beiderbecke, the legendary white jazz musician of the 1920s. Ivan is more than a jazz freak. He's an ex-con with a past -- and a present. Seems he loves playing games with other people's money. If Ivan wins this game, he'll single-handedly turn the world's currency into chaos. The police must stop him, but first they have to find him.

Frank Ricotti, composer and arranger of the original music for the 'Beiderbecke' series, performs in a special guest appearance in episode 2.



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Superb conclusion
This makes a superb conclusion to Alan Plater's brilliant Beiderbecke trilogy. The locations deserve ... Read More


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