- Country: UK
- Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music
- Release: 1985-01-06
- Director: N/A
- Writers: N/A
- Language: English
- Stars: James Bolam , Barbara Flynn , Dudley Sutton , Dominic Jephcott , Terence Rigby , Keith Smith , Danny Schiller , Colin Blakely (1930–1987) , Keith Marsh , Alison Skilbeck
- Runtime: 320 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: The Beiderbecke Affair , The Beiderbecke Affair (United Kingdom)
- Plot: Trevor Chaplin teaches woodwork and likes to listen to jazz. Jill Swinburne teaches English and wants to help save the planet. Trevor tries to buy some jazz records but this leads to meeting a "dazzlingly beautiful platinum blond", a suspicious detective sergeant and a strange pair of men running a junior football team. Big Al and Little Norm agree to help Trevor and Jill with their school supplies problems. Jill decides to stand as a local councillor. A tale of "Black Economies", council corruption and many strange characters all set to a background of Bix Beiderbecke.
- IMDB:tt0086668
The Beiderbecke Affair Cast · · · ALL
James Bolam
Trevor Chaplin
Barbara Flynn
Jill Swinburne
Terence Rigby
Big Al
Dudley Sutton
Mr. Carter
Dominic Jephcott
Det. Sgt. Hobson
Colin Blakely
(1930–1987)
Chief Supt. Forrest
Danny Schiller
Little Norm
Keith Smith
Mr. Wheeler
George Malpas
Lol
Ian Bleasdale
Rev. Booth
Keith Marsh
Harry
James Grout
Mr. McAllister
Robert Longden
Mr. Pitt
Alison Skilbeck
Helen
Sue Jenkins
Janey
Sean Scanlan
DC Joe
Stephen Tomlin
DC Ben
Bernard Atha
Returning Officer