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The Beiderbecke Affair (1985-1985)

Premiere:
January 6, 1985

# of Seasons: 1

# of Episodes: 6

Finale:
February 10, 1985

Original Title:
The Beiderbecke Affair

Genres:
Comedy | Drama

Production Companies:
Yorkshire Television

Countries:
GB

Overview from TheMovieDB

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 to British Television since the 1960s included the preceding 4 part mini series Get Lost! for ITV in 1981. The Beiderbecke Affair has a similar style to Get Lost!, where Neville Keaton and Judy Threadgold 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 and The Beiderbecke Connection.

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Performers

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Production

Casting:
Ruth Boyle
Malcolm Drury

Costume Design:
Brian Castle

Director:
Frank W. Smith

Director of Photography:
Frank Ricotti

Editor:
Brian Tomkins
David Aspinall

Executive Producer:
David Cunliffe

Makeup Artist:
Di Lofthouse

Original Music Composer:
Frank Ricotti

Producer:
Anne W. Gibbons

Production Design:
Mike Long

Screenplay:
Alan Plater

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