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By William Gallagher

ISBN-10: 1844574695

ISBN-13: 9781844574698

With as little plot as its author Alan Plater may perhaps escape with and as a lot jazz as he might deal with, the 1985 tv drama The Beiderbecke Affair had a far-reaching effect, inspiring sequels, novels, albums or even jazz excursions. very like its Bix Beiderbecke-style soundtrack, Plater's quietly joyous drama used to be unconventional, unfastened: its narrative following the lives and relationships of its best characters – teachers-turned-amateur detectives Trevor Chaplin (James Bolam) and Jill Swinburne (Barbara Flynn) – with a steady, whimsical humour.

William Gallagher's illuminating examine is the 1st serious account of this much-loved sequence. Drawing on interviews with forged contributors and musicians, the construction workforce and Yorkshire television executives, in addition to on insights from Plater himself, Gallagher explores Beiderbecke's origins in Plater's 1981 television drama Get Lost! earlier than relocating directly to an in-depth research of the sequence itself, to bare why such an unassuming sequence is still one of many best-loved examples of British tv drama.

The publication additionally contains a formerly unpublished BBC Radio four brief tale that includes the nature of Jill Swinburne, 'A short come upon with Richard Wagner'.
 

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