The Beiderbecke Affair (1985)

Comedy · Drama · Music

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'.

IMDb rating: 8.6 (699 votes)
Episode average: 8.0 -0.6 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: Mini-series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

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Seasons

Season 1 (1985)

8.03 avg 6 episodes 7.2 → 8.3 49 min avg

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Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	What I Don't Understand Is This...	7.2	40
2	Can Anybody Join In?	7.9	30
3	We Call It the White Economy	8.2	25
4	Um... I Know What You're Thinking	8.3	25
5	That Was a Very Funny Evening	8.3	24
6	We Are on the Brink of a New Era, If Only...	8.3	26