The Beiderbecke Affair That Was a Very Funny Evening (Season 1, Episode 5)
TV Episode | Comedy, Drama, Music

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The Beiderbecke Affair

That Was a Very Funny Evening (Season 1, Episode 5)

TV Episode | Comedy, Drama, Music

Helen takes Trevor to visit her father but he is used to getting his own away and demands Trevor drops his unsuitable friends. Mr. Pitt, from planning, gives Jill files, on the McAllister's businesses, and she passes them to Sgt. Hobson.

Director

David Reynolds

Writer

Alan Plater (novel) (screenplay)

Producer

Anne W. Gibbons

Composer

Frank Ricotti

Cinematographer

Peter Jackson (lighting cameraman)

Editor

David Aspinall

Casting Directors

Ruth Boyle | Malcolm Drury

Production Designer

Mike Long

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Updated Feb 3, 1985

Release date

Feb 3, 1985 (United Kingdom)

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10 cast members

Name	Known for
James Bolam Trevor Chaplin Trevor Chaplin See fewer	The Likely Lads (1976)
Barbara Flynn Jill Swinburne Jill Swinburne See fewer	Miss Potter (2006)
Colin Blakely Chief Supt. Forrest Chief Supt. Forrest See fewer	A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Terence Rigby Big Al Big Al See fewer	Get Carter (1971)
Dudley Sutton Mr. Carter Mr. Carter See fewer	The Football Factory (2004)
Dominic Jephcott Det. Sgt. Hobson Det. Sgt. Hobson See fewer	Paradise Postponed (1986)
Alison Skilbeck Helen Helen See fewer	The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
James Grout Mr. McAllister Mr. McAllister See fewer	Mother Love (1989)
Robert Longden Mr. Pitt Mr. Pitt See fewer	Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (1973)
Keith Smith Mr. Wheeler Mr. Wheeler See fewer	Body Snatchers (1993)