The Beiderbecke Affair (1985–1985)
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'.
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Season01
- S01E01
What I Don't Understand Is This...January 1, 1985—Jazz-loving, woodship teacher Trevor Chaplin and his girlfriend Jill are on the trail of a saleswoman who mistakenly delivered a set of reco - S01E02
Can Anybody Join In?January 13, 1985—Jill is detained by the police, Trevor goes in pursuit of a platinum blonde, Big Al reveals some of his secrets, and Sergeant Hobson tries t - S01E03
We Call It the White EconomyJanuary 20, 1985—Trevor has succeeded in finding the music he's been looking for and Jill's campaign is reaching fever pitch. But who is the mysterious super - S01E04
Um... I Know What You're ThinkingJanuary 27, 1985—Trevor is at the apex of an emotional triangle, Hobson is in trouble, and Jill is taken out to dinner. - S01E05
That Was a Very Funny EveningFebruary 3, 1985—Jill and Trevor have an emotional crisis, Hobson has a policing crisis, and Big Al has a storage crisis. But the question on everybody's min - S01E06
We Are on the Brink of a New Era, If Only...February 10, 1985—Somehow, a bizarre twist of fate plunges the couple into a mystery involving bureaucracy and death threats. All is revealed: will Hobson fin
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