Sublime trilogy of comedy-crime thrillers about amateur detectives

The Beiderbecke Trilogy

All Trevor wants is a set of records. All Jill wants is to stand for the council as a Conservation candidate. But they find themselves involved in a mysterious and intriguing plot that will frighten the bureaucrats, but fill the rest of us with joy

What I Don' t Understand Is This...

The Beiderbecke Trilogy - Series 1 - Episode 1

1. What I Don' t Understand Is This...

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Comedy drama series. Jill is detained by the police, and Trevor goes in pursuit of a platinum blonde.

Can Anybody Join in?

The Beiderbecke Trilogy - Series 1 - Episode 2

2. Can Anybody Join in?

Comedy drama series. Trevor succeeds in finding the music he's been looking for and Jill's campaign reaches fever pitch.

We Call It the White Economy

The Beiderbecke Trilogy - Series 1 - Episode 3

3. We Call It the White Economy

When Trevor's ex-fiancee appears on the scene, it's not a social visit and she wants him back. Meanwhile Big Al is keen to find out who informed the police of his dealings. He thinks he knows who it is, but has he jumped to the wrong conclusion?

Um... I Know What You're Thinking

The Beiderbecke Trilogy - Series 1 - Episode 4

4. Um... I Know What You're Thinking

Jill has some bad news for Trevor. She tossed a coin for him with his ex and lost! To add to Trevor's woe, Big Al tells him that unless all the stock is moved out of the church basement they will all be arrested. Can it get any worse for Trevor?

That Was a Very Funny Evening

The Beiderbecke Trilogy - Series 1 - Episode 5

5. That Was a Very Funny Evening

Jill is preparing for her contest, much to the unhappiness of the headmaster who thinks her political ideas will be bad influence on her pupils. Meanwhile Sergeant Hobson is looking for evidence for his investigation into corruption in the police.

6. We Are on the Brink of a New Era, If Only...

We Are on the Brink of a New Era, If Only...

The Beiderbecke Trilogy - Series 1 - Episode 6

Series 1

Trevor Chaplin and Jill Swinburne are back! The most reluctant detectives in the history of investigation are dragged into the murky world of national security, where they find themselves pursued and threatened by sinister grey men.

The Beiderbecke Trilogy - Series 2 - Episode 1

Episode 1

The grey guardians of the nation's security cast their shadow over reluctant schoolteacher-sleuths, Jill and Trevor. The pursuit continues by way of downtown Amsterdam and the craggy heights of Edinburgh and back to Yorkshire again.

The Beiderbecke Trilogy - Series 2 - Episode 2

Episode 2

Series 2

Trevor and Jill are back and occupied with the experience of being parents to a baby boy whilst trying to cope with some mysterious characters who only gradually reveal their true colours.

1. Oh Look - It's Average Sized Trevor Chaplin

Oh Look - It's Average Sized Trevor Chaplin

The Beiderbecke Trilogy - Series 3 - Episode 1

Jill and Trevor are under slack-wristed police surveillance. They finally rid themselves of 'refugee' Ivan but are confronted with a new and even more surprising visitor who was once very close to Jill.

Hello Sir, Hello Miss

The Beiderbecke Trilogy - Series 3 - Episode 2

2. Hello Sir, Hello Miss

Jill explains to her ex-husband Peter, that Trevor is not the lodger but the man she's living with and is the father of her baby. When Ivan returns and confesses he is a bank robber and Peter is a con-man, Jill and Trevor are faced a big dilemma.

Is He the Lodger?

The Beiderbecke Trilogy - Series 3 - Episode 3

3. Is He the Lodger?

There are only two kinds of people in the world: those who hear the music and those who don't, Trevor tells Detective Inspector Hobson. Will Hobson's hockey stick be found? Will a day out at the seaside help to rid Trevor and Jill of Ivan and Peter?