The Beiderbecke Trilogy

Sublime trilogy of comedy-crime thrillers about amateur detectives

James Bolam and Barbara Flynn star as an endearing amateur detective duo of a teacher and his girlfriend in this popular and intriguing trilogy of comedy-crime thrillers.

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S1, E1. What I Don' t Understand Is This...

Jill and Trevor find themselves involved in a mysterious and intriguing plot.

What I Don' t Understand Is This...

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

This wryly humorous series continues with Jill detained for police questioning.

Can Anybody Join in?

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

Trevor and Jill attempt to solve the mystery of the fire on Big Al's allotment.

We Call It the White Economy

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

S1, E4. Um... I Know What You're Thinking

Trevor's ex-fiancee appears on the scene, and it's not just a social visit.

Um... I Know What You're Thinking

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?

Jill tosses a coin with Helen for Trevor but loses.

That Was a Very Funny Evening

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?

S1, E6. We Are on the Brink of a New Era, If Only...

Jill is preparing for her contest, much to the unhappiness of the headmaster.

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

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.

Jill and Trevor find themselves pursued and threatened by sinister grey men.

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.

Part Two of this comedy-thriller featuring Jill and Trevor, the reluctant sleuths.

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.

S3, E1. Oh Look - It's Average Sized Trevor Chaplin

Trevor and Jill find themselves involved with some very mysterious people.

Oh Look - It's Average Sized Trevor Chaplin

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.

Jill and Trevor  finally rid themselves of refugee Ivan.

Hello Sir, Hello Miss

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.

Jill explains to her ex-husband Peter, that Trevor is not the lodger.

Is He the Lodger?

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.

S3, E4. What Do We Have on Hockey Sticks?

Will a day out at the seaside help to rid Trevor and Jill of Ivan and Peter?

What Do We Have on Hockey Sticks?

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?

The Beiderbecke Trilogy

The Beiderbecke Trilogy

Series 1

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

2. Can Anybody Join in?

3. We Call It the White Economy

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

5. That Was a Very Funny Evening

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