The Beiderbecke Connection

*The Beiderbecke Connection*
The Beiderbecke Connection
Genre	Comedy drama
Written by	Alan Plater
Directed by	Alan Bell
Starring	James Bolam; Barbara Flynn; Terence Rigby; Danny Schiller; Dudley Sutton; Dominic Jephcott; Keith Smith; Patrick Drury; Judy Brooke; Thomas McGlinchey; George Costigan; Sean Scanlan;
Theme music composer	Frankie Trumbauer and Chauncey Morehouse
Opening theme	"Cryin' All Day"
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of episodes	4
Production
Executive producer	Keith Richardson
Producer	Michael Glynn
Production company	Yorkshire Television
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	27 November –; 18 December 1988
Related
	The Beiderbecke Tapes

The Beiderbecke Connection is a four-part British television serial written by Alan Plater and broadcast in 1988. It is the third and final part of The Beiderbecke Trilogy and stars James Bolam and Barbara Flynn as schoolteachers Trevor Chaplin and Jill Swinburne. Now with a baby in tow, Jill and Trevor are asked by Big Al to look after a refugee called "Ivan".