'The Beiderbecke Connection' (UK TV show)

Subject: 'The Beiderbecke Connection'
From: GUEST,Jim Martin
Date: 26 Mar 10 - 01:25 PM

I see this is being repeated again, well worth viewing in my opinion:

http://www.itv.com/itvplayer/video/?Filter=129858

Subject: RE: 'The Beiderbecke Connection' (UK TV show)
From: John J
Date: 26 Mar 10 - 03:32 PM

An excellent series, thanks for pointing this out.

JJ

Subject: RE: 'The Beiderbecke Connection' (UK TV show)
From: GUEST,Doc John
Date: 26 Mar 10 - 04:44 PM

Yes, well worth it: there were three separate series if I recall. James Bolam very suited to the role

Subject: RE: 'The Beiderbecke Connection' (UK TV show)
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 26 Mar 10 - 06:38 PM

So was Barbara Flynn. But the real stand-out was Alan Plater, who wrote it.

Subject: RE: 'The Beiderbecke Connection' (UK TV show)
From: Micca
Date: 26 Mar 10 - 06:51 PM

Amazon did a boxed set of all 3 +a CD of the music for about £15 it solved a Prezzie problem for me last year!! and i enjoyed it very much also, Good writer that Plater chap!

Subject: RE: 'The Beiderbecke Connection' (UK TV show)
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 27 Mar 10 - 04:42 AM

I remember the Beiderbecke Connection and the Beiderbecke Tapes, but can't remember the name of the 3rd series....?

Kitty

Subject: RE: 'The Beiderbecke Connection' (UK TV show)
From: Sooz
Date: 27 Mar 10 - 04:53 AM

Beiderbecke Affair I think.
I loved Plater's description of the house as "an architectural excercise in the executive pixie style". (Theres one across the road from us!)
The books are even better than the TV series.

Subject: RE: 'The Beiderbecke Connection' (UK TV show)
From: gnomad
Date: 27 Mar 10 - 07:30 AM

The series ran (in order) Affair, Tapes, Connection. Each good in its own way.

They were a development of a previous one-off called Get Lost! which had Alun Armstrong and Bridget Turner as the teacher leads. Good fun as well.

I was lucky enough to receive that boxed set that Micca mentions (though not from him) and keep re-viewing all four. Nice to see so many places I know but no linger visit, and still new things to discover in the performances.

Plater had a son in the Scout group I helped run in younger days, though I only met him a few times. He seemed a reserved sort of guy but a good chap with whom to share a pint. Hammered me at darts the only time I played him.

Subject: RE: 'The Beiderbecke Connection' (UK TV show)
From: Micca
Date: 27 Mar 10 - 09:44 AM

Another Plater series I very much enjoyed was " Olivers Travels" with Alan Bates and Sinéad Cusack, Very Plater with dry humour and excellent acting, if you can find a copy on DVD Grab it!!

Subject: RE: 'The Beiderbecke Connection' (UK TV show)
From: Arnie
Date: 27 Mar 10 - 02:33 PM

I love the Beiderbecke Affair and have recently re-watched it on Sky. However, for some reason I just can't get into the Beiderbecke Connection. I've watched a couple of episodes and they don't seem to work for me. I'm also not a jazz fan but for some reason find the music very easy listening. Big Al with his wheeler-dealing and office in the garden shed is just such a character!

Subject: RE: 'The Beiderbecke Connection' (UK TV show)
From: fat B****rd
Date: 27 Mar 10 - 03:03 PM

The book Oliver's Travels is great. Apparently Alan Plater had wanted Tom Courtenay (it's a Hull thing)for the leading TV role.
Much of Mr. Plater's work is well worth a look/listen/read. Good Lord, he used to write Z cars.
Why has an unwanted dialogue box just covered up my words ??
Oh, it's gone.

Subject: RE: 'The Beiderbecke Connection' (UK TV show)
From: GUEST,Whovian
Date: 27 Mar 10 - 03:40 PM

Are there any Daleks in it ?