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Had three series: the original six-part ''The Beiderbecke Affair'', the two-part ''The Beiderbecke Tapes'', and the four-part ''The Beiderbecke Connection''.
The title comes from the fact that one of the main characters, Trevor Chaplin, was a fan of retro jazz and the usual [[McGuffin]] for the plot was him trying to get hold of Bix Beiderbecke music. The soundtrack, which is often said to be the most memorable part of the show, was a mixture of real jazz excerpts and original music similar in style.
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* [[Cool Teacher]]: Both Trevor (woodwork) and Jill (English) are regarded as this by their pupils.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Everyone, but especially Mr Carter.
* [[The Government]]: Part of the general northern cultural theme is that the government is treated as malevolent, distant, shadowy and all-powerful (remember, this was made in the Thatcher years). Notably in ''The Beiderbecke Tapes'', where it is presented as being ultra-paranoid and authoritarian towards dissent.
** ''The Beiderbecke Affair'' also strongly implies that the three main political parties at the time are all practically identical and it doesn't matter who is in power - althouigh it's debatable how much this was true at the time.
* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]: Every episode is named after the first line of dialogue spoken in it.
* [[Insistent Terminology]]: It's not a shed, it's an office. It's not a church, it's a warehouse.
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* [[No Name Given]]: Trevor and Jill refer to their child as "Firstborn".
* [[Oop North]]: Oh, yes.
* [[Pointy-Haired Boss]]: Mr Wheeler
* [[Sunglasses
* [[Take It to the Bridge]]: The Cold War is parodied in ''The Beiderbecke Connection'', in which Jill and Trevor try to smuggle "dissident" Ivan out of Yorkshire and over the Lincolnshire border via the Humber Bridge.
* [[Unintentional Period Piece]]: It ''defines'' Leeds in the mid-eighties, including the terraced houses being demolished and the character of a school before the coming of the National Curriculum.
* [[Write Who You Know]]: Writer Alan Plater was a Northumbrian who had lived in Yorkshire for many years--just like protagonist Trevor Chaplin.
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