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The Beiderbecke Collection Complete (includes free CD) | 
 enlarge | Directors: David Reynolds, Frank W. Smith, Alan Bell, Brian Parker
Actors: James Bolam, Barbara Flynn, Dudley Sutton, Dominic Jephcott, Terence Rigby
Studio: Network
Category: DVD
List Price: £39.99
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Rating:  7 reviews
Format: Box Set, Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Parental Guidance
Region: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 6
Running Time: 750 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 1.9
EAN: 5027626256647
ASIN: B000ICLHJ8
Release Date: November 27, 2006
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British TV at it's very, very best August 30, 2007
Eclectic Music Fan (UK)
21 out of 21 found this review helpful
This set contains three great TV comedy dramas: The Beiderbecke Affair (six 50 min episodes); The Beiderbecke Connection (2 hour one-off) and The Beiderbecke Tapes (four 50 minute episodes), all from the mid/late 1980's.
James Bolam and Barbara Flynn play teachers who find themselves embroiled in adventures which set them against local and national state interests. They are helped and/or hindered by a supporting cast including policemen, councillors, allotment owners, ex-husbands, mysterious Russians and the Popular Liberation Front of West Yorkshire!
Despite the serious message being conveyed what comes across most is the warmth of the quirky humour and it's freshingly leisurely pace. Every character, no matter how minor, is well played; Terence Rigby and Dudley Sutton are particularly good and it's all played out against a great soundtrack of swinging trad Jazz.
"the psychology of Yorkshire" July 10, 2007
The Ducktor (UK)
18 out of 19 found this review helpful
This is a fine example of gentle, British comedy - or more specifically Northern Humour, set against a backdrop of jazz, education, jazz, intrigue, jazz, the state apparatus and some more jazz. The characters are believable, the humour well grounded and observed and the performances from James Bolam and Barbara Flynn are consummate. Their relationship is nicely off beat and ties in with the skew view of the world from Alan Plater's pen.
This is excellent comedy drama and well worth a try - these DVDs have given me hours of pleasure and the ability to baffle more people with daft quotes. Equally it's a great chance to hear some good jazz - there is even a definition of the three types of jazz...I'll leave you to find out what they are!
Enjoy.
Quirky comedy set to the music of Bix Beiderbecke May 18, 2007
L. Stockton
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
This quirky comedy was never going to set TV alight but rather it fizzled along nicely.
James Bolam has always been great at comedy and doesn't let the side down with this strange but humerous series.
If anything, it's a great introduction to jazz as the whole series was set to the sounds of Bix Beiderbecke (of course), Duke Ellington and Art Tatum, though primarily it was Bix music that took centre stage.
I HAVE to give it five stars, because at 15 when most people were into 80's pop, this started my interest in Jazz .
The Yorkshire Hart to Hart July 15, 2007
Chris H (Leafy Warwickshire)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Ok, maybe a bit far fetched to make that comparison because Dudley Sutton would make a poor Max and there isn't much 'Moider'.
I fell in love with The Beiderbecke affair, quite literally due to a schoolboy crush on Barbera Flynn (although she had an overtly more sexy role in A Peculiar Practice). I'm over that now, but that means I can appreciate the subtle plot twists and dialogue (yes there is some, honest).
The music is something I've always appreciated as a backdrop to the story. I'm not that much of a jazz fan, but it does match the pace of the plot and the scenery!
Brilliant value for money April 10, 2008
W. Hutchinson (Perth, Australia)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
What a fantastic series of shows. Three shows with James Bolan and one with Alun Armstrong. This is subtle, gentle and educated humour. Each of the shows has a similar theme. I watched them end to end which is probably not a good idea as the jazz music starts to grind on the nerves but this is really well worth the money - 5 discs plus a CD. It was such a pleasure to see a programme without screaming noises in the background. By coincidence, I received the latest the latest `New Tricks' (not released in the UK yet) which has both Armstrong and Bolan in as well. Still a good programme but with the annoying addition of spasmodic and disjointed `music' in every other scene, it shows the difference between the decades in programme production. No idea why the additional `undercurrent' music is there in `New Tricks' - maybe the psychologists tell the BBC it holds our attention. It drives me to the computer to write this - so it does not work with me.
Back to the Beiderbeck Trilogy (actually four separate programmes). This is a classy set of programmes; I do wish they would make them this way today. These concentrate on the story and acting not the annoying peripheral such as sound effects.
Buy it if you want calming entertainment.
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