The Beiderbecke Trilogy

...comprising The Beiderbecke Affair, The Beiderbecke Tapes, and The Beiderbecke Connection. Three series which aired on UK TV in 1985, 1987 and 1988, with understated dry humour a-plenty. The characters were a delight, as was the music. Have any of the series ever been shown on US or Canadian TV?

 

With the great, if somewhat miserable, James Bolam.

 

Let's go for 'dour.'

 

Not seen this show since it was first broadcast, but I remember liking it quite a bit.

 

I bought the DVD box set a few years back and was so pleased that the quality of the shows was as good as I remembered. When you come down to it, there's really very little in the way of plots, it's more about musings on life.