Shoestring
Shoestring

Shoestring

1979 2 Seasons 21 Episodes ⭐ 7.4 Crime Drama

Shoestring is a BBC detective drana set in Bristol and starring Trevor Eve as private detective Eddie Shoestring, who operatee his own show on Radio West, the local radio station. The programme ran between 30 September 1979 and 21 December 1980, in two series with 21 hour-long episodes. Eve opted not to return after two series, as he wanted to diversify into theatre, so the production team changed the setting to Jersey and created Bergerac, also following a detective returning to work after a bad period in his life.

Shoestring is a BBC detective drana set in Bristol and starring Trevor Eve as private detective Eddie Shoestring, who operatee his own show on Radio West, the local radio station. The programme ran between 30 September 1979 and 21 December 1980, in two series with 21 hour-long episodes. Eve opted not to return after two series, as he wanted to diversify into theatre, so the production team changed the setting to Jersey and created Bergerac, also following a detective returning to work after a bad period in his life.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Private Ear

Private detective Eddie Shoestring is asked by Radio West to look into the life of Sarah Marshall, a prostitute who has

EP 2

Knock for Knock

Eddie nervously does his first ""Private Ear"" program and tries to locate the drivers of a van who are responsible for

EP 3

Higher Ground

Eddie goes to work for Jean, the wife of Major Hansford, a tough prep school headmaster (and retired Army officer) whose

EP 4

An Uncertain Circle

Marion Cutler, a social worker, asks Eddie to look for Nick Forrest, one of her charges who has gone missing. Nick is a

EP 5

Listen to Me

Mel Shepherd threatens to throw herself off the roof of the Radio West building unless Eddie investigates her claim of a

EP 6

Nine Tenths of the Law

A distraught woman asks Eddie to find her daughter, who she is sure has been kidnapped by her ex-husband.

EP 7

The Link-Up

After Molly Tasker, director of a local women's refuge, accuses Radio West of ignoring domestic violence, Eddie investig

EP 8

Stamp Duty

Stamp dealer Joss Hargreaves collapses and dies whilst being bundled into a car by heavies working for Strickland, a cor

EP 9

Find the Lady

Rock singer Toola asks Eddie to dissuade her sacked bass player Mole from his belief that his beauty queen girlfriend Ch

EP 10

The Partnership

Sonia is concerned for her friend, travel agent Jenny Kelson, whom she sees apparently being threatened by a young man.

EP 11

I'm a Believer

When Maddy Hopkins joins religious cult, The Starshiners, her anxious mother, convinced that the group is out to get her

EP 1

Room With a View

Retired music hall singer Lettie Ross witnesses a murder in the empty house opposite her flat, but when police and her d

EP 2

The Teddy Bears' Nightmare

While out fishing, Don sees a thief rob a young couple of the woman's handbag but the couple themselves flee and fail to

EP 3

Mocking Bird

Young women are being mugged around the city and the perpetrator, a caller with an Ulster accent, keeps ringing Eddie an

EP 4

The Mayfly Dance

Don asks Eddie to locate Jody Brent, a once-popular singer whose big hit 'Lazy Daisy' is enjoying a revival on Radio Wes

EP 5

The Farmer Had a Wife

To encourage more human interest stories, Don persuades Eddie to help watercress farmer David Mortimer, whose wife Rosem

EP 6

Utmost Good Faith

After her debt-ridden husband Tim has killed himself, Mary Reynolds asks Eddie's help in discovering why her credit faci

EP 7

Looking for Mr Wright

Erica's secretary Lois meets charming Clive Wright through a dating agency but he disappears whilst they are in a restau

EP 8

Another Man's Castle

Whilst Philip and Diana Hoskens are moving house the van containing all their furniture is stolen by a shady landlord ca

EP 9

Where Was I?

Family man Keith Amery goes camping on the moors alone and sees a helicopter land but falls and hits his head, bringing

EP 10

The Dangerous Game

Market trader Pete Johnson deals in stolen goods, gives his young son Mike an early Christmas present, an electric racin

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