Shoestring

Crime

Drama

1979

2 Seasons

Series

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Episode Guide

September 30, 1979 - December 12, 1979Season 1 of Shoestring has 11 episodes.

Season 1 Episodes

S1 E1: Private Ear

Sep 30, 1979

Private detective Eddie Shoestring is asked by Radio West to look into the life of Sarah Marshall, a prostitute who has committed suicide. She died in a Rolls Royce belonging to David Carn, the station's most popular disc jockey, immediately after she had desperately tried to see him, and Radio West wants Eddie to show Sarah had no connection with their man.

Series info

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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Ratings

IMDB: 7.5TMDB: 6.8

Original Language

English

Creator

Robert Banks Stewart,Richard Harris

Release Date

September 30, 1979

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