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Shoestring
THE PRIVATE EAR.
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.
Seasons
- Series 1 — 11 episodes (September 30, 1979)
- Series 2 — 10 episodes (October 5, 1980)
Cast
- Trevor Eve as Eddie Shoestring
- Doran Godwin as Erica Bayliss
- Liz Crowther as Sonia
- Michael Medwin as Don Satchley
Details
- Created by
- Robert Banks Stewart and Richard Harris
- First aired
- September 30, 1979
- Episodes
- 21
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Network
- BBC One
- Status
- Ended
- TMDB score
- 7.7 / 10 from 6 votes
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