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Shoestring

THE PRIVATE EAR.

  • TV series
  • 1979
  • 2 seasons
  • 21 episodes

Created by Robert Banks Stewart and Richard Harris

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Overview

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.

Roughly 17h 30m to watch every episode. This is an estimate: 21 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 50 minutes.

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Series cast and crew

  • Trevor Eve

    Trevor EveEddie Shoestring
    21 episodes

  • Doran Godwin

    Doran GodwinErica Bayliss
    21 episodes

  • Liz Crowther

    Liz CrowtherSonia
    21 episodes

  • Michael Medwin

    Michael MedwinDon Satchley
    21 episodes

  • Colin Maitland

    Colin MaitlandStudio Engineer
    8 episodes

  • Julian Littman

    Julian LittmanDJ
    4 episodes

  • Jeanna L'EstyLiz
    3 episodes

  • John Vine

    John VineKarl Winning
    3 episodes

  • Pippa SparkesPhone-In Girl
    2 episodes

  • Alan David

    Alan DavidDr Ben Fischer
    2 episodes

  • Andy Bradford

    Andy BradfordPhotographer
    2 episodes

  • Stewart Bevan

    Stewart BevanPaul
    2 episodes

  • Peter DeanPC Bryan Molecombe
    2 episodes

  • Nicholas DonnellyInspector Adams
    2 episodes

  • Geoffrey Bateman

    Geoffrey BatemanDJ
    2 episodes

  • Sheila DunnMrs Proudfoot (voice)
    2 episodes

  • Daniel Day-Lewis

    Daniel Day-LewisDJ
    1 episode

  • Stacy DorningSarah Marshall
    1 episode

Created by
Robert Banks Stewart and Richard Harris
Network
BBC One

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