Shoestring

2 Seasons 1979 - 1980 NR 50m 7.5

Lighthearted detective series set in the West Country, about radio-phone-in detective Eddie Shoestring.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 Private Ear

1. Private Ear

Aired: Sep 30, 1979

Call-girl Sarah Marshall kills herself on a beach, after stealing the car bel...

Episode 2 Knock for Knock

2. Knock for Knock

Aired: Oct 7, 1979

Eddie is now Radio West's 'Private Ear', accepting sleuthing work for listene...

Episode 3 Higher Ground

3. Higher Ground

Aired: Oct 14, 1979

Higher Ground, a boarding school run by strict ex-Army major Hansford and his...

Episode 4 An Uncertain Circle

4. An Uncertain Circle

Aired: Oct 21, 1979

Marion Cutler asks Eddie to trace her boyfriend, Nick Forrest, who has disapp...

Episode 5 Listen to Me

5. Listen to Me

Aired: Oct 28, 1979

Adamant that her husband Harry was wrongly jailed for killing a shop assistan...

Episode 7 The Link-Up

7. The Link-Up

Aired: Nov 10, 1979

After Molly Tasker, director of a local women's refuge, accuses Radio West of...

Episode 8 Stamp Duty

8. Stamp Duty

Aired: Nov 17, 1979

Stamp dealer Joss Hargreaves collapses and dies whilst being bundled into a c...

Episode 9 Find the Lady

9. Find the Lady

Aired: Dec 1, 1979

Rock singer Toola asks Eddie to dissuade her sacked bass player Mole from his...

Episode 10 The Partnership

10. The Partnership

Aired: Dec 8, 1979

Sonia, the Radio West receptionist, is concerned for her friend, travel agent...

Episode 11 I'm a Believer

11. I'm a Believer

Aired: Dec 11, 1979

When Maddy Hopkins joins religious cult the Starshiners, her anxious mother, ...

Info about Shoestring

Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC One

Genres: Drama