Shoestring

Season 1 Episode 4: An Uncertain Circle

2 SeasonsOct 21, 1979NR50m7.9

Marion Cutler asks Eddie to trace her boyfriend, Nick Forrest, who has disappeared from the coastal caravan park where he was staying, though Steve the owner denies all knowledge of Forrest. Eddie learns that Forrest was both a pilot and...

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Season 1 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