Shoestring

Season 2 (10 Episodes)

2 Seasons1980NR50m7.5

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

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Season 2 Episodes:

Episode 1 Room with a View

1. Room with a View

Aired: Oct 5, 1980

Retired music hall singer Lettie Ross witnesses a murder in the empty house o...

Episode 3 Mocking Bird

3. Mocking Bird

Aired: Oct 19, 1980

Young women are being mugged around the city and the perpetrator, a caller wi...

Episode 4 The Mayfly Dance

4. The Mayfly Dance

Aired: Oct 26, 1980

Don asks Eddie to locate Jody Brent, a once popular singer whose big hit 'Laz...

Episode 5 The Farmer Had a Wife

5. The Farmer Had a Wife

Aired: Nov 1, 1980

To encourage more human interest stories, Don persuades Eddie to help water c...

Episode 6 Utmost Good Faith

6. Utmost Good Faith

Aired: Nov 8, 1980

After her debt-ridden husband Tim has killed himself, Mary Reynolds asks Eddi...

Episode 7 Looking for Mr Wright

7. Looking for Mr Wright

Aired: Nov 15, 1980

Erica's secretary Lois meets the charming Clive Wright through a dating agenc...

Episode 8 Another Man's Castle

8. Another Man's Castle

Aired: Dec 6, 1980

Whilst Philip and Diana Hoskens are moving house the van containing all their...

Episode 9 Where Was I?

9. Where Was I?

Aired: Dec 13, 1980

Family man Keith Amery goes camping on the moors alone and sees a helicopter ...

Episode 10 The Dangerous Game

10. The Dangerous Game

Aired: Dec 20, 1980

Pete Johnson, a market trader who deals in stolen goods, gives his little son...

Info about Shoestring

Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC One

Genres:Drama