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Season 2 Episode 2: The Teddy Bears' Nightmare

2 SeasonsOct 12, 1980NR50m8.1

Out fishing Don sees a thief rob a young couple of the woman's handbag but the couple themselves flee and fail to report the theft. Don retrieves the bag and Eddie traces it to Christine Page, who eventually admits that she and her married...

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