Shoestring
"THE PRIVATE EAR."
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.
About Shoestring (1979)
First broadcast in 1979, Shoestring is a crime and drama show aired by BBC One. It was created by Robert Banks Stewart and Richard Harris. The main cast includes Trevor Eve, Doran Godwin, Liz Crowther and Michael Medwin. The show has 2 seasons and 21 episodes and is currently listed as "Ended" with the most recent episode airing on December 21, 1980. Viewers rate it 7.7/10 on TMDB from 6 votes.
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