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Shoestring
THE PRIVATE EAR.
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.
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Cast
Trevor EveEddie Shoestring
Doran GodwinErica Bayliss
Liz CrowtherSonia
Michael MedwinDon Satchley
Colin MaitlandSound Engineer
Julian LittmanDJ- Jeanna L'EstyLiz
John VineKarl Winning- Pippa SparkesPhone-In Girl
Alan DavidDr Ben Fischer
Andy BradfordPhotographer
Stewart BevanPaul- Peter DeanPC Bryan Molecombe
- Nicholas DonnellyInspector Adams
Details
- Created by
- Robert Banks Stewart, Richard Harris
- First aired
- September 30, 1979
- Seasons
- 2
- Episodes
- 21
- Status
- Ended
- Network
- BBC One
- Original language
- English
- Studios
- BBC
