Series

Shoestring

1979 · 2 seasons · Crime · Drama

THE PRIVATE EAR.

IMDb

7.5

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.

Trevor Eve

Eddie Shoestring

Doran Godwin

Erica Bayliss

Liz Crowther

Sonia

Michael Medwin

Don Satchley

• Robert Banks StewartProducer
• George FentonOriginal Music Composer

First aired

September 30, 1979

Last aired

December 21, 1980

Status

Ended

Original language

English

Episodes

21

Rated

12

Genres

Crime, Drama

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  Series 111 episodes · 1979
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  Series 210 episodes · 1980

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