Shoestring

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.

Series details

First air date

1979

Last air date

1980

Status

Ended

Seasons

2

Episodes

21

Episode runtime

50 min

Genres

Crime, Drama

Original language

EN

Origin country

GB

Networks

BBC One

Created by

Robert Banks Stewart, Richard Harris

Production

BBC

Cast

Trevor Eve

Eddie Shoestring

Doran Godwin

Erica Bayliss

Daniel Day-Lewis

DJ

Liz Crowther

Sonia

Michael Medwin

Don Satchley

S

Stacy Dorning

Sarah Marshall