Shoestring
Rating: 7.4 · 1979 · Crime, Drama · United Kingdom · 2 sns
Description
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.
Information
- Year
- 1979
- Genre
- Crime, Drama
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Seasons
- 2
- TMDB
- 7.4
- IMDb
- 7.4
- Tagline
- THE PRIVATE EAR.
Director
Cast
- Trevor Eve — Eddie Shoestring
- Doran Godwin — Erica Bayliss
- Liz Crowther — Sonia
- Michael Medwin — Don Satchley
- Colin Maitland — Sound Engineer
- Julian Littman — Vincent Dinsdale
- Jeanna L'Esty — Liz
- John Vine — Karl Winning
- Pippa Sparkes — Phone-In Girl
- Alan David — Dr Ben Fischer
- Andy Bradford — Phil
- Stewart Bevan — Paul
- Peter Dean — PC Bryan Molecombe
- Nicholas Donnelly — Inspector
- Geoffrey Bateman — DJ
- Sheila Dunn — Mrs Proudfoot (voice)
- Daniel Day-Lewis — DJ
- Stacy Dorning — Sarah Marshall
- William Russell — David Carn
- Sean Arnold — Tony Hendry