

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.
The show's tagline is: "THE PRIVATE EAR."
The series spans 2 seasons with 21 episodes in total (avg. 11 per season).
Each episode runs approximately 50 minutes.
The series ran from 1979 to 1980 — a total of 1 years on air.
Originally aired on BBC One.

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Shoestring
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English
United Kingdom
9/30/1979
12/21/1980

