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"Shoestring" (1979)
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Release Date:
30 September 1979 (UK) morePlot:
Lighthearted detective series set in the West Country, about Eddie Shoestring, a radio-phone-in detectiveAwards:
3 nominations moreUser Comments:
One two buckle my shoe...string moreCast
(Series Cast Summary - 4 of 16) | Trevor Eve | ... | Eddie Shoestring (21 episodes, 1979-1980) |
| Michael Medwin | ... | Don Satchley (21 episodes, 1979-1980) |
| Liz Crowther | ... | Sonia (21 episodes, 1979-1980) |
| Doran Godwin | ... | Erica Bayliss (21 episodes, 1979-1980) |
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Runtime:
50 min (21 episodes)Country:
UKLanguage:
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1.33 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Robert Banks Stewart and Richard Harris jointly created Shoestring. The BBC commissioned Harris to write the first episode "Shoestring: Private Ear (#1.1)" (1979) but then rejected his script. Banks Stewart had to re-write the episode and Harris left the programme. moreFAQ
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| Cult of Shoestring Documentary - Sunday 9/Mar/08 | andyg35 |
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Why isn't this available on video? So many other series are lauded and repeated over and over (Only Fools and Horses, etc.) and go on forever, turning up at Christmas with so called 'specials'. We could certainly do with some more Eddie as the rumours indicate. But I fear, as the times have now changed, and we have become jaded by the amount of detective dramas that the TV channels pump out as a safe bet to win ratings, some new Shoestring wouldn't look as innovative as it quite clearly was. The Beeb for once has repeated something watchable, as a while back, I was able to see some classic episodes again. Especially good was the one where Eddie loses it with a villain at the end.
Get your arse in gear BBC...Put this thing out on DVD!! Now!!