"Shoestring" (1979) TV series 1979-1980

Creators:

Robert Banks Stewart
Richard Harris

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

30 September 1979 (UK)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Lighthearted detective series set in the West Country, about Eddie Shoestring, a radio-phone-in detective

Plot Keywords:

Detective | Radio

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

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)

Runtime:

50 min (21 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

BBC Ealing Studios, Ealing, London, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

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.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "I'm Alan Partridge: A Room with an Alan (#1.1)" (1997)

One two buckle my shoe...string

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!!