Ended · BBC One · Premiered 1979
Shoestring has ended.
Shoestring has finished its run on BBC One, wrapping up since 1979. It is listed as ended rather than cancelled, meaning it concluded as planned rather than being pulled mid-story.
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.
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