Shoestring
an Episode Guide
by Donna Lemaster
and John Lavalie
Last updated:
Thu, 25 Oct 2018 21:00
Shoestringan Episode Guide
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| aired from: Sep 1979 to: Dec 1980 | 21 eps | BBC1 | 50 min | mono | ________________ |
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Private detective Eddie Shoestring is asked by Radio West to look into the life of a prostitute who committed suicide in a car belonging to their most popular radio personality after trying desperately to see him at the station.
b: 30 Sep 79 w: ______________ d: Douglas CamfieldEddie nervously does his first "Private Ear" program and tries to locate the drivers of a van who are responsible for killing a young woman's husband in a car accident.
b: 7 Oct 79 w: ______________ d: Mark KanievskaEddie goes to work for the wife of a harsh former Army officer whose small prep school is being threatened by a series of grisly pranks.
b: 14 Oct 79 w: ______________ d: ______________A lady probation officer asks Eddie to locate one of her missing charges, a very special fellow who had been living at a holiday beach camp and taking aerial photographs.
b: 21 Oct 79 w: ______________ d: ______________The wife of a man imprisoned for killing a shop assistant during a jewelry store robbery threatens to throw herself off the roof of Radio West unless Eddie investigates the case.
b: 28 Oct 79 w: ______________ d: ______________A distraught woman asks Eddie to find her daughter, who she is sure has been kidnapped by her ex-husband.
b: 4 Nov 79 w: ______________ d: ______________A militant defender of abused women lodges a complaint with Eddie that leads him to Jimmy Colefax, who is trying to sail around the world in a homemade boat.
b: 11 Nov 79 w: ______________ d: ______________Andy Stapleton, an old friend of Eddie, witnesses the murder of a stamp dealer and asks his old friend for help when the thugs come after him.
b: 18 Nov 79 w: ______________ d: ______________Toola, a rock singer, asks Eddie to find the missing girl friend of an ex-member of her band but the search leads to secrets someone is willing to kill for.
b: 2 Dec 79 w: ______________ d: ______________Sonia witnesses a casual friend, Jenny Kelson, being harassed by a bully. When Jenny later accidentally leaves an envelope full of money with Sonia, Eddie picks up the story and looks into what Jenny is hiding.
b: 9 Dec 79 w: ______________ d: ______________A distraught mother asks Eddie to look into a cult her daughter has gotten involved with called the "Starshines", and who stand to receive her 15,000 pound inheritance in a few weeks.
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A 76-year-old woman asks Eddie to look into something she saw through the window of the empty house across the street that she believes to be murder.
b: 5 Oct 80 w: ______________ d: ______________Don Satchley witnesses a man stealing a handbag from a lady's car, but when he asks Eddie to return the empty bag to its owner, he uncovers a morass of blackmail.
b: 12 Oct 80 w: ______________ d: ______________Eddie finds himself on the edge of another breakdown when a caller taunts him with several muggings and an attack on Sonia, daring the "Private Ear" to catch him.
b: 19 Oct 80 w: ______________ d: ______________Satchley asks Eddie to find a long-forgotten rock star whose records have found new popularity on Radio West's nostalgia program.
b: 26 Oct 80 w: ______________ d: ______________While waiting to testify, Eddie learns about a missing wife case, where all the residents of a small town firmly believe that the arrogant watercress-farmer husband killed her.
b: 2 Nov 80 w: ______________ d: ______________Eddie must confront computers again as he investigates a nasty scheme to bankrupt a small electronics firm by manipulating its credit rating and using a strong-arm collection agency.
b: 9 Nov 80 w: ______________ d: ______________Eddie looks into the apparent mismatching of a computer dating service and finds more than just an embarrassing error.
b: 16 Nov 80 w: ______________ d: ______________Eddie follows the convoluted trail of a young couple's stolen furniture.
b: 7 Dec 80 w: ______________ d: ______________Eddie agrees to help a psychiatrist try and restore a man's memory, a move that could put the fellow into danger.
b: 14 Dec 80 w: ______________ d: ______________Eddie's holidays are ruined when someone steals a load of toys off the back of a lorry.
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Editor's Note (3/98): I am saddened to report that Donna died unexpectedly last month.