Shoestring

  • Rank #
  • Premiered: Sep 1979
  • Episodes: 21
  • Followers: 0
  • Ended
  • BBC One
  • Unknown
  • Drama

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Season 2
2x1
Room with a View
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 05, 1980
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.
2x2
The Teddy Bears' Nightmare
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 12, 1980
Don sees a man stealing a handbag from a woman's car, and when he asks Eddie to return the empty bag to its owner, the Radio West 'private ear' hears a nasty tale of blackmail.
2x3
Mocking Bird
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 19, 1980
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.
2x4
The Mayfly Dance
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 26, 1980
Satchley asks Eddie to find a long-forgotten rock star whose records have found new popularity on Radio West's nostalgia program.
2x5
The Farmer Had a Wife
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 02, 1980
Rosemary Mortimer, the wife of a water cress farmer, has disappeared for the second time, and her husband David is being persecuted by villagers who believe he has killed her. Don .. show full overview
2x6
Utmost Good Faith
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 09, 1980
At the request of a bereaved wife, Eddie investigates when Tim Reynolds jumps to his death from the top of a building in the city centre. Reynolds was developing a new fuel-efficiency .. show full overview
2x7
Looking for Mr Wright
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 16, 1980
Erica's friend Lois goes on a blind date with Clive, but he is chased out of a restaurant dining room into the bathroom and disappears. Eddie investigates.
2x8
Another Man's Castle
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 07, 1980
Eddie is asked to investigate when Philip and Diana Hosken's furniture vanishes while being moved to their new house. Retired boxer Terry Bowen, an acquaintance of Erica's, proves to be up to no good.
2x9
Where Was I?
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 14, 1980
Suffering from over-work, Keith Amery takes off onto the moors with a tent to get away from it all. While there, he has a strange experience, bangs his head and loses part of his memory. .. show full overview
2x10 Show finale
The Dangerous Game
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 21, 1980
Pete Johnson, a market trader dealing in dodgy goods, gives his young son Mike an early Christmas present - a powered moon buggy called Lunar Race 2000. As soon as the buggy is plugged .. show full overview

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