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Fondly remembered detective series based in Bristol created by Robert Banks Stewart.

[Shoestring]
  • Eddie Shoestring:Trevor Eve
  • Don Satchley:Michael Medwin
  • Erica Bayliss:Doran Godwin
  • Sonia:Liz Crowther

Eddie was an ex-computer operator that had suffered a nervous mental breakdown (in the 70s) and came back to life as a radio based 'tec.

[Regular cast]

Eddie

Erica

Don

Sonia

Eve quit whilst ahead and Banks Stewart bounced back 'Bergerac' and boomeranged with 'Call Me Mister'.

NoTitle - 50mWriterDirector

Season 1 - Sep/Dec 1979

1Private EarRobert Banks StewartDouglas Camfield
2Knock For KnockBob BakerRoger Tucker
3Higher GroundDave HumphriesMarek Kanievska
4An Uncertain CircleRobert BennettMike Vardy
5Listen to MeTerrence FeeleyMartyn Friend
6Nine Tenths of the LawPeter MillerMarek Kanievska
7The Link-UpPeter KingDouglas Camfield
8Stamp Duty  
9Find the Lady  
10The Partnership  
11I'm a Believer  

Season 2 - Oct/Dec 1980

12Room With a View  
13The Teddy Bears Nightmare  
14Mocking Bird  
15The Mayfly Dance  
16The Farmer Had a Wife  
17Utmost Good Faith  
18Looking For Mr WrightRobert BennettLaurence Moody
19Another Man's Castle  
20Where Was I ?  
21The Dangerous Game  

"Nothing is ever obvious to me"
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