Shoestring - Season 1

Shoestring - Season 1

Season 1

Network
Episodes11
DatesSep 30, 1979 - Dec 12, 1979
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Episodes

Private Ear
Season 1Episode 150 min

Private Ear

Private detective Eddie Shoestring is asked by Radio West to look into the life of Sarah Marshall, a prostitute who has committed suicide. She died in a Rolls Royce belonging to David Carn, the station's most popular disc jockey, immediately after she had desperately tried to see him, and Radio West wants Eddie to show Sarah had no connection with their man.
Sep 30, 1979
Knock for Knock
Season 1Episode 250 min

Knock for Knock

Eddie 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.
Oct 7, 1979
Higher Ground
Season 1Episode 350 min

Higher Ground

Eddie goes to work for Jean, the wife of Major Hansford, a tough prep school headmaster (and retired Army officer) whose small school is being threatened by a series of nasty pranks.
Oct 14, 1979
An Uncertain Circle
Season 1Episode 450 min

An Uncertain Circle

Marion Cutler, a social worker, asks Eddie to look for Nick Forrest, one of her charges who has gone missing. Nick is a remarkable fellow who had been living in a hut on the beach. But Steve, the owner of the hut, tells Eddie he's never heard of him. The mystery begins to centre on some aerial photographs of the coast-line taken by Nick, and Eddie soon finds he is onto a dangerous gang of drug-smugglers.
Oct 21, 1979
Listen to Me
Season 1Episode 550 min

Listen to Me

The wife of a convict threatens to throw herself off the roof of the Radio West building unless Eddie investigates her claim of a miscarriage of justice. Her husband was jailed for killing a shop assistant while robbing a local jeweller's shop - but did he do it?
Oct 28, 1979
Nine Tenths of the Law
Season 1Episode 650 min

Nine Tenths of the Law

A distraught woman asks Eddie to find her daughter, who she is sure has been kidnapped by her ex-husband.
Nov 4, 1979
The Link-Up
Season 1Episode 750 min

The Link-Up

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.
Nov 11, 1979
Stamp Duty
Season 1Episode 850 min

Stamp Duty

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.
Nov 18, 1979
Find the Lady
Season 1Episode 950 min

Find the Lady

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.
Dec 2, 1979
The Partnership
Season 1Episode 1050 min

The Partnership

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.
Dec 9, 1979
I'm a Believer
Season 1Episode 1150 min

I'm a Believer

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.
Dec 12, 1979

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