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Shoestring

1979 – 1980Show2 seasons · 21 episodesEnded

CrimeDrama
76
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.5
76
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.5

Summary

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.

Good for

  • Family movie night
  • Friends night
  • Teens

Skip it if

  • You want fast pacing

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Fingerprint

  • Feels like real life.
  • Puts you inside a crime.
  • Keeps you guessing.

Not for laughs, scares or adrenaline.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Tropes

Recorded Spliced ConversationRare · in 55 titlesThe villain of "Mocking Bird" splices together snippets from Eddie's show to leave a message asking Erica to meet him at Eddie's boat.Shame If Something Happenedin 257 titlesIn "Utmost Good Faith," two shady debt collectors are trying to get a woman to sign a voluntary requisition form.All 56 tropes

Shoestring episodes

2 seasons · 21 episodes

  1. S1 E1 Private Ear, 8.0
  2. S1 E2 Knock for Knock, 8.0
  3. S1 E3 Higher Ground, 7.6
  4. S1 E4 An Uncertain Circle, 7.8
  5. S1 E5 Listen to Me, 7.0
  6. S1 E6 Nine Tenths of the Law, 7.2
  7. S1 E7 The Link-Up, 7.6
  8. S1 E8 Stamp Duty, 7.5
  9. S1 E9 Find the Lady, 7.9
  10. S1 E10 The Partnership, 7.6
  11. S1 E11 I'm a Believer, 7.4
  1. S2 E1 Room with a View, 7.9
  2. S2 E2 The Teddy Bears' Nightmare, 7.8
  3. S2 E3 Mocking Bird, 8.2
  4. S2 E4 The Mayfly Dance, 7.8
  5. S2 E5 The Farmer Had a Wife, 7.8
  6. S2 E6 Utmost Good Faith, 7.9
  7. S2 E7 Looking for Mr Wright, 8.1
  8. S2 E8 Another Man's Castle, 7.7
  9. S2 E9 Where Was I?, 8.0
  10. S2 E10 The Dangerous Game, 8.7

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