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Shoestring Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - Private Ear

First aired: Sep/30/1979
Writer: Robert Banks Stewart
Director: Douglas Camfield
Guest star: Tony Haygarth (Len Tilley), Patrick Durkin (Laurie), Carrie Jones (Diana Stapleton), Jeanna L'Esty (Liz), Colin Maitland (Studio Assistant), Brian Miller (Willis), Sally Sanders (Grace Nolan), Maralyn Sarrington (Girl at Sports Club), Pippa Sparkes (Phone-in Girl), Julia Watson (Girl in Disco), Willow Wipp (Girl at Sauna), Stacy Dorning (Sarah Marshall), Richard Domfe (Barry), William Russell (David Carn), Kenneth Gilbert (Richard Nolan), Christopher Coll (Det. Insp. Brinkley), Stewart Bevan (Presenter), Michael Crane (Bouncer), Brian Hawksley (Coroner), Michael Medwin (Don Satchley), Liz Crowther (Sonia), Doran Godwin (Erica Bayliss), Sean Arnold (Tony Hendry)

Eddie Shoestring is a private detective and he is asked by Radio West to research the life of a recently deceased prostitute who comitted suicide in a car which belonged to Radio West's most popular personality after she desperately tried to speak to him at the station.



2 :01x02 - Knock For Knock

First aired: Oct/07/1979
Writer: Bob Baker
Director: Roger Tucker
Guest star: John MacGregor (Humphries), Jeanna L'Esty (Liz), Ray La Bord (Barman), Mervyn Johns (Rev James Appleby), Colin Maitland (Studio Assistant), Cassie McFarlane (Claire Stevens), Joanne Pearce (Nurse), Pippa Sparkes (Phone-in Girl), Malcolm Terris (Landlord), Martyn Townsend (Det Insp Dawson), Rex Holdsworth (Dentist), Elizabeth Havelock (Madge), Dominic Guard (Jeremy), Michael Medwin (Don Satchley), Liz Crowther (Sonia), Doran Godwin (Erica Bayliss), John Curry (Norman), Aimée Delamain (Anne Appleby), Pavel Douglas (Man at Wedding), Terence Edmond (Announcer), Shirley Ann Field (Barbara Knight), Kevin Flood (Pascoe), Christopher Guard (Charles)



3 :01x03 - Higher Ground

First aired: Oct/14/1979
Writer: Dave Humphries
Director: Marek Kanievska
Guest star: Glyn Houston (Major Ross Hansford), Gorden Kaye (Tom Clarke), Arthur Lovegrove (Porter), Gillian McCutcheon (Parent), Kate Percival (Stable Girl), Pete Wilson (Rodney Hansford), Geoffrey Greenhill (Parent), Alan David (Dr. Ben Fischer), Beau Daniels (Miss Blair), Michael Medwin (Don Satchley), Liz Crowther (Sonia), Doran Godwin (Erica Bayliss), Derek Anders (Bill Curtis), Andy Bradford (Photographer), Anna Cropper (Jean Hansford)



4 :01x04 - An Uncertain Circle

First aired: Oct/21/1979
Writer: Robert Bennett
Director: Mike Vardy
Guest star: Crispin Gillbard (Doctor Beaton), John Hartley (Benny Sheldon), Peter Holt (Ballard), Colin Maitland (Studio Engineer), Anna Nygh (Marion Cutler), Bill Rourke (Clark), John Vine (Disc Jockey), Annette Ekblom (Jojo), Richard Durden (Steve), Antony Carrick (Butterfield), Royston Tickner (Taxi Driver), Michael Medwin (Don Satchley), Liz Crowther (Sonia), Doran Godwin (Erica Bayliss), Andy Bradford (Phil), Peter Cartwright (Jan Poestma)



5 :01x05 - Listen to Me

First aired: Oct/28/1979
Guest star: Roger Leach (DJ), Jack Lynn (Sydney Landsman), Colin Maitland (Studio Engineer), Patrick Malahide (Photographer), Tom McCabe (Johnny McGivern), James Murray (Charlie), Sandy Ratcliff (Mel Shepherd), Linda Roberts (Mrs. Landsman), Jeffrey Segal (Mr. Marrick), Roger Sloman (Freshfield), Paula Jacobs (Manageress), George Irving (Stan Burnham), Tony Caunter (Inspector Colston), Edward Kelsey (Det. Chief Supt. Roose), Brian Croucher (Harry Shepherd), James Marcus (Peachey, Prison Officer), Stacy Davies (Prison Cook), Michael Medwin (Don Satchley), Liz Crowther (Sonia), Doran Godwin (Erica Bayliss), Douglas Blackwell (Watson), Nicholas Donnelly (Insp Adams)



6 :01x06 - Nine Tenths of the Law

First aired: Nov/04/1979
Guest star: Karl Johnson (Dennis Philips), Julian Littman (Vincent Dinsdale), Gerald Moon (Gerald), Paul Rattee (Mr. Halliday), Fiona Scott (June Philips), Peggy Sinclair (Landlady), Robert Walker (Alan Bridgeman), Jan Younger (Woman with Pram), Geraldine James (Mary Philips), Andy Ho (Captain Lei), Michael Medwin (Don Satchley), Liz Crowther (Sonia), Doran Godwin (Erica Bayliss), John Bardon (Ralph), Nell Campbell (Joanna Lomas), Harry H Corbett (Tom), Peter Dean (Jack), Jacqueline Duff (June's Friend)



7 :01x07 - The Link-Up

First aired: Nov/11/1979
Director: Douglas Camfield
Guest star: Sally Lahee (Casting Director), Lala Lloyd (Miss Daniels), Sharman MacDonald (Betty Craig), Colin Maitland (Studio Engineer), Michelle Marriott (Nurse), Larry Noble (Pawnbroker), Anthony Stafford (Second Actor), Harry Waters (Harry), Mela White (Molly Tasker), Barry Woolgar (Film Director), Janet Key (Val Colefax), John Gregg (Jimmy Colefax), Christine Edmunds (Patient), John Woodnutt (Dr. Morris), Sylvia Coleridge (CJ Daniels), Stewart Bevan (Paul), Albert Moses (Tailor), Ian Fairbairn (First Actor), Sheila Dunn (Voice of Mrs. Proudfoot), Michael Medwin (Don Satchley), Liz Crowther (Sonia), Doran Godwin (Erica Bayliss), Keith Buckley (Sam Houseman)



8 :01x08 - Stamp Duty

First aired: Nov/18/1979
Guest star: James Appleby (Dairy Depot Manager), David Ashton (Andy Stapleton), Paul Chapman (Peter Cording), Diana Davies (Diana Ollerton), Arthur Kelly (1st Telephone Engineer), David King (Strickland), Jeanna L'Esty (Liz), John Moore (Wood), Michael Tarn (Radio Technician), Margaret Anderson (Mrs. Hargreaves), Raymond Adamson (Jocelyn Hargreaves), Timothy Block (Blake), William Wilde (Packer), Michael McStay (Croupier), Stewart Bevan (DJ), Ray Barron (Turf Deliver), John Scott Martin (2nd Telephone Operator), Michael Medwin (Don Satchley), Liz Crowther (Sonia), Doran Godwin (Erica Bayliss)



9 :01x09 - Find the Lady

First aired: Dec/02/1979
Guest star: Harry Fielder (Thug), Charlie Francis (Toola's Band), Gary Holton (Gary Molecombe), Chris Jagger (Ray), Michael F. Kenny (Powell), Lloyd Lamble (Policeman), Julian Littman (Vincent Dinsdale), Diana Weston (Chrissie), Toyah Willcox (Toola), Peter Dean (PC Bryan Molecombe), Desmond Cullum-Jones (Nigel Cantly), Brian Capron (Terry Posnett, Photographer), Michael Medwin (Don Satchley), Liz Crowther (Sonia), Doran Godwin (Erica Bayliss), Barbara Angell (Tattooist), Lynda Bellingham (Nicola), Christopher Biggins (Mal Kenrick), Steve Brady (Toola's Band), Joel Brogan (Toola's Band), Pete Bush (Toolas's Band)



10 :01x10 - The Partnership

First aired: Dec/09/1979
Director: Paul Ciapessoni
Guest star: Perry Green (Small Boy), Julian Littman (Dinsdale), Colin Maitland (Studio Engineer), Gillian McIver (Mrs. Martin), Michelle Newell (Jenny Kelson), Rebel Penfold-Russell (Hitch Hiker), Walter Sparrow (Taxi Driver), Patrick Westwood (Martin), Mark Drewry (Nick), Terence Budd (Ray), Doran Godwin (Erica Bayliss), Sarah Kemp (Hitch Hiker), Kevin Whately (Bobby Troon), David Griffin (Brian Kelson), Norman Hartley (Garage Manager), John Cannon (Man in Betting Shop), Philip Ryan (Father), Michael Medwin (Don Satchley), Liz Crowther (Sonia)



11 :01x11 - I'm a Believer

First aired: Dec/12/1979
Guest star: Colin Maitland (Sound Engineer), Billy J. Mitchell (Jim Huckle), Julia Neubert (Angela), Christine Pollon (Mrs. Hopkins), Francis Sargent (Crispin), Derek Seaton (Peter Rayburn), John Vine (Radio Announcer), Clare Walker (Maddy Hopkins), Preston Lockwood (Stephen Steele), Mary Kenton (Mrs. Holdwing), Steve Ismay (Kenwright), Michael Medwin (Don Satchley), Liz Crowther (Sonia), Doran Godwin (Erica Bayliss), Geoffrey Bateman (Disc Jockey), David Beames (Roger Williams), Helen Cleaves (Phone-in Girl), Jeananne Crowley (Felicity Lamb), Zoe Gonord (Maria)



12 :02x01 - Room With a View

First aired: Oct/05/1980
Guest star: Alexander Davion (Alexei Lenkov), Oscar James (Duke Winsor), Jeanna L'Esty (Liz), Kika Mirylees (Katrina Dalrymple), Maggie Riley (Marjorie), Pat Rossiter (Mrs. Aylard), Michael Sadler (Rodney Merryweather), Madoline Thomas (Lettie Ross), Trevor Ward (Rasta), Michael Culver (Stephen Brook), Osmund Bullock (Estate Agent), Michael Medwin (Don Satchley), Liz Crowther (Sonia), Doran Godwin (Erica Bayliss), David Auker (Reg Kendall, Auditionee), Geoffrey Bateman (DJ), Rod Beacham (Jason O'Dell), David Beale (Terence), Christopher Benjamin (Leacock), Bridget Brice (Marianne Fuller)



13 :02x02 - The Teddy Bears' Nightmare

First aired: Oct/12/1980
Guest star: Dave King (Cahill), Anthony May (Joe Anderson), Roy North (DJ), Lynn Procter (Stripper), Nicola Rowley (Waitress), Julie Sullivan (Museum Attendant), Michael Worsley (James), Gary Irvin (Counterhand), Ken Hutchison (Ken Beatty), Donald Sumpter (Stanley Reeves), Michael Medwin (Don Satchley), Liz Crowther (Sonia), Doran Godwin (Erica Bayliss), Charlotte Cornwell (Christine Page), Hilary Crane (Shop Assistant), Murray Ewan (Oscar)



14 :02x03 - Mocking Bird

First aired: Oct/19/1980
Guest star: James Coyle (Ron Bazeley), Pauline Delaney (Mrs. Bazely), Anthony Milner (Tony), Alan Foss (Des, Plumbing Manager), Phyllis Logan (Linda), Brian Parr (Busker), John Vine (Karl Winning), Patti Love (Thelma), Liz Crowther (Sonia), Frederick Jaeger (Dr. Neil Stirling), John J. Carney (Det. Insp. Barry Healey), David Sibley (Tom Everett), Pik Sen Lim (Phone Girl), Michael Medwin (Don Satchley), Doran Godwin (Erica Bayliss)



15 :02x04 - The Mayfly Dance

First aired: Oct/26/1980
Guest star: Michael Craig (Maurice Gilray), Nicholas Donnelly (Inspector), Michael Gothard (Harry), Sharon Maiden (Penny Billington), Lesley North (Julia), Philip Sayer (Jody Brent), Peter Vaughan-Clarke (Fred), Lesley Woods (Young Vera), Jennifer Cox (Vera), Brenda Cowling (Mrs. Margaret Billington), Peter Blake (Mike Frewin), Lance Percival (Jake Revere), Oliver Smith (Wiseman), Eric Mason (Truck Driver), Michael Medwin (Don Satchley), Liz Crowther (Sonia), Doran Godwin (Erica Bayliss), Ann Bell (Miriam Mitchelson), Miranda Bell (Megan)



16 :02x05 - The Farmer Had a Wife

First aired: Nov/02/1980
Director: Paul Ciapessoni
Guest star: Gay Hamilton (Claire Wilson), Ronald Hines (David Mortimer), Sylvia Jordan (Mrs. Knightley), John Kidd (Magistrate), Mollie Maureen (Mother Superior), David Millett (Police Sergeant), Ralph Morse (Derek), Trevor Nichols (Police Constable), Natalie Szyszko (Mary Clarke), Ann Way (Mrs. Atwell), Yvonne Gilan (Rosemary Mortimer), Cyril Cross (Mr. Sage), Ian Brimble (Rowing Rough), Gary Watson (Christopher Knightley), Pam St. Clement (Gladys Robinson), Arthur Hewlett (Jim, Bowls Player), Daniel Day-Lewis (DJ), Charles Pemberton (Court Officer), Michael Medwin (Don Satchley), Liz Crowther (Sonia), Doran Godwin (Erica Bayliss), Iain Anders (Joe, Bowls Player), Kevin Brennan (Hong Kong Herbert)



17 :02x06 - Utmost Good Faith

First aired: Nov/09/1980
Guest star: Julian Littman (DJ), Andrew Lodge (Rodgers), Colin Maitland (Sound Engineer), Derek Martin (Parry), Andrew McCulloch (Parker), Michael O'Hagan (Detective Inspector McGrath), David Pinner (Millar), Lee Richards (Secretary), Bill Weston (Tim Reynolds), Gerard Kelly (Hi-Fi Salesman), Annie Hayes (Mary Reynolds), Michael Medwin (Don Satchley), Liz Crowther (Sonia), Doran Godwin (Erica Bayliss), Debbie Arnold (Receptionist), John Blundell (Messenger), Chas Bryer (Schoolteacher), Nula Conwell (Counter Girl), Carol Gillies (Mrs. Walsh), Don Hawkins (Dave)



18 :02x07 - Looking For Mr. Wright

First aired: Nov/16/1980
Guest star: Martin Fisk (Denny), Andrew Forbes (DJ), Bill Horsley (Man on Cassette), Milton Johns (Porter), Richard Kay (Clive), Stanley Lebor (Restaurant Manager), Jack May (Judge), Declan Mulholland (Man on Cassette), Danny Schiller (Waiter), Roy Spencer (Man on Cassette), Lee Walker (Elvis), Roger Elliott (Fairground Spieler), Avril Elgar (Lois), Rosemarie Dunham (Lillian), Michael Medwin (Don Satchley), Liz Crowther (Sonia), Doran Godwin (Erica Bayliss), Genevieve Allenbury (Hotel Maid), Annette Badland (Girl in Bureau), Caroline Blakiston (Monica), John Carlin (Florist), Julia Chambers (Jennie), Rose Collins (Clerk in Bureau), Sam Dastor (Counsel), Diana Dors (Maggie)



19 :02x08 - Another Man's Castle

First aired: Dec/07/1980
Director: Douglas Camfield
Guest star: Decima Francis (Health Food Girl), David Gillies (Philip Hosken), Terry Gurry (CID Policeman), Dean Harris (Cleo's Boyfriend), Gordon Kane (Trader), Ian MacFarlane (Billy), Keith Smith (Nat Povey), Sammy Sunshine (Clown), Roger Walker (Howard), John Forgeham (Terry Bowen), Debbie Farrington (Cleo), Helen Cooper (Diana Hosken), Eric Francis (Mr. King), Sheila Dunn (Carol), Jon Croft (Gang Leader), John Owens (CID Inspector), Graham Simpson (DJ), Les Conrad (Nat's Helper), Michael Medwin (Don Satchley), Liz Crowther (Sonia), Doran Godwin (Erica Bayliss)



20 :02x09 - Where Was I?

First aired: Dec/14/1980
Guest star: Colin Jeavons (Ellery), Jack Le White (Car Park Attendant), David McNally (DJ), Patricia Perry (Lydia Amery), Jayne Rosamund (Child), George Roubicek (Tom Laidlaw), Hilary Ryan (Denise), Emma Stevenson (Telephone Girl), Ken Halliwell (Farmer), Graeme Eton (Mal), Alan Downer (Radio Soundman), Michael Medwin (Don Satchley), Liz Crowther (Sonia), Doran Godwin (Erica Bayliss), Ralph Arliss (Daryl), Philip Bond (Keith), James Charles (Railway Buff), Peter Craze (Lab Technician), Alan David (Dr. Ben Fischer)



21 :02x10 - The Dangerous Game

First aired: Dec/21/1980
Guest star: Katharine Potter (Little Girl), Eric Richard (Taff), Jo Ross (Announcer), Phil Rowlands (DJ), Aaron Shirley (Young Santa), Ros Simmons (Young Mother), Nick Stringer (Steve), Norman Tipton (Salvation Army Man), Julia Vidler (Doctor), Russell Wootton (Shop Assistant), Rebecca LaLonde (Meg), Burt Kwouk (Mr. Wing), Celia Imrie (Sheila Johnson), Michael Medwin (Don Satchley), Liz Crowther (Sonia), Doran Godwin (Erica Bayliss), Rachel Bell (Ruth), Thomas Bolt (Mike), Maurice Colbourne (Priest), Alan Cox (John), Michael Elphick (Pete Johnson), Leslie French (Mr. Lane), Constantine Gregory (Mr. Yates), Tariq Yunus (Mr. Patel)