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Trevor Eve as Eddie Shoestring – A "Private Ear" for Radio West, who investigates cases for the public free of charge. He is sometimes called "Bootlace", and is nearly always scruffy and dishevelled in his appearance.
Station boss Don Satchley asks private detective Eddie Shoestring to investigate any incriminating links between Carn and Sarah. Eddie is approached by a man named Willis, who tries to buy him off and is then beaten up by Willis's boss Barry Hendry.
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- Drama
- Douglas Camfield
- 1979-09-30
Oct 24, 2020 · In retrospect the hero DJs of the 70s have often been investigated if not convicted for sexual activity with underage fans. This is the first episode which shows how shoestring becomes the fictional stations private ear, and it does draw the seedy underworld of the 1970s, because it is about a prostitute who kills herself on the beach, having ...
After investigating a potential scandal involving the then-fictional Radio West, Eddie is offered a job as the station's "private ear," presenting a weekly radio show and investigating cases for callers free of charge.
Apr 20, 2018 · Shoestring - Private Ear - S01 E01. Trevor Eve as Eddie Shoestring, the "Private Ear" of Radio West. Call-girl Sarah Marshall kills herself on a beach, after stealing the car belonging to a...
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First Episode – “The Private Ear” (1979) High class young prostitute Sarah Marshall sent to a hotel to meet a new client has to make a sudden exit when she realises who he is. Distraught and drunk, she seeks solace in a former client, smooth radio presenter David Carn, making several desperate attempts to reach him at work.
"Private Ear" is a good first episode, more akin to "Listen to Me" and the darker half of the second series than the majority of scripts from "Shoestring's" initial run. The supporting regulars have a lot to do here. Douglas Camfield's direction shapes the episode, adding touches like the freeze frame of Sarah.
