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  • Shoestring Mocking Bird (Season 2, Episode 3)
  • TV Episode | 50 min | Drama

Shoestring

Mocking Bird (Season 2, Episode 3)
TV Episode | 50 min | Drama

Young women are being mugged around the city and the perpetrator, a caller with an Ulster accent, keeps ringing Eddie and taunting him for his inability to catch him. The police are called in but smug inspector Healey is little help. After...See moreYoung women are being mugged around the city and the perpetrator, a caller with an Ulster accent, keeps ringing Eddie and taunting him for his inability to catch him. The police are called in but smug inspector Healey is little help. After Sonia is attacked, Tom, a security guard at the station, and former policeman, recognizes the caller's voice from his days as a hospital DJ and points Eddie towards him. Finally Eddie and his tormentor meet face to face in the empty studio for a showdown. Written by don @ minifie-1 See less
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Director
Writers
William Hood (written by) | Richard Harris (creator) | Robert Banks Stewart (creator)
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Status
Edit Released
Updated Oct 19, 1980

Release date
Oct 19, 1980 (United Kingdom)
Awards
Series awards
3 nominations

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19 cast members
Name Known for
Trevor Eve
Eddie Shoestring Eddie Shoestring   See fewer
Michael Medwin
Don Satchley Don Satchley   See fewer
Doran Godwin
Erica Bayliss Erica Bayliss   See fewer
Frederick Jaeger
Doctor Neil Stirling Doctor Neil Stirling   See fewer
John J. Carney
Det. Insp. Barry Healey Det. Insp. Barry Healey   See fewer
David Sibley
Tom Everett Tom Everett   See fewer
Patti Love
Thelma Thelma   See fewer
John Vine
Karl Winning Karl Winning   See fewer
James Coyle
Ron Bazely Ron Bazely   See fewer
Pauline Delaney
Mrs. Bazely Mrs. Bazely   See fewer
Alan Foss
Des, Plumbing Manager Des, Plumbing Manager   See fewer
Brian Parr
Busker Busker   See fewer
Oriane Grieve
Mrs. Driver Mrs. Driver   See fewer
G.B. Zoot Money
D.J. (as G. B. [Zoot] Money) D.J. (as G. B. [Zoot] Money)   See fewer
Pik Sen Lim
Phone Girl Phone Girl   See fewer
John Cannon
Police Lineup (uncredited) Police Lineup (uncredited)   See fewer
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