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* AndStarring: "Starring Trevor Eve with Michael Medwin, Doran Godwin, Liz Crowther."

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* AndStarring: "Starring Trevor Eve with Michael Medwin, Creator/MichaelMedwin, Doran Godwin, Liz Crowther."
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* SpiritualPredecessor: When Trevor Eve left the series, the production team created ''Series/{{Bergerac}}'' as a replacement. Both shows are about an eccentric DefectiveDetective who has recently recovered from a breakdown, and both shows are set in different parts of the British Islands (the west of England for ''Shoestring'', Jersey for ''Bergerac'').
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* DiegeticSoundtrackUsage: The first few seconds of the theme song are used as a Radio West jingle, played at the beginning of things like news reports.



* ThemeTuneCameo: The first few seconds of the theme song are used as a Radio West jingle, played at the beginning of things like news reports.

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* DrinkOrder: Eddie always orders orange juice.

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* VictorySex: In "The Partnership," Eddie and Erica are camped out in a hotel room when Eddie receives a phone call letting him know that his plan to trick burglars into robbing their flat has worked, and the criminals have been arrested. Eddie rolls towards Erica and says, "I want to celebrate." FadeToBlack.



* VictorySex: In "The Partnership," Eddie and Erica are camped out in a hotel room when Eddie receives a phone call letting him know that his plan to trick burglars into robbing their flat has worked, and the criminals have been arrested. Eddie rolls towards Erica and says, "I want to celebrate." FadeToBlack.
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* VictorySex: In "The Partnership," Eddie and Erica are camped out in a hotel room when Eddie receives a phone call letting him know that his plan to trick burglars into robbing their flat has worked, and the criminals have been arrested. Eddie rolls towards Erica and says, "I want to celebrate." FadeToBlack.
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* TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat: In "The Mayfly Dance," a DJ explains that this is standard practice for radio interviews: the interviewee records his answers ahead of time and sends the tape to the station. That way the interviewer can ask a question and then play the tape, giving the appearance of a live interview.

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* AccidentalMisnaming: Eddie's been called everything from "Bootlace" to "Tieclip."



* FreezeFrameBonus: Over the course of the show, Eddie is harassed by three different Radio West lawyers: Alan Bridgeman, Alan Cording, and Maurice Gilray. In "The Mayfly Dance," a sign can be glimpsed outside Gilray's office that says "Cording Gilray and Bridgeman Solicitors."



* RecordedSplicedConversation: The villain of "Mocking Bird" splices together snippets from Eddie's show to leave a message asking Erica to meet him at Eddie's boat. Eddie hears the message and rushes to the scene; he arrives too late to stop her from being attacked, although she isn't seriously injured.

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The villain of "Mocking Bird" splices together snippets from Eddie's show to leave a message asking Erica to meet him at Eddie's boat. Eddie hears the message and rushes to the scene; he arrives too late to stop her from being attacked, although she isn't seriously injured.injured.
** In "The Mayfly Dance," a character splices together pieces of an old interview tape by a vanished pop star to make it seem like he talked to the pop star recently.

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