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Thread Starter: StevenR61706    Started: Mon 13 Jul 2009    Replies: 1

Shoestring is a great programme from the creator of Bergerac, Robert Banks Stewart. It’s good to see repeats of the show on Alibi every weekday afternoon and I just wish that all the episodes from Series 2 were shown on Alibi in the order they were broadcast originally, because all the episodes from Series 1 were shown in the exact order they were first broadcast. Also why are some of the Shoestring episodes on Alibi more heavily edited than others? For example, certain episodes from Series 1 & Series 2 are plagued by edits, sometimes these edits are in place to fit around the time-scheduling or they’re in place to remove material unsuitable for daytime viewing, such as Private Ear (slightly edited), Knock For Knock (slightly edited, plus the bit was Trevor Eve shouts at two men in a green Ford Transit van after they run him and his car off the road, that bit was edited out of the repeat, which aired on Monday 11th March 2009 at 2pm), Higher Ground (uncut), An Uncertain Circle (uncut), Listen to Me (uncut), Nine Tenths of the Law (uncut), The Link-Up (edited), Stamp Duty (uncut), Find the Lady (uncut), The Partnership (slightly edited) & I’m a Believer (edited)

Room With a View (heavily edited for time), The Teddy Bears’ Nightmare (slightly edited), Mocking Bird (uncut), The Mayfly Dance (slightly edited), The Farmer Had a Wife (slightly edited), Utmost Good Faith (slightly edited), Looking For Mr Wright (edited), Another Man’s Castle (slightly edited), Where Was I, (semi-uncut and semi-edited) & The Dangerous Game (very heavily edited for time)




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Mon 10 Aug 2009, 10.35AM

highlander69

Hi StevenR61706,

Yep, I also love Shoestring. I think the edits originate from the BBC repeats of the show when they aired in the afternoons several years ago mainly due to content.
I think Alibi have had 2 problems. They have to cut out material due to content but they have the added problem of fitting it into an hour slot with at least 3 sets of adverts to accommodate hence some extensive editing.

As far as I'm concerned every episode had cuts made to some extent and I'd be surprised if any of the episodes went out fully intact.

According to Wikipedia Shoestring was due to be released on DVD in 2005 but the legal issues with the music rights made it far too expensive to be viable. Frown