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Taggart

  • TV-14
  • 1983–2011
  • 27 seasons
  • Crime, Drama
  • 6.4

Taggart is a Scottish detective television program. The series revolves around a group of detectives initially in the Maryhill CID of Strathclyde Police, though various storylines have happened in other parts of the Greater Glasgow area, and as of the most recent series the team have operated out of the fictional John Street police station across the street from the City Chambers.

Episodes

5 episodes
  1. 1Puppet on a String

    Jan 6, 2005

    Hospital Dr. Mellor is attacked by a masked assailant carrying a syringe full of lethal drugs, but manages to survive the attack. He points the finger at rival doctor Thomas Finn, but Finn has an alibi. The next day, Mellor is found dead, but again Finn has a cast-iron alibi. Was Mellor correct in his suspicions? Or is Finn in fact entirely innocent?

  2. 2The Wages of Sin

    Jan 13, 2005

    The Houston family are returning from a funeral when they discover the body of a taxi driver in his car outside the family business. Burke investigates and discovers a link between the victim and the daughter who has just been buried after an overdose. Suspicion falls on the father, Davie Houston, who appears to be involved in money laundering.

  3. 3The Ties that Bind

    Jan 20, 2005

    Burke's professional life is left hanging in the balance after the body of a librarian is found behind the wheel of a car in the Clyde after an apparent hit and run. The detectives are baffled, it appears that the victim had been tied up and was already dead before the car hit the water. But certain allegations are made about Burke which hinder the investigation?

  4. 4In Camera

    Jan 27, 2005

    Robbie is all set to spend a romantic weekend with his new lady love Eve Hamilton. Unfortunately, the mood is soured when the corpse of a young man, a photographic assistant, is discovered at the romantic hideaway. Investigating the boy's death and subsequent others, Robbie begins to discover that Eve is perhaps not as innocent as she would appear.

  5. 5Mind Over Matter

    Feb 3, 2005

    When the body of 21-year-old medical student Amy Penn is found by children in a park, the team prepares themselves for a difficult investigation. Heavy rain has destroyed any evidence of her killer, but strangely her body has been sculpted in death into a childlike pose with her thumb in her mouth. Initial enquiries uncover few leads.

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Series cast

Mark McManusDCI Jim Taggart114 episodes
Harriet BuchanJean Taggart114 episodes
Tom WatsonSuperintendent Murray114 episodes
John MichieDI Robbie Ross103 episodes
Blythe DuffDS Jackie Reid90 episodes
Colin McCredieDC Stuart Fraser81 episodes
James MacPhersonDCI Mike Jardine61 episodes
Alex NortonDCI Matt Burke58 episodes
Robert RobertsonDr. Stephen Andrews56 episodes
Iain AndersSupt. Jack McVitie45 episodes
Alec WestwoodPete McCulloch7 episodes
Barbara HorneMargot Hamilton7 episodes
Louise LudgateMartha Ramsay5 episodes
Nick SmithPC Gibbs (uncredited)4 episodes
Alastair DuncanDS Peter Livingstone4 episodes
Moyo AkandéKerrie Macdonald4 episodes
David Robb3 episodes
Ron Donachie3 episodes

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