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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

4 episodes
  1. 1Users and Losers

    Jan 3, 2007

    A gambler is found dead, and it is discovered that he had thousands of pounds stashed in his flat, leading the team to suspect that he was part of an illegal betting scam. The wife of the owner then gets killed out riding and the investigation heats up further. Meanwhile, Burke is convinced that a former heroin addict and petty criminal has changed, until he is left with a decision to either arrest a killer or do a deal to catch a more major criminal.

  2. 2The Thirteenth Step

    Jan 17, 2007

    Ex-con Eddie Monroe is found stabbed in a Govan alleyway. Burke meets Angus Ford - a retired police officer who was responsible for Monroe's arrest and subsequent convictions - who remains adamant that Monroe was a bad man who deserved to die. But who was his killer? All roads keep leading back to old acquaintance Daniel Tulloch and his family. In the course of uncovering the truth Burke is forced to face some demons of his own.

  3. 3Tenement

    Apr 30, 2007

    When an activist is found murdered in her tenement flat suspicion falls on a local property developer, who planned to demolish the building and was met with strong criticism by the campaigner. Meanwhile, DI Ross is focusing his attention on a hit and run case, which angers his superiors.

  4. 4Pinnacle

    Jul 4, 2007

    When Terry Brogan, an alcoholic cancer sufferer, is accused of bludgeoning his wife to death, D.S. Reid finds it difficult to believe that he is guilty of murder, and she sets out to prove his innocence - despite compelling evidence to the contrary. But as the net closes in on the murderer, her irrational sympathy threatens to jeopardise the whole case.

Where to watch Taggart

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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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