Taggart(1983)
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.
- Created by:
- Glenn Chandler
- First aired:
- 1983-09-06
- Country:
- GB
- Network:
- ITV1
Episodes
1. Knife Edge
1986-02-24
Taggart and Livingston investigate after the discovery of a woman's severed leg. However as the body parts build up Taggart finds himself no closer to the cases solution. The investigation leads them to a butcher George Bryce who Taggart and Livingston are convinced is the killer. When he turns up dead, killed with the same gun that the dismembered corpse it appears to be another dead end. However with a little further digging links start appearing and Taggart realises he's closer to cracking the case than he thought.
2. Death Call
★ 1.01986-09-02
Taggart and his partner Peter Livingstone are called in to investigate the macabre killing of the wife of a wealthy landowner whose body is found strangled and weighed down with luggage in a reservoir. The husband was last seen preparing to go to Switzerland with a large sum of money in a holdall.
Where to watch
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Cast
Mark McManus
DCI Jim Taggart
- J
James MacPherson
DCI Mike Jardine
Alex Norton
DCI Matt Burke
Colin McCredie
DC Stuart Fraser
John Michie
DI Robbie Ross
Harriet Buchan
Jean Taggart
Tom Watson
Superintendent Murray
