Episode 1
Bad Medicine
When a newly-qualified doctor is found tortured and mutilated in a vacant warehouse, the team discover connections with a drug-trafficking case.
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Directed by Bill Anderson
TV series
Taggart
1983TV-1427 seasons6.4 / 10
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.
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Synopsis
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.
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Episode 2
Abuse of Trust
When shipworkers' union leader Will Ramsay is shot dead in the middle of a labour dispute, corporate killing seems the most likely cause. But the real motivations lie much closer to home.
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Directed by Bill AndersonGuest stars Moyo Akandé, Kirsty Anne Shaw
Episode 3
Silent Truth
When Iranian refugee Farid Mamood is burned to death, it initially appears that a racially motivated murder has occurred. But Burke is not so sure.
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Guest stars Anneika Rose, Moyo Akandé
Episode 4
Fallen Angels
When three children and their father are found dead in a tenement flat, what initially appears to be an open and shut case becomes something altogether more sinister.
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Directed by Jean StewartGuest stars Jason Harvey, Moyo Akandé
Episode 5
Bloodsport
The murder of a boxer leads the team into a murky world of cage fighting, illegal gambling and lap dancing.
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Directed by Douglas MackinnonGuest stars Moyo Akandé
Episode 6
The Ends of Justice
finale
Newly promoted DI Reid leads the murder investigation when a busker is stabbed to death in the city centre, but as the case progresses, Ross's life begins to unravel.
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Directed by Douglas MackinnonGuest stars Lorna Craig, Jamie Quinn, Anneika Rose
Episode information updated Sep 19, 2026
More about Taggart
Cast
Mark McManusDCI Jim TaggartJames MacPhersonDCI Mike Jardine
Blythe DuffDS Jackie Reid
Alex NortonDCI Matt Burke
Colin McCredieDC Stuart Fraser
John MichieDI Robbie RossRobert RobertsonDr. Stephen Andrews
Harriet BuchanJean TaggartCredits
- Created by
- Glenn Chandler
- Written by
- Phil Ford
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 114
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
ITV1United Kingdom- Scottish Television EnterprisesUnited Kingdom
Scottish Television (STV)United Kingdom- SMG Productions
STV StudiosUnited Kingdom
Themes
murderpolicepolice detectivescotland
