Episode 1
Ghost Rider
A charred body is found in a car, leading the team into a web of police corruption and cover-ups. Jardine, Reid, Fraser and Ross investigate.
Episode credits
Guest stars Rob Spendlove, Andrew Connolly, Maureen Beattie
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
Skin Deep
When a man is found bleeding to death in a health club and two of the female members claim to have had intimate relationships with him, Reid and Ross uncover a world of health-obsessed women with dark and dangerous secrets. Meanwhile, Robbie Ross becomes the suspect of a corruption inquiry, and Jardine is forced to face up to his own mortality. Will Jardine's team catch the killer before he strikes again?
Episode credits
Guest stars Lucy Akhurst, Briony McRoberts
Episode 3
Wavelength
A therapist returns home after his late-night radio phone-in show to find his wife murdered. Jardine and the team investigate.
Episode credits
Guest stars Aden Gillett, Derek Riddell, Jon Morrison, Barbara Horne
Episode 4
Football Crazy
Jardine and the team investigate a series of murky going-ons at a football club whose lack of success on the pitch is matched by an unaccountably high death rate among its employees. Jardine and the team investigate.
Episode credits
Guest stars Paul Barber, Tony Roper, Dominic Mafham
Episode 5
Falling in Love
finale
DCI Jardine and the team investigate a series of mysterious deaths among members of a tango club after a pre-wedding parachute jump ends in the bridegroom plunging to his death. And as Jackie Reid's wedding day approaches, Ross tries to convince her that she is rushing into marriage too quickly.
Episode credits
Guest stars Tom Bell, Simon Weir, Ron Donachie, Jack McKenzie, Louise Ludgate
Episode information updated Jul 23, 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
