How many seasons does Taggart have?

Taggart has 27 seasons with 110 episodes.

When did Taggart premiere?

Taggart premiered on September 6, 1983.

Taggart

Name: Taggart
Genre: Drama, Action, Crime
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Blythe Duff, Colin McCredie, John Michie, Alex Norton, James MacPherson

7.3/10

ITV1 Ended Drama • Action • Crime

27 Seasons · 110 Episodes · Premiered September 6, 1983 · Ended November 7, 2010

In the early eighties, Robert Love, Controller of Drama at Scottish Television, and Glenn Chandler, pathologist turned writer, created a Glaswegian police detective named Jim Taggart. A creation which resulted in a world-wide successful television drama that has lasted for over twenty years. With over eighty episodes currently in the can the series, which follows the exploits of Maryhill CID, continues to win over viewers old and new despite major changes in the cast which caused most in the business to write it off. Since the pilot episode "Killer", the only instalment to not carry the trade mark name, to the most recently aired episode, the show has presented more grizzly murders and plot twists than even the most ardent of fans can remember. Its film noir quality along with the stunning setting of Glasgow, the second city of the empire, that helps it remain a success even after...

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

3 episodes

E01

Killer

Tue, Sep 6 1983 8:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

A series of young blonde women are found strangled and left near water. Maryhill CID launch an investigation to find the person responsible for the murders. DCI Jim Taggart is asked to head up the investigation, alongside newly graduated sergeant Peter Livingstone. Despite their differences, they must uncover the killer's identity before he strikes again.

E02

Dead Ringer

Tue, Jul 2 1985 8:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

The skeletal remains of a dismembered body are discovered beneath the floorboards of a house in Glasgow. The drama takes an unexpected twist when a nine-month-old toddler is kidnapped from a multi-storey car park, followed by a ransom demand of £50,000.

E03

Murder in Season

Tue, Jul 23 1985 8:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

Glamorous opera singer, Eleanor Samson, returns to Glasgow, her home town, to sing with Scottish Opera. She hopes to bring about a reconciliation with her estranged husband, John, but she is furious to discover that there is a new woman in John's life - blonde, attractive Kirsty King. When Kirsty's body is found in the burnt out shell of John's boat, Eleanor Samson is the prime suspect. Jim Taggart, tough Glasgow detective and his smooth assistant, Peter Livingstone, fall out over the case. Livingstone believes that Eleanor is guilty; Taggart cannot believe that a woman like Eleanor could be a murderess. Is Taggart allowing his judgement to be clouded by Eleanor's fame and beauty?

Season 2

2 episodes

Season 3

3 episodes

E01

The Killing Philosophy

Wed, Apr 15 1987 8:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

Taggart investigates a failed rape attempt by a masked attacker. However, his job is complicated when the victim commits suicide and the criminal strikes again, and his attacks soon turn to murder.

E02

Funeral Rites

Wed, Sep 9 1987 8:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

The discovery of a charred corpse in a disused railway tunnel sets Taggart on the gruesome hunt for a ruthless killer in an investigation with sinister undertones of black magic and voodoo. The wife of an arthritic dentist narrowly escapes a series of murder attempts, adding to a complex case for Taggart and his team.

E03

Cold Blood

Thu, Dec 31 1987 9:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

When a woman shoots her husband dead at the Scottish Exhibition Center car park, after discovering that he was having an affair, it appears to be a clear-cut case-until the police realise that he was already dead when he was shot. Taggart and Jardine are brought in. They look at the victim's clients list to discover more.

Season 4

3 episodes

Season 5

3 episodes

Season 6

3 episodes

Season 7

3 episodes

Season 8

3 episodes

Season 9

3 episodes

Season 10

3 episodes

Season 11

3 episodes

Season 12

3 episodes

Season 13

3 episodes

Season 14

3 episodes

Season 15

2 episodes

Season 16

4 episodes

Season 17

5 episodes

E01

Ghost Rider

Wed, Feb 16 2000 9:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

E02

Skin Deep

Thu, Sep 14 2000 8:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

E03

Wavelength

Thu, Sep 21 2000 8:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

E04

Football Crazy

Fri, Dec 1 2000 9:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

E05

Falling in Love

Wed, Jan 10 2001 9:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

Season 18

4 episodes

Season 19

7 episodes

E01

Hard Man

Sat, Dec 14 2002 9:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

E02

Fade to Black

Sat, Dec 21 2002 9:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

E03

Blood Money

Sat, Dec 28 2002 9:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

E04

New Life

Sat, Jan 4 2003 9:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

E05

Bad Blood

Sat, Jan 11 2003 9:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

E06

Halfway House

Sat, Jan 18 2003 9:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

E07

An Eye for an Eye

Sat, Jan 25 2003 9:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

Season 20

6 episodes

E01

Penthouse and Pavement

Tue, Oct 7 2003 8:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

E02

Atonement

Wed, Dec 3 2003 9:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

E03

Compensation

Fri, Apr 30 2004 8:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

E04

Saints and Sinners

Thu, Dec 30 2004 9:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

E05

Puppet on a String

Thu, Jan 6 2005 9:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

E06

The Wages of Sin

Thu, Jan 13 2005 9:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

Season 21

6 episodes

E01

The Ties That Bind

Thu, Jan 20 2005 9:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

E02

In Camera

Thu, Jan 27 2005 9:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

E03

Mind Over Matter

Thu, Feb 3 2005 9:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

E04

Cause and Effect

Fri, Sep 16 2005 8:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

E05

A Taste of Money

Fri, Sep 23 2005 8:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

E06

A Death Foretold

Fri, Sep 30 2005 8:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

Season 22

6 episodes

E01

Running Out of Time

Fri, Nov 4 2005 9:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

E02

Cause to Kill

Fri, Nov 11 2005 9:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

E03

Do or Die

Fri, Dec 9 2005 9:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

DCI Robbie Ross goes undercover at an Army base to investigate the suspicious death of a soldier.

E04

Dead Man Walking

Fri, Dec 16 2005 9:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

E05

Law

Wed, Mar 22 2006 9:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

E06

The Best and the Brightest

Wed, Mar 29 2006 8:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

Season 23

4 episodes

Season 24

6 episodes

E01

Genesis

Tue, Jan 8 2008 9:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

E02

Judgement Day

Tue, Jan 15 2008 9:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

The death of DCI Burke's elderly father leaves him searching for answers

E03

Island

Wed, Feb 27 2008 9:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

A mutilated body is discovered on a remote island

E04

Trust

Mon, Apr 21 2008 8:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

The body of a hit man who has been tortured and executed is found on wasteland.

E05

A Study in Murder

Thu, May 1 2008 8:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

A college principal is found crushed to death in the lift shaft

E06

Point of Light

Thu, Jun 5 2008 8:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

A private investigator is found lying dead at the bottom of a quarry

Season 25

5 episodes

E01

Safer

Mon, Nov 3 2008 9:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

E02

The Caring Game

Fri, Nov 14 2008 9:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

E03

Homesick

Mon, Dec 8 2008 9:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

E04

Crossing the Line

Mon, Dec 15 2008 9:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

The discovery of skeletons in an old mine shaft in Glasgow opens a murder investigation and ghosts from the past come back to haunt the local community.

E05

Lifeline

Tue, Dec 30 2008 9:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

Season 26

5 episodes

E01

Cold Reader

Fri, Feb 20 2009 9:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

E02

Grass

Thu, Apr 30 2009 8:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

E03

The Knife Trick

Thu, May 7 2009 8:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

E04

So Long Baby

Sun, Jul 19 2009 8:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

E05

Fact and Fiction

Thu, Dec 24 2009 9:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

Three years earlier Jimmy Melville's corpse was found floating in a river. His mobile phone was sold on e-bay and at one time had been in the possession of Mark Joffe, a part-time English lecturer and crime writer, whose new novel 'Chaos' describes a murder identical to Melville's. He is an arrogant, evasive interviewee but he once had an affair with an Anne Scoular, to whom he was violent and threatening after she left him for Jimmy Melville.This gives Burke's team an opening, as does the cooperation of an older female colleague spurned by Joffe.

Season 27

9 episodes

E01

IOU

Sun, Jul 18 2010 8:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

Bank clerk Craig Williams is murdered at the dog-track,where,for a change,he would have won – forty five grand. Evidence suggests that the race was fixed and the favourite dog nobbled. Had Craig lived he would have claimed his winnings from bookie Niall McShane and his violent son Ged,who threatens the trainer. But then Ged McShane is killed in the same way as Craig. An ex-wife who stood to gain from Craig's life insurance and a married colleague with whom he had a fling while her husband was abroad are now in the frame alongside the bookie and the trainer.

E02

Local Hero

Sun, Jul 25 2010 8:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

A body is found hanging from the swing frame in the playground on the recently rejuvenated Allerdykes Estate by a local 'Community Watch' member doing his early morning check.

E03

The Rapture

Sun, Aug 1 2010 8:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

Edward Muir and his son Luke,members of the austere Triune Family religious group,are brutally murdered with open bibles by the corpses,referring to the Rapture or promise of eternal life. Karen,the young daughter of Jackie's friend Eileen,is also murdered and a bible found by her body. Karen's lap-top shows that she was dating Luke Muir,against his religion's rules. The group leader's family come under suspicion when his wife and younger son reveal they want to leave the Triune Family as Luke did and the other son puts up opposition to their wishes.

E04

Bad Medicine

Sun, Oct 3 2010 8:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

Newly qualified doctor Scott Clarkson is found tortured and murdered in an empty warehouse. Two London detectives, Moretti and Casey,the latter an old friend of Burke,arrive in Glasgow whilst investigating a similar case though Jackie and Robbie do not warm to them. Scott's girlfriend Lucy,another medic,is arrested for manufacturing recreational drugs and admits that Scott also made and sold Ecstasy to pay his student fees. Lucy is arrested and commits suicide in custody after a visit from the London policemen. Were Jackie and Robbie right to be suspicious of the visitors motives?

E05

Abuse of Trust

Sun, Oct 10 2010 8:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

When union leader for shipworkers Will Ramsey is shot dead it looks to be an open and shut case that it is a corporate killing, but the real motivation and implications lay closer to home.

E06

Silent Truth

Sun, Oct 17 2010 8:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

When an Iranian refugee is found burnt to death, it appears at first to be a racially motivated crime. It soon becomes clear to DCI Burke and the rest of the team that there is another motive and when a drug dealer enters the frame, the case is set to be extremely complex for all concerned. First appearance of the supporting character, DC Mita Rahim.

E07

Fallen Angels

Sun, Oct 24 2010 8:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

When the team are called to a flat, they discover three children all dead with a fourth named Callum fighting for his life, DI Ross then discovers the dead body of the children's father Pete in the bathroom, he therefore becomes the prime suspect but then when forensic tests reveal that Pete died before his own children. The real culprit is still at large and shocks all of the team.

E08

Bloodsport

Sun, Oct 31 2010 9:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

After the badly beaten body of a man is found dumped on a motorway underpass, his murder is linked to a Fight Club style bare-knuckle boxing venue. Both professional and personal lives collide at Maryhill CID, with one of the detectives having to come face to face with their own demons.

E09

The Ends of Justice

Sun, Nov 7 2010 9:00 PM GMT+0000 90 min

When a busker is fatally stabbed in Glasgow city centre, the newly promoted DI Jackie Reid heads up the investigation. Mita Rahim joins the Maryhill CID team properly while DI Ross suffers a personal heartache.