McCredie had made an early appearance in Taggart when he played a suspect part of a youth gang. When MacPherson left the series in his character was killed off and replaced with DCI Matt Burke, formerly of Special Branch played by Alex Norton , who had previously appeared in the series playing murder suspect George Bryce in , in the episode "Knife Edge".
Much was made of the platonic relationship between Jardine and Reid. Both pursued a number of relationships with other characters over the years. Reid even got married, but later separated from her husband, who then died. The personal relationships of the police officers in this series were shown as nothing to be envious of: Reid once described herself, Burke, Ross and Fraser as three divorcees and a celibate homosexual in the episode "Penthouse and Pavement". After filming was completed on series 26, in December , Colin McCredie was informed that he and his character would not be returning for filming of the next series.
ITV plc , the company that operates the ITV franchises in England, Wales and southern Scotland, failed to announce whether it planned to show any new episodes of Taggart , prompting STV to suspend production of the programme in September In February it was announced that ITV and STV had put their wider commercial differences to one side to make a new series, which Scottish viewers got to see first.
The two broadcasters co-commissioned a six-part series of the show, and the pay-TV broadcaster UKTV also invested in return for repeat rights. UKTV's Alibi digital channel showed the episodes in The format of the show changed over the years. Originally the show ran with three one-hour episodes to each story minutes without advertisements , with occasional exceptions. This was later changed, starting with the last transmitted story in , to a regular pattern of two-hour stand-alone stories, and beginning in July these were shortened to 60 minutes.
It's fascinating watching the evolution of Glasgow over the course of each season. Perhaps my favourite episode was 'Root of Evil' set against the backdrop of debt collectors, Morningside in Edinburgh and the immensely popular but now almost forgotten Garden Festival. It was great stuff Also noteworthy was the guest appearances and cameos.
Taggart was more than just a hard copper. Inspired from Glasgow's literature, particularly William McIlvanney's subtle, underrated Laidlaw series - another detective with many of Taggart's characteristics. Any coincidence that the theme song was 'No Mean City'? In short the McManus era is definitely a worthwhile watch. Details Edit. Release date September 6, United Kingdom.
United Kingdom. STV - Taggart Programme page. Technical specs Edit. Runtime 2 hours. Related news. Nov 4 Indiewire. Another semi-regular was WPC Heather McIntyre, and there were hints of her starting a relationship with Michael Jardine, though nothing ever came of it.
In the episode Death Trap, broadcast in , a new era began once again as Mike was suspended from a murder investigation and Detective Chief Inspector Matthew "Matt" Burke was put in charge. Mike was later killed by being thrown into the River Clyde below and left to be drowned to death. The rest of the team, Jackie, Robbie and Stuart were all devastated - though Burke - revealed to be a former Special Branch officer - was less than sympathetic and didn't want them to be distracted from the job.
The character of the pathologist has also changed too, although none of them has lasted longer than Dr Stephen Andrews Robert Robertson in the pilot episode in to until his last appearance in The more recent pathologist is Duncan Clark, who made his first appearance in the episode Bad Medicine after the programme underwent a huge revamp. The character is played by Davood Ghadami.
STV later announced, in November , that it would produce new episodes of Taggart for broadcast in regardless of whether ITV plc decided to screen it. This would have resulted in Taggart only being screened in Central and Northern Scotland if ITV plc had not taken up the option to screen the new series.
However, in February , it was announced that ITV and STV had put their wider commercial differences to one side to make a new series, which Scottish viewers will get to see first. The two broadcasters have co-commissioned a six-part series of the show, with pay-TV broadcaster UKTV also investing in return for repeat rights. UKTV's Alibi digital channel will show the episodes in The format of the show has changed over the years.
Originally the show ran as three one-hour episodes to each story minutes without the adverts. Blood was liberally splattered in cramped bathrooms, gothic graveyards and tiled communal closes. Viewers — of which there were more than 18 million in Taggart's heyday — could admire Jim's guts, and would probably see someone else's before the credits rolled. If asked to recall the specifics of an episode from its year run, most neutrals would likely shrug and offer up Taggart's deathless catchphrase: "There's been a murder.
The theme music — sleek, menacing and inescapably 80s — is perhaps the perfect distillation of its appeal. Where the show truly succeeded was as a cumulative portrait of a city about to undergo immense change.
Soon after the shiny Scottish Exhibition Centre was built in , Taggart was investigating a shooting in its car park. A few years later, he visited the much-ballyhooed Glasgow Garden festival handily, a brutal axe murder took place in the vicinity.
The series also reflected cultural shifts in the city: one episode saw Taggart uncharacteristically fretting over the opening of his daughter's wine bar.
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