When the body of 21-year-old medical student Amy Penn is found by children in a park the Taggart team prepare themselves for a difficult investigation. Heavy rain has destroyed any evidence of her killer but strangely her body has been sculpted in death into a childlike pose with her thumb in her mouth. Initial enquiries uncover few leads. Amy was a hard-working friendly girl with no apparent enemies. Ross however fails to be convinced by her friend Donny Whyte. The discovery of another body on a ferry slipway puts a different perspective on the case. Neil Jones was a recovering alcoholic found nursing a half-empty bottle. At a first glance his death seems accidental but both bodies share almost identical neck wounds. Burke has to face the grim prospect of hunting for a serial killer. The connection between the victims proves strangely elusive until an unexpected twist leads the team to a therapy centre in the West End. Eager to crack the case Jackie Reid volunteers to go undercover as a patient - and against his better judgement Burke agrees. However Jackie hadn't banked on being forced to revisit painful memories from her own past. With the body count rising the race is on to find the killer. But is Jackie in too deep?
A new amphetamine-type drug Berserker appears on the streets of Glasgow and is particularly popular with bodybuilders. But why are people dying from being associated with it? The police investigation leads to an unlikely source responsible for its development.
Taggart is the longest running police drama on TV and has become a national institution. These next six feature length editions which carry the series into the Millenium feature the Taggart investigative team of DI Mike Jardine DS Jackie Reid DI Robbie Ross and DC Stuart Fraser. Episodes Comprise: 1. For Their Sins 2. A Fistful Of Chips 3. Fearful Lightning 4. Ghost Rider 5. Skin Deep 6. Wavelength
Blood MoneyBoxing promoter Bobby Walker is found strangled with the takings from the previous night's fight stuffed into his mouth. DCI Burke isn't short of suspects but when the ringside doctor suffers the same fate the investigation takes an unexpected twist.New LifeAn acclaimed professor is murdered as he is about to announce a major pharmaceutical breakthrough. DCI Burke's inquiries centre on the leader of an anti-research protest group but take on a new slant when the scientist's own colleagues are implicated.Bad BloodA Kurdish cab driver is stabbed to death in what seems to be a racially motivated murder. However as the investigation deepens DCI Burke and his team find themselves in a race against time to prevent a full scale Glasgow gang war.The city of Glasgow backdrop with its characteristic dry wit combined with the menacing nature of the cases make Taggart unique in style and it is now the longest running detective drama on UK television.
2008 is the 25th anniversary of Taggart Britain's longest running TV drama. Taggart Through The Years is a unique six DVD collection which features a series of pivotal episodes from the show's history. Mark McManus played the original character DCI Jim Taggart the taciturn Glasgow detective to be succeeded in the lead role after his untimely death by James McPherson as DI Jardine. The McManus and McPherson eras saw the introduction of the core Taggart team which included Blythe Duff as Jackie Reid Colin McCredie as Stuart Fraser and John Michie as Robbie Ross. Alex Norton inherited the Taggart legacy in 2002 as DCI Matt Burke and the team carried the torch through a new series of thrilling murder mysteries packed full of twists and turns and set against a Glasgow backdrop in the inevitable race against time. Episodes Comprise: Knife Edge (1986): Featuring the original Taggart team. Severed limbs are found around the city. It seems a killer is disposing of their victim piece by piece. Alex Norton appears - as a suspect! Death Comes Softly (1980): Featuring Jim Taggart and Michael Jardine. One of the most popular episodes in which WPC Jackie Reid makes her first appearance in the series. Angel Eyes (1996): An episode which deals with prejudice towards the gay community. DI Jardine must put aside his own feelings to hunt the killer and DC Fraser must confide in his colleagues. A Few Bad Men (1998): A horse racing scam and the murder of a soldier at a Glasgow barracks trigger dual investigations. And a new face joins the team - DI Robbie Ross. Penthouse And Pavement (2003): A famous novelist comes a cropper during a dalliance with a prostitute. Featuring Lesley Harcourt's first appearance as forensic officer Gemma Kerr. Pinnacle (2007): One of the most recent episodes. A charismatic businesswoman is found murdered and Jackie's sympathy for the main suspect threatens the entire case.
A taxi driver is found dead in his cab outside the premises of a jeweller - who denies all knowledge of him. The investigation uncovers a trail which leads to a local big-league criminal a cache of diamonds another murder and a politician running for the Scottish Parliament who is being funded by drug money.
Karen is found electrocuted at the church during a storm seemingly struck by lightning. Her boss the spiritualist Martin Strange becomes a prime suspect when the same happens to three more associates and the team is left with a race against time to prevent another murder.
A skeleton is discovered buried in the grounds of an exclusive boys' boarding school. Then three masters all old boys from the same house are found dead in bizarre circumstances. What is the dark connection betwen these three men and who is the murderer?
Taggart - Halfway House/Hardman/Fade To Black [Box Set]
Taggart is British TV's longest running detective drama and has become a national institution with over eighty episodes being broadcast on ITV1. Since 1983 its been shown in over 50 countries around the world. This collection brings together 42 of these episodes into one comprehensive Taggart Collection. Made up of seven volumes containing six episodes each fans will get to see all of the characters and moments that made the show a local and international hit.
A boxing promoter is found murdered with his mouth stuffed full of money and the Glasgow detectives quickly discover they are involved with a fight-fixing ring but other deaths follow and Fraser feels the lash of Burke's tongue before the villain is finally counted out.
DI Robbie Ross discovers a body while on a romantic tryst with new girlfriend Eve and foolishly fails to report it officially instead making an anonymous call to the local police station. His actions come back to haunt him when it transpires Eve works at the same photography studio as the dead man - and to complicate matters further a link emerges with the first major murder case he worked on.
A medical researcher accuses a rival doctor of attacking him with a syringe full of lethal drugs but when he is later found murdered the bitter feud between the two medics turns out to be just the tip of the iceberg for DCI Burke and the team. Both men have many enemies especially after their drug trials resulted in a woman's death and affairs of the heart muddy the water for the detectives in their search for the real killer.
A nurse is found strangled apparently the victim of a straightforward crime of passion but the team learn of her high-rolling secret life and discover a large quantity of cash in her flat. The mystery is compounded by the appearance of a peeping Tom determined to follow and film every move Burke makes.
Murder strikes at the heart of Glasgow's scientific community when Professor Lloyd a leading researcher at Wenbourne is killed en-route to make the keynote speech at Glasgow's Science Centre. DCI Burke and the team initially suspect the protest group that has been campaigning against Lloyd's research into genetic engineering but on closer examination Burke discovers a world where the human motives of greed love and ambition raise their ugly heads.
A young man is found shot in a public park. The only clue to the identity of the young man is a library ticket from a local college. Burke Ross and Reid set about tracing the young man which leads them to a half-way house which boasts a familiar list of ex-cons as long as your arm. But hostility comes from a surprising source as the head of the hostel is not too pleased to have Burke and his team as guests!
A drugs-related murder on the local housing scheme raises suspicion on one of the scheme's mothers whose daughter died of a drugs overdose. But Jardine has his eye on a well-known criminal a scrapyard owner who he had failed to convict in the past.
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