Taggart

Seasons

1983

7.4

TV-14

The Maryhill CID investigates gruesome murders against the bleak backdrop of the city of Glasgow.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Killer, Part 1

In Glasgow, DCI Jim Taggart and DS Peter Livingstone investigate the murder of a young blonde. Her body was found by a footpath along the water. Before the investigation is over, they've found more bodies and examined several suspects.

S1 • E2

Killer, Part 2

A second girl is discovered, this time by a passing cyclist. Liz is convinced that her partner Michael is involved in the two killings.

S1 • E3

Killer, Part 3

A group of kids discover a third body, one that predates the other two, Taggart is now hunting for a serial killer. Frustrated by a lack of progress, the locals take matters into their own hands.

S1 • E4

Dead Ringer, Part 1

The discovery of a skeleton under the floorboards of a house leads to the release of a man Taggart arrested for the murder of his wife 9 years prior.

S1 • E5

Dead Ringer, Part 2

After the baby nephew of the man he falsely accused for the murder of his wife is kidnapped, DCI Taggart finds himself eager to help despite the protestations of both the baby's parents and his boss.

S1 • E6

Dead Ringer, Part 3

The skull of the corpse is finally located which leads Taggart to an entirely unexpected solution to a 9 year old mystery.

S1 • E7

Murder in Season, Part 1

Eleanor Samson, an opera star, is Taggart's main suspect in the murder of her husband's mistress. Meanwhile, a local publican blackmails a youth into murdering his wife.

S1 • E8

Murder in Season, Part 2

Keith and Jimmy plan Lily's murder but it all goes hideously awry. Taggart faces off against both Peter and McVitie when he decides Eleanor is innocent. John finds out that Graeme, his son, was having an affair with Kirsty.

S1 • E9

Murder in Season, Part 3

After her father dies, Eleanor Samson seems to be set to inherit his fortune but then another claimant shows up with a previously unknown will signed by two recently murdered people.