Taggart Summary, Main Cast List, DVDs

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TAGGART

Created by Glenn Chandler, the long-running ITV drama 'Taggart' began as a pilot in 1983, with craggy Mark McManus playing Detective Chief Inspector Jim Taggart - a role McManus played until his death in 1994. Set in Glasgow, 'Taggart' has continued its run, and has become one of the most respected crime dramas in the history of British TV. Though the show has never really recovered from the loss of McManus, Alex Norton's DCI Matt Burke character has been by far the nearest thing to Taggart in demeanour.

A fine cast has also included Blythe Duff as DS Jackie Reid, Alastair Duncan as DS Peter Livingstone, Iain Anders as Superintendent Jack McVitie, and James MacPherson as DCI Mike Jardine. 'Taggart' has had an impressive list of guest stars, too, including Robert Carlyle, Annette Crosbie, Isla Blair, Barbara Dickson, Jill Gascoine, Hannah Gordon, Clare Grogan, John Hannah, Diane Keen, and Amanda Redman.

Maggie Bell sang the memorable theme song, 'No Mean City', which has now been replaced by just an instrumental of the original tune.

- Paul Rance/booksmusicfilmstv.com.

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Taggart Main Cast List

Blythe Duff as DS Jackie Reid
Colin McCredie as DC Stuart Fraser
John Michie as DI Robbie Ross
Robert Robertson as Dr. Stephen Andrews
James MacPherson as DCI Mike Jardine
Alex Norton as DCI Matt Burke
Iain Anders as Supt. Jack McVitie
Mark McManus as DCI Jim Taggart
Harriet Buchan as Jean Taggart
Michael MacKenzie as Dr. Magnus Baird
Lesley Harcourt as Gemma Kerr
Tamara Kennedy as Sheila Crombie
Brian Cowan as DCS Brian Holmes
Anne Marie Timoney as Det. Supt. Valerie Patterson
Graham De Banzie as Pathologist
Alastair Duncan as DS Peter Livingstone
Bill Denniston as Address To The Haggis
Lewis Howden as Alan Fisher
Angela Neil as Desk Seargent
Paul Donnelly as Constable
Yasmin Marley as WPC Heather McIntyre
Bill Barclay as Desk Sergeant
Ken Drury as Bernie Martin
Sandy Welch as Alistair Hogg
John McGlynn as Cameron Friel
Stuart Hepburn as Kenny Forfar
Gray O'Brien as DC Rob Gibson
Louise Ludgate as Dr Hilary Stewart
Katrina Bryan as Ellis Sinclair
Anthony Cochrane as Dr. Crawford
Ron Donachie as Harry Stein
Jimmy Chisholm as Derek Kennedy
Patricia Ross as DS Laura Campbell
John Straiton as Billy Whizz Neary
Dave Anderson as Alec Harris
Kenneth Bryans as Daniel Tulloch
Alan Tall as George Douglas
Emma Currie as Madeleine Brown
Julie Miller as Caroline Patton
Frank Gallagher as Bruce MacKenzie
Monica Brady as Carol Matheson
James Martin as Billy Watson
Vincent Friell as Andrew Kerr
Finlay Welsh as Angus Robinson
Niall Greig Fulton as Brendan Gallagher
Jake D'Arcy as 'Wisnae Me' McGhee
Adam Smith as Police Station Desk Clerk