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Taggart
DCI Jim Taggart is a tough, sarcastic copper who has come up the hard way in the Maryhill Police Department. He is joined by cops as hard as the criminals they chase and as gritty as the city they call home. This seminal police procedural could be the top candidate for your next hard-boiled binge watch.
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Season 27 Episode Guide See All
Episode 1
Bad Medicine
46 mins
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?
Awards
- 1993 - Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award - TV - Original Drama Serial - winner
- 1997 - BAFTA Scotland Award - Best Drama Series or Serial - nominated
- 2005 - BAFTA Scotland Award - Best Drama Programme - nominated
- 2006 - Audience Award - Most Popular Television Programme - nominated
