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Taggart Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
9 Episodes 1983 - 1985
Episode 1
Killer, Part 1
Tue, Jul 2, 198545 mins
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.
Episode 2
Killer, Part 2
45 mins
A second girl is discovered, this time by a passing cyclist. Liz is convinced that her partner Michael is involved in the two killings.
Episode 3
Killer, Part 3
45 mins
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.
Episode 4
Dead Ringer, Part 1
45 mins
The skeletal remains of a dismembered body are discovered beneath the floorboards of a house in Glasgow. The drama takes an unexpected twist when a nine-month-old toddler is kidnapped from a multi-storey car park, followed by a ransom demand of £50,000.
Episode 5
Dead Ringer, Part 2
Tue, Jul 9, 198545 mins
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.
Episode 6
Dead Ringer, Part 3
45 mins
The skull of the corpse is finally located which leads Taggart to an entirely unexpected solution to a 9 year old mystery.
Episode 7
Murder in Season, Part 1
43 mins
Glamorous opera singer, Eleanor Samson, returns to Glasgow, her home town, to sing with Scottish Opera. She hopes to bring about a reconciliation with her estranged husband, John, but she is furious to discover that there is a new woman in John's life - blonde, attractive Kirsty King. When Kirsty's body is found in the burnt out shell of John's boat, Eleanor Samson is the prime suspect. Jim Taggart, tough Glasgow detective and his smooth assistant, Peter Livingstone, fall out over the case. Livingstone believes that Eleanor is guilty; Taggart cannot believe that a woman like Eleanor could be a murderess. Is Taggart allowing his judgement to be clouded by Eleanor's fame and beauty?
Episode 8
Murder in Season, Part 2
Tue, Jul 30, 198545 mins
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.
Episode 9
Murder in Season, Part 3
Tue, Aug 6, 198545 mins
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.
