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6 Episodes 1986 - 1986
Episode 1
45 mins
Taggart and Peter are on the trail of a mentally disturbed butcher leaving the limbs of a female corpse at various locations around Glasgow. Meanwhile, a smarmy hypnotist uses his powers to seduce married women.

Episode 2
45 mins
Taggart becomes friendly with a local tartan saleswoman, Peter digs for body parts at a garbage depot, Rosy falls for the not so friendly butcher George, and a gang of angry husbands show up at the hypnotist's door.

Episode 3
45 mins
Taggart sacrifices a holiday for the sake of the case which puts his marriage on the rocks and then just as Peter and he zero in on George, the butcher turns up dead.

Episode 4
45 mins
Taggart and his partner Peter Livingstone are called in to investigate the macabre killing of the wife of a wealthy landowner whose body is found strangled and weighed down with luggage in a reservoir. The husband was last seen preparing to go to Switzerland with a large sum of money in a holdall.

Episode 5
45 mins
Eager to get a conviction, DS Forfar falsifies evidence against Jamie leading to a dramatic foot chase. Meanwhile, Taggart becomes involved with Peter's old flame from university.
Episode 6
45 mins
Taggart is called in to investigate a trail of macabre murders, starting with the wife of a wealthy landowner, strangled and weighed down with luggage, and dumped in a reservoir. The husband, Robert Russell, was last seen hastily preparing to leave for Switzerland, with a large sum of money in a hold all.
