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Not to be confused with [[Literature/AtlasShrugged Dagny or James Taggart]].
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Not to be confused with [[Literature/AtlasShrugged Dagny or James Taggart]], nor with [[VideoGame/WingCommander yet another James Taggart]].
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* TheBusCameBack: Taggart's original sidekick Peter Livingston made a one off return in the 1993 episode "Forbidden Fruit".
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* TheBusCameBack: Taggart's original sidekick Peter Livingston made a one off one-off return in the 1993 episode "Forbidden Fruit".
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* TheBusCameBack: Taggart's original sidekick Peter Livingston made a one off return in the 1993 episode "Forbidden Fruit".
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* AscendedExtra: James [=McPherson=] had a brief appearance as a young DC Mike Jardine in "The Killing Philosophy", before becoming Taggart's assistant for the rest of the Mark [=McManus=] episodes following the departure of Neil Duncan as DS Peter Livingstone. After Mark [=McManus=] died, Jardine got promoted to DCI and became the main character for the next few years.
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* AscendedExtra: James [=McPherson=] [=MacPherson=] had a brief appearance as a young DC Mike Jardine in "The Killing Philosophy", before becoming Taggart's assistant for the rest of the Mark [=McManus=] episodes following the departure of Neil Duncan as DS Peter Livingstone. After Mark [=McManus=] died, Jardine got promoted to DCI and became the main character for the next few years.
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* LeadPoliceDetective: Jim Taggart, to begin with. When he died, his sidekick gained a promotion to Detective Inspector and to the lead role. Subsequently, he died too and was succeeded by a new character, DCI Matt Burke, who saw out the show's last decade.
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* LeadPoliceDetective: Jim Taggart, Taggart (Mark [=McManus=]), to begin with. When he died, his sidekick Mike Jardine (James [=MacPherson=]) gained a promotion to Detective Inspector and to the lead role. Subsequently, he died too and was succeeded by a new character, DCI Matt Burke, Burke (Alex Norton), who saw out the show's last decade.
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* VideoInsideFilmOutside: For the ''Killer'' pilot and the first two series. Shot entirely on film from the third series onwards.
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* AscendedExtra: James [=McPherson=] had a brief appearance as a young DC Mike Jardine in "The Killing Philosophy", before becoming Taggart's assistant for the rest of the Mark [=McManus=] episodes following the departure of Neil Duncan as DS Peter Livingstone. After Mark [=McManus=] died, Mike Jardine got promoted to DCI and became the main character for the next few years.
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* AscendedExtra: James [=McPherson=] had a brief appearance as a young DC Mike Jardine in "The Killing Philosophy", before becoming Taggart's assistant for the rest of the Mark [=McManus=] episodes following the departure of Neil Duncan as DS Peter Livingstone. After Mark [=McManus=] died, Mike Jardine got promoted to DCI and became the main character for the next few years.
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* AscendedExtra: James [=McPherson=] had a brief appearance as a young DC Mike Jardine in 'The "The Killing Philosophy', Philosophy", before becoming Taggart's assistant for the rest of the Mark [=McManus=] episodes.episodes following the departure of Neil Duncan as DS Peter Livingstone. After Mark [=McManus=] died, Mike Jardine got promoted to DCI and became the main character for the next few years.
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* BerserkButton: Occasionally Taggart or his colleagues will break a rule or two in order to pin a suspect or two. However, woe betide anyone who rigs evidence in one of his investigations, as DS Kenny Forfar discovered in "Death Call" after burning a receipt which would have exonerated a suspect. When Forfar confessed all, Taggart furiously threw Forfar out of his office and out of the force. When Forfar reappeared as a private detective in the following series in the story "Funeral Rites", it's clear that there is still hostility between the former colleagues.
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According to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, the show is frequently summed up by saying "murder" in a very strong Glaswegian accent (e.g. a parody in ''Series/TheFastShow'' consisted entirely of policemen standing around a corpse and saying "He's deeed, he's bin mudded!").
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According to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, Website/TheOtherWiki, the show is frequently summed up by saying "murder" in a very strong Glaswegian accent (e.g. a parody in ''Series/TheFastShow'' consisted entirely of policemen standing around a corpse and saying "He's deeed, he's bin mudded!").
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* ArtifactTitle: Jim Taggart no longer appears in the show, due to actor Mark [=McManus=]'s death.
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Like ''Series/TheBill'' for Britain as a whole, every Scottish actor worth his salt has had a role on this show at some point. Except for, of all people, Creator/DavidTennant, who failed the audition fourteen times.
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Like ''Series/TheBill'' for Britain as a whole, every Scottish actor worth his their salt has had a role on this show at some point. Except for, of all people, Creator/DavidTennant, who failed the audition fourteen times.
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* CleanFoodPoisonedFork: In one series a serial killer uses snake venom to poison his victims, and in a scene near the end of the series, it's revealed that he administers the poison by sharing a meal with the victim and poisoning the victim's spoon.
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* NeverSuicide: Averted in [[spoiler:"Double Jeopardy"]].
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According to TheOtherWiki, Wiki/TheOtherWiki, the show is frequently summed up by saying "murder" in a very strong Glaswegian accent (e.g. a parody in ''Series/TheFastShow'' consisted entirely of policemen standing around a corpse and saying "He's deeed, he's bin mudded!").
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* DetectiveDrama: The early episodes centred around Taggart and his sidekick but as the series progressed more characters were added until it was almost an enemble piece.
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* DetectiveDramaDetectiveDrama: The early episodes centred around Taggart and his sidekick but as the series progressed more characters were added until it was almost an enemble piece.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstituteSuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Matt Burke is a tough, old school and uncompromising policeman much like Jim Taggart was.
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A [[LongRunner long-running]] [[BritishSeries British]] detective series, running from 1983 to 2011 (ITV have withdrawn their funding and until/unless STV can get a replacement backer, we have to call this show cancelled).
A [[LongRunner long-running]] [[BritishSeries British]] detective series, running from 1983 to 2011 (ITV have withdrawn their funding and until/unless STV can get a replacement backer, we have to call this show cancelled).
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A [[LongRunner long-running]] [[BritishSeries British]] detective series, running from 1983 to 2011
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* BeamMeUpScotty: ''There's been a murder.'', funnily enough.
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* TheCharacterDiedWithHim: Mark [=McManus=], as noted above.
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* UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}}
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* LeadPoliceDetective: Jim Taggart, to begin with. When he died, his sidekick gained a promotion to Detective Inspector and to the lead role. Subsequently, he died too and was succeeded by a new character, DCI Matt Burke, who saw out the show's last decade.
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A [[LongRunner long-running]] [[BritishSeries British]] detective series, running from 1983 to 2011 (ITV have withdrawn their funding and until/unless STV can get a replacement backer, we have to call this show cancelled).
Set in Glasgow, UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}}, it had a very bad case of NeverOneMurder. The series was named after its original main character, Jim Taggart, who was [[TheCharacterDiedWithHim killed off due to the death]] of Mark [=McManus=], who portrayed him. Rather surprisingly, the show carried on longer ''without'' him than it did when he was alive.
According to TheOtherWiki, the show is frequently summed up by saying "murder" in a very strong Glaswegian accent (e.g. a parody in ''Series/TheFastShow'' consisted entirely of policemen standing around a corpse and saying "He's deeed, he's bin mudded!").
Like ''Series/TheBill'' for Britain as a whole, every Scottish actor worth his salt has had a role on this show at some point. Except for, of all people, Creator/DavidTennant, who failed the audition fourteen times.
Not to be confused with [[Literature/AtlasShrugged Dagny or James Taggart]].
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!!This show provides examples of:
* ArtifactTitle: Jim Taggart no longer appears in the show, due to actor Mark [=McManus=]'s death.
* AscendedExtra: James [=McPherson=] had a brief appearance as a young DC in 'The Killing Philosophy', before becoming Taggart's assistant for the rest of the Mark [=McManus=] episodes. After Mark [=McManus=] died, Mike Jardine got promoted to DCI and became the main character for the next few years.
* AutopsySnackTime: One of the coroners tends to do this.
* BeamMeUpScotty: ''There's been a murder.'', funnily enough.
* BeneathSuspicion
* BritishBrevity: 100 episodes in 25 years. ''[=Taggart=]'' episodes are kind of like buses. [[{{Metaphorgotten}} Buses that are twice as long as normal shows, mind]]. A single 'episode' was normally 2-4 hours in the days before it was serialised down to an hour.
* TheCharacterDiedWithHim: Mark [=McManus=], as noted above.
* DetectiveDrama
* ExpositionVictim: in "Forbidden Fruit"
* NeverOneMurder
* UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}}
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute
* ThematicThemeTune: "No Mean City".
* ViolentGlaswegian: Only often more calculating than usual.
* WholePlotReference: The episode 'Gingerbread' was a modern retelling of 'Hansel and Gretel'
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A [[LongRunner long-running]] [[BritishSeries British]] detective series, running from 1983 to 2011 (ITV have withdrawn their funding and until/unless STV can get a replacement backer, we have to call this show cancelled).
Set in Glasgow, UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}}, it had a very bad case of NeverOneMurder. The series was named after its original main character, Jim Taggart, who was [[TheCharacterDiedWithHim killed off due to the death]] of Mark [=McManus=], who portrayed him. Rather surprisingly, the show carried on longer ''without'' him than it did when he was alive.
According to TheOtherWiki, the show is frequently summed up by saying "murder" in a very strong Glaswegian accent (e.g. a parody in ''Series/TheFastShow'' consisted entirely of policemen standing around a corpse and saying "He's deeed, he's bin mudded!").
Like ''Series/TheBill'' for Britain as a whole, every Scottish actor worth his salt has had a role on this show at some point. Except for, of all people, Creator/DavidTennant, who failed the audition fourteen times.
Not to be confused with [[Literature/AtlasShrugged Dagny or James Taggart]].
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!!This show provides examples of:
* ArtifactTitle: Jim Taggart no longer appears in the show, due to actor Mark [=McManus=]'s death.
* AscendedExtra: James [=McPherson=] had a brief appearance as a young DC in 'The Killing Philosophy', before becoming Taggart's assistant for the rest of the Mark [=McManus=] episodes. After Mark [=McManus=] died, Mike Jardine got promoted to DCI and became the main character for the next few years.
* AutopsySnackTime: One of the coroners tends to do this.
* BeamMeUpScotty: ''There's been a murder.'', funnily enough.
* BeneathSuspicion
* BritishBrevity: 100 episodes in 25 years. ''[=Taggart=]'' episodes are kind of like buses. [[{{Metaphorgotten}} Buses that are twice as long as normal shows, mind]]. A single 'episode' was normally 2-4 hours in the days before it was serialised down to an hour.
* TheCharacterDiedWithHim: Mark [=McManus=], as noted above.
* DetectiveDrama
* ExpositionVictim: in "Forbidden Fruit"
* NeverOneMurder
* UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}}
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute
* ThematicThemeTune: "No Mean City".
* ViolentGlaswegian: Only often more calculating than usual.
* WholePlotReference: The episode 'Gingerbread' was a modern retelling of 'Hansel and Gretel'
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