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The Best Episodes of Taggart Season 24

Every episode of Taggart Season 24 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Taggart Season 24!

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Taggart is a Scottish detective television program. The series revolves around a group of detectives initially in the Maryhill CID of Strathclyde Police, though various storylines have happened in other parts of the Greater Glasgow

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Taggart Season 24 Episode 1 - Genesis
    6.8/10(50 votes)

    #1 - Genesis

    S24:E1

    A woman is killed on her way to a fertility clinic which religious protesters are targeting. Reid finds herself leading the team to find her killer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Taggart Season 24 Episode 2 - Judgement Day
    7.4/10(50 votes)

    #2 - Judgement Day

    S24:E2

    Murder strikes close to home for the team when DCI Matt Burke's elderly father is found dead in suspicious circumstances. What appears to be a straightforward case of liver failure takes a sinister turn when it is discovered that Andrew Burke died of a heroin overdose. Against police regulations, DCI Burke is determined to solve the case.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Taggart Season 24 Episode 3 - Island
    7.6/10(50 votes)

    #3 - Island

    S24:E3

    A mutilated body is discovered by some standing stones on a remote island. Ross and Reid travel to the island to investigate, but find the inhabitants to be wary of outsiders and seemingly reluctant to assist. Returning to Glasgow with the body, Burke and Fraser make some headway and manage to connect the victim to a South American drugs racket.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Taggart Season 24 Episode 4 - Trust
    7.1/10(46 votes)

    #4 - Trust

    S24:E4

    A man is discovered tortured and executed on remote wasteland, and the team investigate, discovering that the victim was a hit-man. Soon their enquiries lead them to a local entrepreneur who they believe may have criminal connections. But they also have other concerns as Burke is caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, and Chief Superintendent Henson has marked him as a troublemaker, and she is determined to make sure his days in the police are numbered.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Taggart Season 24 Episode 5 - A Study in Murder
    7.1/10(52 votes)

    #5 - A Study in Murder

    S24:E5

    When a college principal is crushed to death in a lift, the preliminary investigation into his death discovers that the lift mechanism was deliberately sabotaged, and the finger of suspicion points to the dead man's wife, who may have avenged herself over his adultery. But DI Ross believes that the deputy principal has a hand in the murder, and sets out to prove the man's guilt.

    Director:Morag Fullarton
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Taggart Season 24 Episode 6 - Point of Light
    7.3/10(52 votes)

    #6 - Point of Light

    S24:E6

    The body of a private investigator is discovered at the bottom of a local quarry. After learning from the victim's fiancee that he was working on the case of a missing woman, and had claimed to have found her, the team become convinced his investigation is the key to solving the murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Taggart Season 24 Episode 7 - Safer
    7.3/10(45 votes)

    #7 - Safer

    S24:E7

    A campaigner against domestic violence is murdered and the prime suspect is an apparently reformed man whose violent behaviour once drove his ex-wife to almost kill him in self defence. Although the team is able to build a solid case against him, the investigation is put in jeopardy when Ross suffers a moment of madness.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Taggart Season 24 Episode 8 - The Caring Game
    7.1/10(46 votes)

    #8 - The Caring Game

    S24:E8

    When the decomposing body of a young woman is discovered in her bath, initial enquiries at her workplace uncover very little. Reid does not warm to her estate agent boss, while Fraser discovers that she was gifting a significant amount of her less-than-generous salary to charity, but why would that make her a murder target? Meanwhile, Ross learns that his estranged wife is planning to emigrate to Canada with his son, and realises he has a tough choice to make between his family and the job he loves.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Taggart Season 24 Episode 9 - Homesick
    7.3/10(45 votes)

    #9 - Homesick

    S24:E9

    Zbigniew Lisowski, a Polish migrant worker, is found shot at the building site where he worked as a security guard. Hours later, the body of hotel receptionist Kate Booth is discovered - with strikingly similar gunshot wounds. When investigations reveal that Kate - aka Kasia - was also Polish, the team have to consider whether a racially-motivated killer is at large.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Taggart Season 24 Episode 10 - Crossing the Line
    7.4/10(45 votes)

    #10 - Crossing the Line

    S24:E10

    Preparations are underway for a new museum in the former mining community of Garsden on the outskirts of Glasgow. The museum will be on the site of a long disused coal mine, closed twenty five years before, just before the miners' strike. But when the shaft is opened up, two skeletons are found - a man and a woman in the same position as they died a quarter of a century earlier. Were they buried alive? Who are they? How did they get there - and were they murdered?

    Director:Morag Fullarton
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Taggart Season 24 Episode 11 - Lifeline
    8.1/10(42 votes)

    #11 - Lifeline

    S24:E11

    When the body of a man is discovered in a garage with the engine of his car still running, it appears at first to be a simple case of suicide. The victim worked as a volunteer at a helpline centre dealing with potential suicide victims, and his wife is adamant her husband would never take his own life.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 24 Ratings Summary

"Genesis" is the best rated episode of "Taggart" season 24. It scored 6.8/10 based on 50 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/8/2008. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Judgement Day".