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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 Worst Episode
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    Taggart Season 27 Episode 3 - Silent Truth
    6.1/10(44 votes)

    #1 - Silent Truth

    S27:E3

    When Iranian refugee Farid Mamood is burned to death, it initially appears that a racially motivated murder has occurred. But Burke is not so sure.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Taggart Season 17 Episode 1 - Ghost Rider
    6.2/10(123 votes)

    #2 - Ghost Rider

    S17:E1

    A charred body is found in a car, leading the team into a web of police corruption and cover-ups. Jardine, Reid, Fraser and Ross investigate.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. Taggart Season 19 Episode 1 - Hard Man
    6.2/10(52 votes)

    #3 - Hard Man

    S19:E1

    DCI Burke and the team are called in to investigate the discovery of a mangled body in what appears to be an industrial accident at a Clyde shipyard. But when it is revealed that the victim was already dead before the accident, Burke finds himself dealing with a murder.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. Taggart Season 16 Episode 2 - A Fistful of Chips
    6.5/10(118 votes)

    #4 - A Fistful of Chips

    S16:E2

    A string of people are murdered by electrocution. All of these people are in some way connected to with a local (and popular) spiritualist, who claims he can speak with the dead. When the Taggart team disbelieve the man's powers, the clairvoyant gives them frighteningly accurate messages from a man very dear to their hearts--Jim Taggart! Meanwhile, the murders begin to pile up, and Taggart team race to find the murderer, this time aided by Jim Taggart himself.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. Taggart Season 22 Episode 8 - Law
    6.7/10(47 votes)

    #5 - Law

    S22:E8

    The murder of a teenage girl leads the team to travelers working at a nearby fairground.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Taggart Season 22 Episode 7 - Dead Man Walking
    6.8/10(47 votes)

    #6 - Dead Man Walking

    S22:E7

    The team investigate the seemingly motiveless murder of a mechanic. Suspicion soon falls on his business partner, Tony Benton, but it turns out that Benton was in fact the intended victim.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Taggart Season 23 Episode 3 - Tenement
    6.8/10(44 votes)

    #7 - Tenement

    S23:E3

    When an activist is found murdered in her tenement flat suspicion falls on a local property developer, who planned to demolish the building and was met with strong criticism by the campaigner. Meanwhile, DI Ross is focusing his attention on a hit and run case, which angers his superiors.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Taggart Season 14 Episode 3 - Dead Reckoning
    6.9/10(22 votes)

    #8 - Dead Reckoning

    S14:E3

    An 'escort agency' woman is found brutally murdered in a hotel carpark. At the same time the daughter of a well known ex-army colonel goes missing. Are the two linked or is it just coincidence? While Jardine and Fraser try to unravel the mystery surrounding the murder and the disappearance, Jackie goes undercover at 'Executive Adventures' to keep tabs on the main suspect. But has Jackie's cover been blown and is her life in danger from the real murderer?

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Taggart Season 16 Episode 3 - Fearful Lightning
    6.9/10(118 votes)

    #9 - Fearful Lightning

    S16:E3

    A delivery van is hijacked and its contents stolen. But there's more going on than meets the eye, and meanwhile, someone's knocking off anyone who knows about the hijack, which doesn't include the police! Once again Robbie's past catches up with him and he comes close to crossing the line.

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  10. Taggart Season 19 Episode 2 - Fade to Black
    6.9/10(50 votes)

    #10 - Fade to Black

    S19:E2

    A young nurse is found strangled in her home, with no sign of forced entry and two glasses of wine on the table. On finding a large quantity of cash hidden in her flat and signs of an affluent lifestyle, Burke and the team begin to suspect that the murder victim had a secret double life. Meanwhile, a mysterious and sinister person is following and filming Burke with a camcorder.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Taggart Season 22 Episode 9 - The Best and the Brightest
    6.9/10(42 votes)

    #11 - The Best and the Brightest

    S22:E9

    When a research student is found dead in a university science lab following a severe anaphylactic shock, the evidence suggests that her food has been deliberately contaminated. Traces of highly concentrated nut oil are found at the scene, but there seems to be no clear motive for her murder. Then another student dies in a suspicious accident the following day and Burke and the team realise that a calculating killer is at work within the university.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Taggart Season 24 Episode 1 - Genesis
    6.9/10(46 votes)

    #12 - 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
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  13. Taggart Season 27 Episode 1 - Bad Medicine
    6.9/10(51 votes)

    #13 - Bad Medicine

    S27:E1

    When a newly-qualified doctor is found tortured and mutilated in a vacant warehouse, the team discover connections with a drug-trafficking case.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Taggart Season 16 Episode 4 - For Their Sins
    7.0/10(113 votes)

    #14 - For Their Sins

    S16:E4

    Jardine and the team investigate the murders of drug dealers in the Glasgow community.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Taggart Season 22 Episode 6 - Do or Die
    7.0/10(49 votes)

    #15 - Do or Die

    S22:E6

    The team investigate the suspicious death of an army recruit at a training camp. D.I. Robbie Ross goes undercover in an attempt to understand the mentality of the regime that teaches young men to kill or be killed - before other deaths occur.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Taggart Season 23 Episode 1 - Users and Losers
    7.0/10(48 votes)

    #16 - Users and Losers

    S23:E1

    A gambler is found dead, and it is discovered that he had thousands of pounds stashed in his flat, leading the team to suspect that he was part of an illegal betting scam. The wife of the owner then gets killed out riding and the investigation heats up further. Meanwhile, Burke is convinced that a former heroin addict and petty criminal has changed, until he is left with a decision to either arrest a killer or do a deal to catch a more major criminal.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Taggart Season 23 Episode 2 - The Thirteenth Step
    7.0/10(45 votes)

    #17 - The Thirteenth Step

    S23:E2

    Ex-con Eddie Monroe is found stabbed in a Govan alleyway. Burke meets Angus Ford - a retired police officer who was responsible for Monroe's arrest and subsequent convictions - who remains adamant that Monroe was a bad man who deserved to die. But who was his killer? All roads keep leading back to old acquaintance Daniel Tulloch and his family. In the course of uncovering the truth Burke is forced to face some demons of his own.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Taggart Season 24 Episode 5 - A Study in Murder
    7.0/10(50 votes)

    #18 - 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:Unknown
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  19. Taggart Season 11 Episode 2 - Prayer for the Dead
    7.1/10(39 votes)

    #19 - Prayer for the Dead

    S11:E2

    Taggart is promoted to Acting Superintendent after Jack McVitie takes a heart attack. When two young girls are murdered Taggart starts to wonder whether Jardine and Reid are up to the job. A Polish woman is later found murdered.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Taggart Season 14 Episode 2 - Out of Bounds
    7.1/10(22 votes)

    #20 - Out of Bounds

    S14:E2

    A school master is beaten to death with a cricket bat by an unknown assailant. 60 years later, the body is found by students on a cross country run. Douglas Flemming identifies the bones as Friedrich Zwanziger, a strict disciplinarian who disappeared while collecting beetles. As the investigation proceeds, McVitie discloses that he is on the board of governors.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Taggart Season 17 Episode 4 - Football Crazy
    7.1/10(60 votes)

    #21 - Football Crazy

    S17:E4

    Jardine and the team investigate a series of murky going-ons at a football club whose lack of success on the pitch is matched by an unaccountably high death rate among its employees. Jardine and the team investigate.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Taggart Season 17 Episode 5 - Falling in Love
    7.1/10(57 votes)

    #22 - Falling in Love

    S17:E5

    DCI Jardine and the team investigate a series of mysterious deaths among members of a tango club after a pre-wedding parachute jump ends in the bridegroom plunging to his death. And as Jackie Reid's wedding day approaches, Ross tries to convince her that she is rushing into marriage too quickly.

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  23. Taggart Season 24 Episode 8 - The Caring Game
    7.1/10(45 votes)

    #23 - 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
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  24. Taggart Season 18 Episode 2 - Fire, Burn
    7.2/10(67 votes)

    #24 - Fire, Burn

    S18:E2

    When a body is found in the basement of a burnt-out factory, Burke realises that his arson case has become much more interesting than originally thought and uses the case to test his officers. While Fraser attempts to identify the dead man, Burke and Ross pressurise their prime suspect - rival factory owner Scott Dewar

    Director:Unknown
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  25. Taggart Season 19 Episode 3 - Blood Money
    7.2/10(45 votes)

    #25 - Blood Money

    S19:E3

    A boxing promoter is found strangled, and while Ross breaks the news to his widow, Burke and Reid interview the previous night's fighters. The winning boxer, Corbett, turns out to be more than good friends with the widow, and the ringside doctor has attempted to destroy medical files. An old friend of the promoters is also called in and soon more information is found which leads to a chase in order to prevent any further deaths.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Silent Truth" is the worst rated episode of "Taggart". It scored 6.1/10 based on 44 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/25/2011. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Ghost Rider".