In the early eighties, Robert Love, Controller of Drama at Scottish Television, and Glenn Chandler, pathologist turned writer, created a Glaswegian police detective named Jim Taggart, a creation, which resulted in a worldwide successful television drama that has lasted for over twenty five years. With over ninety episodes currently in the can the series, which follows the exploits of Maryhill CID, continues to win over viewers old and new. Since the pilot episode ""Killer"", the only instalment to not carry the trade mark name, to the most recently aired episode, the show has presented more grizzly murders and plot twists than even the most ardent of fans can remember. The Complete Taggart Volume 1 features the first 19 episodes of the series, starring Jim Taggart himself Mark McManus. This collection is the first time ever that the original 3-hour episodes have been put on DVD, making this a "must have" for all Taggart purists.Synopsis - Taggart Collection: Volume 1 (1983) The hugely successful brilliant Detective drama is now available on DVD for the first time in Australia. First broadcast in 1983 under the title Killer, it paved the way for a generation of detective series and became Taggart in 1985. Action packed, pacey, slick, edgy and sinister, Taggart continues to evolve in style and content. The Maryhill CID investigates gruesome murders against the bleak backdrop of the city of Glasgow. Starring Mark McManus as Glaswegian detective Jim Taggart, and his sidekick Peter Livingstone played by Neil Duncan. This DVD features the first 4 episodes on a 3 DVD set with a bonus 50 minute documentary Theres Been A Murder - A Celebration of 20 Years of Taggart. This documentary celebrates the outstanding success of Taggart, now the longest running police drama on UK TV. It features interviews with original Producer & Writer, the previous and current cast including John Hannah, Alan Cumming and Billy Boyd, plus a galaxy of clips showing us all the action from
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Harriet Buchan, Vincent Friell, Mark Mcmanus, Mary Macleod, Geraldine Alexander, Jimmy Yuill, Joan Scott, Gerry Slevin, Hugh Martin, Robert Robertson, Roy Hanlon, Anne Kidd, Tom Watson, Alastair Duncan, Gerard Kelly, Frank Wylie, Linda Muchan, Gavin Brown