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Old 10-10-2007, 23:05
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I've lately been getting into classic Taggart. I have to say that they are pretty good.

Can anyone on here remember the episode which focused on the gay scene? I've always wanted to see that one (which my dad refused to watch!)
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Old 10-10-2007, 23:41
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Taggart was my ultimate 'must watch' in the mid/late eighties / early nineties (i.e. when Taggart was actually in it!). 3 part stories over 3 weeks: those were the days. My favourite stories live long in the memory whereas the new ones shown these days are forgotten almost immediately - if I bother to watch them at all.

Angel Eyes might be the episode you're referring to.
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Old 11-10-2007, 00:00
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lol, yeah I stopped watching it when Taggart died. Keeping the name seemed a bit silly.
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Old 11-10-2007, 08:19
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I've lately been getting into classic Taggart. I have to say that they are pretty good.

Can anyone on here remember the episode which focused on the gay scene? I've always wanted to see that one (which my dad refused to watch!)
Im not sure of the episode name, but im pretty sure its from 1995. It was on UK Gold again at Xmas a couple of years ago.

Im pretty sure the episode features the classic song Scatman being played in the club scenes lol
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Old 11-10-2007, 15:18
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I beleive the episode was called 'Angel Eyes'
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Old 11-10-2007, 15:33
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Taggart was my ultimate 'must watch' in the mid/late eighties / early nineties (i.e. when Taggart was actually in it!). 3 part stories over 3 weeks: those were the days.
Some of them were very good, but they often followed a predictable formula: murder (murdurr!) followed by investigation by Taggart in which the main characters all behave suspiciously, then a couple more murders in which some of the main characters die, then it turns out that the murderer is actually someone who appeared for five minutes in episode one.

Some of the later episodes were much better plotted but it just didn't have the same atmosphere without Mark McManus.

I was amused to see Taggart writer and sometime actor Stuart Hepburn in the Edinburgh-set film Hallam Foe - playing a policeman!
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Old 12-10-2007, 02:32
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Thanks. I think that episode is called Angel Eyes.

Some of the scariest episodes I've seen are "Nest of Vipers", "Fatal Inheritance" and "Violent Delights."
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Old 12-10-2007, 07:24
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I remember seeing bits of Taggart while growing up in the very late 80s/early 90s. Am I right in remembering it as quite a dark and gritty programme?
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Old 12-10-2007, 08:52
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I remember seeing bits of Taggart while growing up in the very late 80s/early 90s. Am I right in remembering it as quite a dark and gritty programme?


Yes. It had good plots which kept you guessing right until the end, usually. It was good in the beginning, I agree, but I think making Jardine the chief was a mistake. It needs a far tougher image than he can portray. He just came over as peevish when he got ratty.

I much prefer Alex Norton's portrayal of the 'main man' He is very believable in the role.
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Old 12-10-2007, 10:34
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Yes. It had good plots which kept you guessing right until the end, usually. It was good in the beginning, I agree, but I think making Jardine the chief was a mistake. It needs a far tougher image than he can portray. He just came over as peevish when he got ratty.

I much prefer Alex Norton's portrayal of the 'main man' He is very believable in the role
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I agree, Jardine couldn't quite follow Taggart he wasn't gritty enough. Alex Norton has done a far better job.

I always used to think that Alex Ferguson the footie manager looked like Mark McManus
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Old 12-10-2007, 12:02
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Angel Eyes was on either UKG or UKD last week.

There's been a murrrrderrrrr.
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Old 05-01-2008, 00:39
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I'm noticing that there are quite a lot of gay characters in a lot of the Taggarts - from the early ones.
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Old 05-01-2008, 01:11
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Bit of an obscure question, but as this thread is about classic Taggart perhaps someone will know.

Years ago there was an episode of it set down in Rothesay, Isle of Bute. My Nanas in it We've been trying to find it, but don't know the season (other than it must have been fairly early on at least) or the name of the episode. Bit of a long shot, but maybe someone knows which one I'm on about?
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Old 05-01-2008, 02:05
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Taggart is back on Tuesday at 9pm. This first episode of the series is 90 minutes long, but from the week after, each edition lasts 60 minutes (part of ITV1's new schedule).
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Old 05-01-2008, 02:11
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Bit of an obscure question, but as this thread is about classic Taggart perhaps someone will know.

Years ago there was an episode of it set down in Rothesay, Isle of Bute. My Nanas in it We've been trying to find it, but don't know the season (other than it must have been fairly early on at least) or the name of the episode. Bit of a long shot, but maybe someone knows which one I'm on about?
Have you looked at any of the episode guide sites?

http://www.tv.com/taggart/show/1407/episode.html

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088621/episodes
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Old 05-01-2008, 02:20
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Yup, did that earlier. Also tried typing it in google but have had no luck. Its so frustrating, you'd think that you'd be able to find out on google wouldn't you
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Old 05-01-2008, 02:26
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Yup, did that earlier. Also tried typing it in google but have had no luck. Its so frustrating, you'd think that you'd be able to find out on google wouldn't you
Yeah, with some programmes it's easier than others.
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Old 05-01-2008, 22:33
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Thanks. I think that episode is called Angel Eyes.

Some of the scariest episodes I've seen are "Nest of Vipers", "Fatal Inheritance" and "Violent Delights."
I remember Fatal Inheritance very clearly - it's the one with Hannah Gordon, and the serial killer at the health farm who has a baby doll which he leaves at the scene of all his crimes. Brilliant episode. Nest of Vipers was also really good - I remember a woman dying from a snake bite with blood trickling out of her eye socket *shudders*.

In my opinion, Taggart isn't as good as it used to be back in the day, but the writers still deliver solid, entertaining mysteries - i'll definitely be tuning in this week.
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Old 05-01-2008, 23:07
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lol, yeah I stopped watching it when Taggart died. Keeping the name seemed a bit silly.
The original "Taggart" was actually called Killer - I always thought the name should have reverted after the sad passing of Mark McManus.

Who can ever forget his dulcet tones tho' - there's been a murderr ""
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Old 02-01-2017, 02:53
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Sorry to revive an old thread but I have a question for Taggart fans.

I remember watching an episode of Taggart in I think about 1993 when there was a sequence in a hospital where a doctor walked up to Taggart and said something like "I'm sorry but your wife won't be able to walk again". Taggart angrily replied: "She's been paralysed for x years". I can't remember whether x was 10 or 20 or whatever.

Can anyone tell me which episode this was? Thanks in advance for your help.
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Old 03-01-2017, 06:02
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The episode your thinking of is called Evil Eye. Taggart's wife is involved in a car crash & falls into a coma.
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Old 04-01-2017, 20:42
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The episode your thinking of is called Evil Eye. Taggart's wife is involved in a car crash & falls into a coma.
You are correct. This is from Evil Eye, which focuses on a gypsy curse and jewel robberies. The scene in question, where Taggart lets rip at the hospital doctor was actually cut from the Clearvision DVD release.
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Old 04-01-2017, 22:21
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which episode ended at the scotmove site at pickerings corner in wishaw!!!!
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