Who is taggart

Crime Drama Mystery. Creator Glenn Chandler. Top credits Creator Glenn Chandler. See more at IMDbPro. Episodes Browse episodes. Top Top-rated. Trailer DVD Trailer. Photos Top cast Edit. Robert Robertson Dr. Stephen Andrews as Dr. From the Grassmarket Square, take a walk up Victoria Street and visitors will be able to admire the colourful buildings here. This fine dining restaurant has medieval themes to reflect the heritage of the Old Town area. Soon, there is another imposingly craggy sight: the face of Mark McManus, starring as a local cop called up to investigate a body dumped by the river Kelvin.

A former miner and a proficient amateur boxer, McManus was entirely plausible as a hard-bitten detective unafraid to get up in suspects' faces. For non-Scots, Taggart offered a glimpse of life beyond the wall — a cold, grey place under a cold, grey sky where everyone had heavily lined faces that seemed to tell their own stories. Half the cast spoke in a guttural local brogue that might have benefited from the addition of subtitles. The other half spoke something more like the "posh" Scottish of Maggie Smith.

With its themes of urban alienation and heavy air of melancholy, Taggart was prime Nordic noir, decades before the term even existed. The 30th anniversary is being marked by a documentary on STV tonight , and vintage episodes are currently being repeated on Alibi, the all-crime-all-the-time digital channel. Revisiting the bleak milieu is a reminder that some of the poverty-stricken pockets of Glasgow in the 80s make The Wire look like CSI: Miami.

And he's played that other Scottish detective, Rebus, for spoken word books. Wonder how they all translated the word "murd'rrr"? As well as having police officers on hand to provide insights on how crime scenes look, the team also consult the forensic department at Glasgow University? By the way, they often use minced beef and chicken bones to create realistic injuries. Bet you're glad we told you that. Indeed, in just the past six years, five different buildings have served for exterior shots of Maryhill, and three different studios have served as the interior.

They have nothing in common, which why the headquarters can look so different in various episodes. The different locations were used to fit in with filming schedules and cut out travel times.