List of Taggart episodes explained

Taggart was a Scottish detective fiction television programme, created by Glenn Chandler, who has written many of the episodes, and made by STV Studios for the ITV network. 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 area, and as of the most recent series the team have operated out of the fictional John Street police station across the street from the Glasgow City Chambers. It was one of the UK's longest-running dramas^[1] and is the longest-running police drama after the cancellation of The Bill.

The series was preceded by the pilot miniseries "Killer", in 1983.

Series Overview

Regular Series

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	2 July 1985	6 August 1985	2
2	24 February 1986	16 September 1986	2
3	15 April 1987	23 September 1987	2
4	7 September 1988	12 October 1988	2
5	5 September 1989	19 September 1989	1
6	1 March 1990	17 December 1990	3
7	9 January 1992	13 February 1992	2
8	17 September 1992	22 October 1992	2
9	16 February 1993	14 October 1993	4
10	6 October 1994	3 November 1994	2
11	11 January 1995	16 November 1995	3
12	4 January 1996	3 October 1996	3
13	16 January 1997	18 September 1997	2
14	1 January 1998	1 November 1998	5
15	16 January 1999	21 November 1999	4
16	26 February 2000	28 September 2000	4
17	14 January 2002	16 July 2002	4
18	14 December 2002	25 January 2003	7
19	7 October 2003	30 December 2004	4
20	6 January 2005	3 February 2005	5
21	15 September 2005	16 December 2005	7
22	22 March 2006	29 March 2006	2
23	3 January 2007	4 July 2007	4
24	8 January 2008	5 June 2008	6
25	3 November 2008	30 December 2008	5
26	20 February 2009	24 December 2009	5
27	18 July 2010	7 November 2010	9

Specials

Entitle	Date	Episodes
1987 Christmas Special	31 December 1987	1
1988 Christmas Special	30 December 1988	1
1990 New Year Special	1 January 1990	1
1990 Christmas Special	31 December 1990	1
1992 New Year Special	1 January 1992	1
1993 New Year Special	1 January 1993	1
1994 New Year Special	1 January 1994	1
2001 New Year Special	10 January 2001	1

Episodes

Pilot (1983)

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Series 1 (1985)

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Series 2 (1986)

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Series 3 (1987)

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Christmas Special (1987)

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Series 4 (1988)

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Christmas Special (1988)

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Series 5 (1989)

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New Year Special (1990)

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Series 6 (1990)

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Christmas Special (1990)

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New Year Special (1992)

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Series 7 (1992)

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Series 8 (1992)

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New Year's Special (1993)

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Series 9 (1993)

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New Year's Special (1994)

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Series 10 (1994)

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Series 11 (1995)

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Series 12 (1996)

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Series 13 (1997)

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Series 14 (1998)

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Series 15 (1999)

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Series 16 (2000)

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New Year's Special (2001)

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Series 17 (2002)

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Series 18 (2002–03)

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Series 19 (2003–04)

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Series 20 (2005)

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Series 21 (2005)

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Series 22 (2006)

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Series 23 (2007)

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Series 24 (2008)

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Series 25 (2008)

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Series 26 (2009)

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Series 27 (2010)

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Notes and References

1. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/feb/18/taggart-itv-stv-new-series There's Been a Commission – New Taggart Series Ordered