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Taggart
''Taggart'' is a Scottish detective fiction television programme created by Glenn Chandler, who wrote many of the episodes, and made by STV Studios for the ITV network. It originally ran as the miniseries ''Killer'' from 6 until 20 September 1983, before a full series was commissioned that ran from 2 July 1985 until 7 November 2010. The series revolved around a group of detectives initially in the Maryhill CID of Strathclyde Police, though various storylines were set in other parts of Greater Glasgow and in other areas of Scotland. The team operated out of the fictional John Street police station. Mark McManus, who played the title character Jim Taggart, died in 1994. However, the series continued under the same name. ''Taggart'' is one of the UK's longest-running television dramas. History The Scottish BAFTA-winning pilot episode "Killer", directed by Laurence Moody and broadcast in 1983, introduced the character Detective Chief Inspector Jim Taggart (played by M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Chandler
Glenn Chandler (born 12 March 1949) is a Scottish playwright, novelist, producer and theatre director. He has written plays for theatre and radio, original screenplays for television and films, television series, and also novels. His best known work is the Scottish television detective series ''Taggart'', which was commissioned by Scottish Television for the ITV Network from 2 July 1985 until 7 November 2010, and which continues to be broadcast around the world. Since the completion of ''Taggart'' in 2010, Glenn Chandler has focused on writing for the theatre, with a consistent run of productions in both London and Edinburgh. Biography Early life and ''Taggart'' Glenn Chandler was born in Edinburgh in 1949, and educated at the Royal High School in the city. He moved from Scotland to London and began writing for the Soho Poly, where his early plays were produced. He went on to write for BBC Television and Radio, and for Granada Television (including its series ''Crown Court'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blythe Duff
Blythe Duff (born 25 November 1962) is a Scottish actress best known for her role as Jackie Reid in the ITV television series drama ''Taggart''. Background Duff was born and raised in East Kilbride. Her love of acting started with youth theatre. On leaving Hunter High School she joined The Company, a youth opportunities theatre company, based at the Glasgow Arts Centre in Washington Street and spent her summers with the Scottish Youth Theatre. She entered the profession in 1983 with her first job at the Young Playwrights Festival (Scottish Youth Theatre/The Traverse). Career Duff's career began in the theatre, starting with the Scottish Youth and Community Theatre in Glasgow. She worked in theatre for seven years, appearing with Scottish Opera in ''Street Scene'' as Shirley Kaplan in 1989, and at the Coliseum Theatre in London with the English National Opera. She also performed on the soundtrack album which was released on Decca Records in 1989. She was working for Scottish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark McManus
Mark McManus (21 February 1935 – 6 June 1994) was a Scottish actor known for his roles in the British television series '' Sam,'' '' Bulman, The Brothers, Strangers,'' and '' Dramarama'' and the feature film '' 2000 Weeks''. He was best known for playing the tough Glaswegian Detective Chief Inspector Jim Taggart in the long-running STV television series ''Taggart'' from 1983 until his death in 1994. Career McManus was born in Hamilton, Scotland, and moved to Hillingdon in London, England when he was three years old, until he moved again at the age of 16 to Australia, where he performed in amateur theatre groups that led him to becoming a professional actor. He appeared in the children's TV series '' Skippy the Bush Kangaroo'' and had a guest appearance in the long-running Australian police drama ''Homicide''. He also starred in Tim Burstall's feature film '' 2000 Weeks'' (1969), which was the first full-length Australian-produced feature made in Australia since Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin McCredie
Colin McCredie (born 8 June 1972 in Dumbarton, Scotland) is a Scottish actor, best known for his roles as DC Stuart Fraser in the STV drama ''Taggart'' and Nick Morrison in ''River City''. His film appearances include ''Shallow Grave'' (1994) and ''The Missing Postman'' (1997). Biography Colin grew up in Perth and began acting as a child at Perth Theatre before attending the Scottish Youth Theatre. He trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow and graduated in 1993. He joined ''Taggart'' aged 23 and appeared in over 75 episodes from 1995 to 2010. In December 2009 McCredie was informed that he and his character would not be returning for the next series of ''Taggart''. On 15 October 2010, it was announced that McCredie would be joining the BBC Scotland drama ''River City'', playing the role of Nick Morrison. McCredie is a patron of the Scottish Youth Theatre and a supporter of his hometown football team St Johnstone, where he sponsors a player. On 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James MacPherson (actor)
James MacPherson (born 18 March 1960) is a Scottish actor, best known for his role as Detective Chief Inspector Michael Jardine in the STV drama, ''Taggart''. Early life MacPherson was raised in South Lanarkshire. He left Hamilton Grammar School at 17 and got a job as a laboratory technician at the Institute of Neurosciences at the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow. Part of his job was to collect brain samples for experimentation. MacPherson worked in the lab for five years and met his future wife Jacqueline while he was there. MacPherson went for an interview to be a police officer, but soon realised that he did not have the requisite personality for the job. It was then that his thoughts turned to acting. He joined an amateur dramatic group in Motherwell, before moving on to a repertory theatre in East Kilbride and a place in drama school. It was after MacPherson landed the part of Hugh Hamilton in ''Citizens'' on BBC Radio 4 that his television career began to take of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Michie
John Michie (born 25 October 1956) is a Scottish television and film actor, known for his roles as DI Robbie Ross in the STV detective drama series ''Taggart'', as Karl Munro in ''Coronation Street'' from 2011 to 2013 and his role as CEO Guy Self in '' Casualty'' and ''Holby City''. Early life Michie was born in Burma and boarded at Windlesham House School while his family were based in Kenya. The family later settled in Edinburgh, where was sent to study at Glenalmond College from the age of twelve. At the age of nineteen, he worked his passage to Australia on a cargo ship, where he spent a year as a jackaroo herding cattle before returning to Scotland. He took a job as a stagehand at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, where his interest in acting started. He returned to Kenya when he was 22, beginning his acting career in ''A Private Matter'' at the Donovan Maule Theatre, Nairobi in 1980. Career Television He was also in Taggart series 5 1989. Michie appeared in '' Moo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alastair Duncan (actor, Born 1958)
Alastair Duncan is a Scottish actor and real estate broker. He is best known for his roles as a voice actor in video games, most notably as Senator Armstrong in '' Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance'', Mimir in ''God of War'' (2018) and its sequel, as well as Celebrimbor from '' Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor'' and its sequel. Early life Duncan was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father is named Archibald Alexander Macbeth Duncan. Following his family's naming tradition, his name would have been Alastair David Macbeth Duncan, but his father decided to simply give him the legal name Alastair Duncan. Career Duncan's breakout role (then credited as "Neil Duncan") was as Peter Livingstone, side-kick to Mark McManus' Taggart in Scottish television's eponymous detective series. Leaving the show after the first two series, Duncan then appeared in the 1988 television adaptation of ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'', starring Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes. Duncan's next key role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iain Anders
Iain Anders Robertson (8 February 1933 – 5 September 1997) ''''. Retrieved 20 August 2013 was an English known for his roles in '''' and ''''. Iain Anders Robertson was born to |
Neil Duncan
Alastair Duncan is a Scottish actor and real estate broker. He is best known for his roles as a voice actor in video games, most notably as Senator Armstrong in '' Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance'', Mimir in ''God of War'' (2018) and its sequel, as well as Celebrimbor from '' Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor'' and its sequel. Early life Duncan was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father is named Archibald Alexander Macbeth Duncan. Following his family's naming tradition, his name would have been Alastair David Macbeth Duncan, but his father decided to simply give him the legal name Alastair Duncan. Career Duncan's breakout role (then credited as "Neil Duncan") was as Peter Livingstone, side-kick to Mark McManus' Taggart in Scottish television's eponymous detective series. Leaving the show after the first two series, Duncan then appeared in the 1988 television adaptation of ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'', starring Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes. Duncan's next key role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryhill
Maryhill () is an area in the north-west of Glasgow in Scotland. A former independent burgh and the heart of an eponymous local authority ward, its territory is bisected by Maryhill Road, part of the A81 road which runs for a distance of roughly between Glasgow city centre and the suburban town of Bearsden. The far north west of the area is served by Maryhill railway station. History Hew Hill, the Laird, or Lord, of Gairbraid, had no male heir and so he left his estate to his daughter, Mary Hill (1730–1809). She married Robert Graham of Dawsholm in 1763, but they had no income from trade or commerce and had to make what they could from the estate. They founded coalmines on the estate but they proved to be wet and unprofitable. On 8 March 1768 Parliament approved the cutting of the Forth and Clyde Canal through their estate, which provided some much-needed money. The canal reached the estate in 1775, but the canal company had run out of money and work stopped f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glasgow
Glasgow is the Cities of Scotland, most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in Strathclyde, west central Scotland. It is the List of cities in the United Kingdom, third-most-populous city in the United Kingdom and the 27th-most-populous city in Europe, and comprises Wards of Glasgow, 23 wards which represent the areas of the city within Glasgow City Council. Glasgow is a leading city in Scotland for finance, shopping, industry, culture and fashion, and was commonly referred to as the "second city of the British Empire" for much of the Victorian era, Victorian and Edwardian eras. In , it had an estimated population as a defined locality of . More than 1,000,000 people live in the Greater Glasgow contiguous urban area, while the wider Glasgow City Region is home to more than 1,800,000 people (its defined functional urban area total was almost the same in 2020), around a third of Scotland's population. The city has a population density of 3,562 p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Television
Scottish Television (now legally known as STV Central Limited) is the ITV (TV network), ITV network franchisee for Central Belt, Central Scotland. The channel — the largest of the three ITV franchises in Scotland — has been in operation since 31 August 1957 and is the second-oldest franchise holder in the UK that is still active (the oldest being ITV Granada, Granada Television). STV Central broadcasts from studios at Pacific Quay in Glasgow and is owned and operated by STV Group (formerly SMG plc), which also owns the Northern Scotland franchise, Grampian Television (now STV North), based in Aberdeen. It produces news for the west and east halves of its transmission region (''STV News, STV News at Six'') along with Current affairs (news format), current affairs and feature programming for Northern and Central Scotland. Along with STV North and ITV Border, STV Central is a commercial rival to the Public broadcasting, publicly funded national broadcaster, BBC Scotland. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
