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, who has written many of the episodes, and made by

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for the

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network. The series revolves around a group of detectives initially in the

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, though various storylines have happened in other parts of the

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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

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

Series Overview

Pilot

Regular Series

Specials

Episodes

Pilot (1983)

Series 1 (1985)

Series 2 (1986)

Series 3 (1987)

Christmas Special (1987)

Series 4 (1988)

Christmas Special (1988)

Series 5 (1989)

New Year Special (1990)

Series 6 (1990)

Christmas Special (1990)

New Year Special (1992)

Series 7 (1992)

Series 8 (1992)

New Year's Special (1993)

Series 9 (1993)

New Year's Special (1994)

Series 10 (1994)

Series 11 (1995)

Series 12 (1996)

Series 13 (1997)

Series 14 (1998)

Series 15 (1999)

Series 16 (2000)

New Year's Special (2001)

Series 17 (2002)

Series 18 (2002–03)

Series 19 (2003–04)

Series 20 (2005)

Series 21 (2005)

Series 22 (2006)

Series 23 (2007)

Series 24 (2008)

Series 25 (2008)

Series 26 (2009)

Series 27 (2010)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Taggart episodes, List of Lists of British crime television series episodes