Season guide

Taggart: Series 1

3 episodes Premiered Sep 6, 1983 Updated Jul 20, 2026

Season 1 Episodes

Episode Guide

🛡️ SPOILER SHIELD

Season 1 Progress Shield

Last Watched:

Future titles & synopses blurred. Tap "Reveal" on any card to peek.

Binge Efficiency Engine

Season 1: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

67%

33%

Mytharc (2): Crucial lore & season climaxes

Core (1): Character development & subplots

Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler

S1·E1 Mytharc

Pilot: Killer

Sep 6, 1983

A murderer is loose in Glasgow and a major police investigation is mounted to find the killer. But one by one the bodies of young women are found strangled in the city. The enquiry

S1·E2 Core

Dead Ringer

Jul 2, 1985

The skeletal remains of a dismembered body are discovered beneath the floorboards of a house in Glasgow. The drama takes an unexpected twist when a nine-month-old toddler is kidnap

S1·E3 Mytharc

Murder In Season

Jul 23, 1985

Glamorous opera singer, Eleanor Samson, returns to Glasgow, her home town, to sing with Scottish Opera. She hopes to bring about a reconciliation with her estranged husband, John,