Taggart 24
2008-01-08 | Crime,Drama | 11 episodes27 Seasons
Episode
Genesis (2008)
A man is discovered tortured and executed on remote wasteland, and the team investigate, discovering that the victim was a hit-man. Soon their enquiries lead them to a local entrepreneur who they believe may have criminal connections. But they also have other concerns as Burke is caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, and Chief Superintendent Henson has marked him as a troublemaker, and she is determined to make sure his days in the police are numbered.
Judgement Day (2008)
Murder strikes close to home for the team when DCI Matt Burke's elderly father is found dead in suspicious circumstances. What appears to be a straightforward case of liver failure takes a sinister turn when it is discovered that Andrew Burke died of a heroin overdose. Against police regulations, DCI Burke is determined to solve the case.
Island (2008)
A mutilated body is discovered by some standing stones on a remote island. Ross and Reid travel to the island to investigate, but find the inhabitants to be wary of outsiders and seemingly reluctant to assist. Returning to Glasgow with the body, Burke and Fraser make some headway and manage to connect the victim to a South American drugs racket.
Trust (2008)
The body of a hitman who has been tortured and executed is found on wasteland. Burke's old flame, who left him at the altar decades ago, is now a political consultant. She asks him to make a back-channel investigation into her primary client, an MSP. Burke gets embroiled in a side investigation with links to the gangland murder.
A Study in Murder (2008)
When a college principal is crushed to death in a lift, the preliminary investigation into his death discovers that the lift mechanism was deliberately sabotaged, and the finger of suspicion points to the dead man's wife, who may have avenged herself over his adultery. But DI Ross believes that the deputy principal has a hand in the murder, and sets out to prove the man's guilt.
