ITV has decided not to commission a 28th series of the show for its flagship channel ITV1 after its last run averaged fewer than 4 million viewers. The broadcaster axed another long-running police drama, The Bill, last year.
But Scottish broadcaster STV, which makes the show, is investigating ways of keeping the show on screen in Scotland. An ITV spokesman said: "Taggart has been one of ITV's most enduring dramas but, reflecting the demands of our audience and as part of the ongoing creative renewal of the ITV1 schedule, our priority is to invest in new and original drama for the channel. As well as having police officers on hand to provide insights on how crime scenes look, the team also consult the forensic department at Glasgow University?
By the way, they often use minced beef and chicken bones to create realistic injuries. Bet you're glad we told you that. Indeed, in just the past six years, five different buildings have served for exterior shots of Maryhill, and three different studios have served as the interior. They have nothing in common, which why the headquarters can look so different in various episodes. The different locations were used to fit in with filming schedules and cut out travel times.
In October , McManus's wife lost a long battle against cancer and, not long after, Mark himself was struck down by terminal pneumonia.
It was an arduous, painful experience that series creator Glenn Chandler remembers clearly. Some episodes re-told classic stories like Treasure Island and Hansel and Gretel. Others were based on true crimes. For successive generations of Scottish actors, Taggart offered a stream of work which could equally kick-start a career or offer a respectable tangent to screen veterans. Mr Mitchell believes that for working class Glaswegian actors, the opportunities are not there anymore.
Taggart was one of many distinctly Scottish offerings on television in its time, but STV has now all but abandoned original drama. Glasgow was once known as the murder capital of Europe. Yet this groundbreaking crime drama was always about far more than violence and killing. Taggart is now officially the longest running cop show on British T. There are several reasons for its longevity but surely the main one is the underlying grim humour that enhances every episode. While it was undoubtedly at it's peak in the Mark "there's been a muurder" McManus years, it has recently returned to peak form with the introduction Alec Norton as the "heid man.
The other characters always provided a little colour along with occasionally convoluted personal lives. However the real star in Taggart was always Glasgow. The title song puts it that "this is no mean town, this is no mean city", well it's obviously a mean enough city to sustain a 22 year murder series without ever really seeming unbelievable like the village of "Midsomer Murder" which has a body count higher than New York's! All in all a good cop show and one that as long as it can keep Alec Norton, should continue for a few more years yet.
Details Edit. Release date September 6, United Kingdom. United Kingdom. STV - Taggart Programme page. Technical specs Edit. Runtime 2 hours. Related news.
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