Death Call (2 Sep. 1986)

Taggart and his partner Peter Livingstone are called in to investigate the macabre killing of the wife of a wealthy landowner whose body is found strangled and weighed down with luggage in ... See full summary »

Director:

Haldane Duncan

Writer:

Glenn Chandler (creator)

Stars:

Mark McManus, Alastair Duncan, Harriet Buchan

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Mark McManus	...	DCI Jim Taggart
Alastair Duncan	...	DS Peter Livingstone (as Neil Duncan)
Harriet Buchan	...	Jean Taggart
Robert Robertson	...	Dr. Stephen Andrews
Iain Anders	...	Supt. Jack McVitie
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ernest Blake	...	Club Barman
Juliet Cadzow	...	Marie Burns
John Cairney	...	Robert Russell
Michael Carter	...	Sandy Russell
Alan Cumming	...	Jamie McCormack
James Donnelly	...	Moynahan
Julie Graham	...	Kathleen Kelly
Gawn Grainger	...	Tony Meacher (as Gawn Grainer)
Stuart Hepburn	...	Kenny Forfar
Paul Higgins	...	Alastair Finn

Storyline

Taggart and his partner Peter Livingstone are called in to investigate the macabre killing of the wife of a wealthy landowner whose body is found strangled and weighed down with luggage in a reservoir. The husband was last seen preparing to go to Switzerland with a large sum of money in a holdall.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Details

Release Date:

2 September 1986 (UK)

Company Credits

User Reviews

pedestrian

This is the second episode of the second season of Taggart and was originally shown on February 9th, 1986.

Taggart and Peter Livingstone are called in to investigate when a woman's body is found weighted down with her own luggage at the bottom of a loch. She was last seen with her husband and a suitcase full of cash preparing for a flight to Switzerland.

This is not a brilliant episode of Taggart, particularly after the previous episode "Knife edge," which was outstanding. The writers often took 6 months to research and write the script often basing the story on real life events. So the disappointing end came as a surprise.

Taggart is credited for kick starting the careers of a number of big name actors. In this episode Alan Cumming is given a chance to show his potential. He later moved to Hollywood and appeared in Saturday Night Live and X men 2.

At the end of the day Mark McManus is Taggart and that is a good enough reason to watch this show.