IT'S a story with as many twists and turns as a murder mystery in Taggart: will there ever be another series of the police drama?
TV insiders have talked for years about a comeback for the show, which ended in 2010, with The Ends of Justice.
Jim Taggart, played by Mark McManus, and his wife Jean had a daughter, Alison, and one of the persistent rumours was the new show would be based around their daughter.
Glenn Chandler, the man who wrote so many of the original Taggarts, is not convinced by rumours of a comeback. He said: “I’ve had so many people say to me ‘I’m dealing with Scottish Television’.
"I was talking to a writer the other day, who said ‘I’m in discussions with Scottish TV about the granddaughter of Taggart’ and I said whatever happened to the daughter of Taggart, have we jumped a generation? I know no more than anybody else.”
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Blythe Duff also has her doubts about reviving the show. “The format will always work – we proved that. But I don’t know – I’d have to see. It’s so different now - policing is so different it would be hard to keep it with the energy that the old ones had. I also think there are an awful lot of good cop shows at the moment and you tamper with it at your peril. Taggart has left a lasting legacy in our memory, and maybe that’s what it needs to be.”
Taggart is available to stream for free on STV Player.
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