Taggart Dead Giveaway Part One (Season 4, Episode 1)
TV-14
TV Episode | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Taggart

Dead Giveaway Part One (Season 4, Episode 1)

TV-14

TV Episode | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After a mother and son are found dead, Taggart hunts after a murderer who's putting rat poison into food products made by a company called "Wonderland".

Director

Alan Macmillan

Writer

Glenn Chandler (creator) (written by)

Producer

Peter Barber-Fleming

Composer

Mike Moran

Cinematographer

Jim Peters (lighting cameraman)

Editor

Chris Buckland

Production Designer

Geoff Nixon

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Edit Released

Updated Sep 7, 1988

Release date

Sep 7, 1988 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

3 wins & 3 nominations

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29 cast members

Name	Known for
Mark McManus DCI Jim Taggart DCI Jim Taggart See fewer	Taggart (1983)
James MacPherson DS Mike Jardine DS Mike Jardine See fewer	Taggart (1983)
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Kathryn Howden Pauline Baird Pauline Baird See fewer	Malevolent (III) (2018)
Iain Anders Supt. Jack McVitie Supt. Jack McVitie See fewer	Taggart (1983)
Robert Robertson Dr. Stephen Andrews Dr. Stephen Andrews See fewer	Breaking the Waves (1996)
Harriet Buchan Jean Taggart Jean Taggart See fewer	Taggart (1983)
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