![]() Robertson, who was still playing Dr Stephen Andrews, died of a heart attack while reading a Robert Burns poem on stage during a performance at Perth Theatre. Real-life tragedy struck in January 2001. St Johnstone fan McCredie, who played DC Stuart Fraser, was joined three years years later by streetwise womaniser DI Robbie Ross who was played by John Michie.Ĭhandler, who wrote the first 16 episodes then one per series thereafter, then decided to leave Taggart in 1998 when executive producer Robert Love left the channel. The actor became a firm favourite with Rep-goers from his first performance in Hector McMillan’s The Rising in 1973 and went on to enhance his reputation in such roles as Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman, and Frank in Educating Rita, before concentrating increasingly on directing. Robertson was artistic director of Dundee Rep at the time and had been one of the driving forces in the company’s move to a purpose-built theatre at Tay Square in 1982. In fact, he found all the character names on tombstones there, including the morbidly jolly Dr Stephen Andrews who was played by Robert Robertson from St Andrews. It wasn’t called Taggart then the three-part show was known as Killer.Ĭhandler had never written anything as long as Taggart before, or even attempted a whodunnit, and found the name Taggart on a tombstone in Maryhill Cemetery. The inaugural episode was screened on September 6 1983, scripted by an unknown Edinburgh writer called Glenn Chandler. Taggart, a hard-bitten, experienced detective who had worked his way through the ranks, was supported by DS Peter Livingstone, played by Neil Duncan. Taggart first hit our TV screens as a one-off whodunnit 40 years ago and proved such a huge success it kept viewers guessing for the next 28. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. ![]() Information An icon of an information logo. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. ![]() Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. ![]() Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across.
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