15 certificateTaggart is a Drama programme that first aired in 1983 and has been classified a 15 certificate.

Root of All Evil has no rating, but Taggart is a 3/5 star programme.
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Taggart: Root of All Evil

Series 4, episode 2

Written by
Directed by
Peter Barber-Fleming

Originally Aired On: Wednesday, 28 September 1988

The detective and sidekick Jardine investigate when a prominent loan shark dies after being brutally attacked with an axe. Jardine starts a relationship with an actress who is playing Lizzie Borden in the studio that owns the apparent murder weapon as the duo come to believe it may be a revenge killing - and that there could be a link with Glasgow's Garden Festival. Celia Imrie guest stars, with Mark McManus and James Macpherson

Cast

Image for Mark McManusMark McManus...DCI Jim Taggart
Harriet Buchan...Jean Taggart
Robert Robertson...Dr. Stephen Andrews
Iain Anders...Supt. Jack McVitie
James MacPherson...DS/DI/DCI Mike Jardine
Leigh Biagi...Alison Taggart
Carol Brannon...Fanny
Emma Currie...Prospective Hostess
Emma D'Inverno...Julie Adamson
Stewart Ennis...George McSherry
Don Gallagher...D.S. Hind
James Gibb...Archie Cook
Jonathan Hackett...Bill Shires
Alex Howden...Libby
Celia Imrie...Helen Lomax
Kenny Ireland...Ken Lomax
Gordon Kane...Willie Lomax
John Kane...Mick Lomax
Peter Kelly...Robert Carrera
Tom Mannion...D.S. Scott
Image for James MartinJames Martin...Steve Gooch
Joseph McFadden...David Shires
David Meldrum...Nicholas Frame
Elizabeth Millbank...Lana Shires
Kirsty Miller...Linda
Bill Murdoch...Kennel Owner
Andrew Robertson...Frank Bell
Robert Stefani...Police Sgt.
Irene Sunters...Mrs. Lomax
Alan Vicary...Paul Hunter
Sandy Welch...Tim Webster