Taggart "Taggart" was one of the UK's longest-running television dramas and the longest-running police drama after the cancellation of "The Bill". Mark McManus, who played the title character Jim Taggart, died in 1994; however, the series continued under the same name. The series theme music is "No Mean City" sung by Maggie Bell. The Scottish BAFTA-winning pilot episode, "Killer", directed by Laurence Moody and broadcast in 1983, introduced the character Detective Chief Inspector (DCI) Jim Taggart (played by Mark McManus until his death in 1994), a tough and experienced detective who had worked his way up through the ranks. His original
Detective (band) disband. Michael Des Barres from the band performed songs on the fourth episode of the first season of the sitcom "WKRP in Cincinnati" as part of the fictional hoodlum rock group "Scum of the Earth". Michael Des Barres (who played "Sir Charles Weatherbee" aka "Dog") and two other actors ("Peter Elbling", as "Blood", and "Jim Henderson", as "Nigel") played the part of the band during most of the TV show, but the band Detective performed on the end of the show segment. Detective (band) Detective was an American/English rock band that toured and recorded in the late 1970s. Detective consisted