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
Millee Taggart on "Loving" from 1988–1991 and a recent stint for "Guiding Light" from 2002 - 2003. Taggart was also Co-Executive Producer of the reality TV series, "Starting Over". She is also sometimes credited as Millee Taggart-Radcliffe. Taggart and novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford wrote a "bible" for a new daytime serial which was titled, "Saints And Sinners". Ms Taggart-Ratcliffe is currently Co-Ep of Emmy Award winning series, Born This Way, on AE. "All My Children" "As the World Turns" "The City" "Guiding Light" "Loving" "Ryan's Hope" "Santa Barbara" "Search for Tomorrow" "Starting Over" Daytime Emmy Awards WINS NOMINATIONS Writers Guild of America