Glenn Chandler (including its series "Crown Court") before creating and writing his own series "Taggart" for STV Productions (ITV Network). Chandler created "Taggart" for STV's Controller of Drama, Robert Love, who wanted to set a police series in Glasgow. Chandler was inspired by true crime and real life, and even lifted the names of characters for the series from gravestones in Maryhill Cemetery in Glasgow. The series continued even after the death of the actor Mark McManus, who played the lead role of Jim Taggart, and became the longest-running police drama on British television. Chandler has continued to write for his first
Tamara Taggart around Vancouver, the Lower Mainland and on Vancouver Island. In January 2011, Taggart transferred to the CTV news desk. Taggart also hosted a home renovation show, "Love It or Lose It" for two seasons, on the Home and Garden TV network (HGTV). Taggart had minor roles in the films "Antitrust", "Josie and the Pussycats", "" and "Along Came a Spider", and on several television series, including "Robson Arms", "Cold Squad", and "Touching Evil". The "Georgia Straight" Annual Reader’s Poll named Taggart as Vancouver's "Best TV Weather Person" and "Best TV Personality" in 2002, 2003 and 2004. She was named "Woman