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
Will Taggart Will Taggart Will Taggart is a guitarist and a former School of Rock All Star. In 2014, the episode "May Be the Last Time" of "True Blood" on HBO featured the song "Open the Gates" co-written by Taggart and Derrick Schneider. They created "Open the Gates" at the age of 14 while playing in the hard rock band Rapid Fire. Taggart was the lead guitarist of Rapid Fire, which performed at the 2010 Bamboozle Festival at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey. After growing up in Summit, New Jersey, Taggart graduated from Morristown-Beard School in Morristown, New