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
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