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
Tamara Taggart Tamara Taggart Tamara Taggart, OBC is a Canadian television presenter, born on May 2, 1968, in Vancouver, British Columbia. She recently served as the weekday anchor of "CTV News at Six" alongside Mike Killeen on CIVT-TV ("CTV British Columbia") in Vancouver, British Columbia. On April 9, 2018 both Tamara and Mike were fired from CTV. Taggart's career in broadcasting started while she was attending BCIT in Burnaby, British Columbia, where she was enrolled in the Broadcast Communications program. She graduated in 1991 (her class included Vancouver sports broadcaster John Shorthouse, NewCap Radio GM Steve Parsons, McVay Media writer & program