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 and her husband Dave have a son, Beckett, born August 2, 2007; a daughter, Zoë, born September 24, 2008; and a daughter, Poppy, born August 16, 2010. Taggart co-hosted "Live! with Regis and Kelly" for one day on Friday August 21, 2009. On December 8, 2010, it was announced that Taggart would co-anchor the "CTV News at Six" alongside Mike Killeen, effective January 3, 2011, following the stepping-down of longtime anchors Pamela Martin and Bill Good.Tamara Taggart was recently fired from CTV due to restructuring. On December 11, 2018, Taggart announced that she was seeking the Liberal nomination for the