"In which T.V. Detective series did ""DCI Michael Jardine"" appear ?"
James MacPherson (actor) part that had come up in "Taggart" and, after he regained his Glasgow accent, which had been diluted by working in London, he was offered the part. Initially the character of Jardine was to be a foil to DS Livingstone, assistant to DCI Jim Taggart (Mark McManus), but when Neil Duncan left the show shortly after MacPherson joined it Jardine became Jim Taggart's permanent right-hand man. He then became the central character following McManus's death in 1994. McManus was godfather to MacPherson's daughter Katie. 2002 saw MacPherson's last appearance as DCI Michael Jardine. MacPherson was forced to leave the show
DCI Banks DCI Banks DCI Banks was a British crime drama series produced by Left Bank Pictures for the ITV network. Originally broadcast over five series in 2010–2016, the series was based on Peter Robinson's Inspector Alan Banks novels and stars Stephen Tompkinson as Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks. In 2013, the series won in the drama category at the regional Royal Television Society Yorkshire Programme Awards. In January 2010, author Peter Robinson signed with Left Bank Pictures and ITV to adapt novels from the Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks series for television. Filming on a two-part pilot based on "Aftermath" was