Taggart and Jardine investigate a charred corpse and find sinister signs of black magic.
Taggart and Jardine investigate after a gypsy is found murdered in her caravan.
A classic case for the tough Glaswegian detective. Taggart does not usually concern himself with suicides - until he finds one case where all is not what it
Three-part installment of the series. Snooty Superintendent Brand investigates Taggart and his sidekick Mike Jardine, both suspected of having leaked the whereabouts of a supergrass to a Glaswegian gangster.
When a satanist is murdered on Halloween night, Taggart fears that Reid may be in danger.
The very last story to feature Mark McManus as the Glaswegian detective. Taggart is promoted when McVitie has a heart attack, but he's not happy about it.
For Jardine, as for his great predecessor Taggart, one murder is never enough and here's the start of another body-strewn case. This one starts with the murder of the parents of a girl they haver tried to rescue from the clutches of a religious cult. There are more deaths to come, each linked to one of plagues of ancient Egypt predicted to return to the world shortly before Armageddon. Jardine's investigation isn't helped when his brother is a member of the sect.
Professor James Mitchell has spotted the drug Berserker and knows its deadly properties, but who may be providing the formula for its manufacture?
When the body of a young student is found, the team have a difficult investigation on their hands. Then another body is discovered with almost identical neck wounds
A restaurant critic is found murdered. As the team uncover the details of his last big story, his death seems part of a conspiracy beyond the world of fine dining.
Burke is shot whilst taking a break and cash is found at his home. With his reputation and life on the line, the race is on to find the perpetrator.
Burke tackles a copycat killing inspired by a murder committed 20 years previously. Enlisting the help of celebrated pathologist Irene Russell, he attempts to solve the case before more victims die. As events unfold, it becomes clear that the ultimate target may be someone at the heart of the investigation
The team investigate the suspicious death of a recruit at an army training camp. Following a poor appraisal, Robbie Ross tries to restore his reputation by volunteering to go undercover in the ranks. He discovers a brutal regime drilling young men to kill or be killed and a culture of abuse and blackmail involving senior officers - but not before more deaths have occurred.
The team investigate the apparently motiveless murder of a garage mechanic. Suspicion falls on the victim's friend and business partner when his car is found abandoned at a notorious suicide spot by the river, but the search for a washed-up body draws a blank. Eventually a tip-off puts Ross on the trail of infamous gangsters the Callaghan brothers, leaving a mystery about the fake death.
A missing teenager's body is found on wasteland near a fairground, exacerbating tensions between local residents and travellers. The team have to tread carefully to catch the killer - but the case is made doubly difficult by conflicting opinions on how to proceed. Blythe Duff and John Michie star.
A researcher is found dead in a university science laboratory, the victim of a severe anaphylactic shock. Burke investigates and uncovers evidence that her food was contaminated deliberately, raising suspicions that a calculating killer is stalking the campus - a theory confirmed by a second fatality the following day.
The team investigate the murder of an activist who is found dead at her flat. The chief suspect ends up being a local property developer who wants to develop the block of flats in which she lived.
A man suffering with cancer is accused of murdering his wife. Reid doesn't believe he is guilty though and decides to find the real killer.
A women is killed on her way to a fertility clinic which religious protestors are targeting. Reid finds himself leading the team to find her killer.
Andrew, Inspector Burke's father, died suddenly. Soon after, a friend of Andrew also passes away. Burke does not believe in coincidence. He takes over the case and directs the police team, despite his involvement in the case. He must deal a difficult relationship with his brother as well.
On a Scottish island, a young man turns up dead, apparently in the way of a ritual. No one seems to recall when the victim arrived. Inspector Burke suspects islanders have got something to hide.
When a new novel includes the detailed description of a murder the same of that which belongs to an unsolved case, the team start to think the story's writer could of been involved in the murder. Burke tries unsuccessfully to find evidence to link the author to the crime but remains determined to bring him down.
Nick Williams is murdered at a local greyhound track and it looks like at first that huge debts cost him his life. As the team investigate further they find out about an embittered wife, an angry local ruffian and a greyhound handler who has secrets of his own.
A regenerated community ends up getting an unpleasant reminder of it's past when a body is found hanging in a local children's playground. Harry Wallace becomes the main suspect and Reid fights to clear his name. The team though start to believe though that she is letting her feelings for him cloud her judgement.
After father and his son are found murdered with bibles at their sides, the team find themselves investigating a strict religious sect. Burke becomes very frustrated when the secretive community closes ranks.Burke believes that the group's leader, James Hardie, knows more than he is saying.
After a newly-qualified doctor is discovered tortured and mutilated in an empty warehouse the team soon discover some connections to a drug-trafficking case.
The leader of a ship workers' union is shot dead during a labour dispute and his boss also ends up being shot. Burke and Reid think that it could be a corporate killing but the case ends up being far from clear until some new evidence is discovered.
After Iranian refugee Farid Mamood is burnt to death, it it looks like a racially motivated murder as one of the suspectsis a former soldier with strong opinions about the Mamoods' arrival in the area. Burke believes there is another motive behind the killing and that there is a more complex case on his hands when a local drug dealer enters the mix.
After a father and his three children are discovered dead in a flat there are no witnesses to the crime and the only surviving child is unconscious in hospital. The team at first think that it is an open-and-shut case until the child wakes up and the case takes a shocking twist.
After a boxer is discovered to have been murdered it leads the team into the world of cage fighting, illegal betting and lap dancing.
DI Reid heads the murder investigation after a busker is stabbed to death down an alley in Glasgow. Important evidence ends up showing up in the hands of two art students who were photographing the area at the time. Ross's personal life begins to unravel as the case progresses.