Taggart, one of the UK’s premier crime dramas, is back!

Glasgow, Scotland

Every time I go to Scotland, and particularly when I am in Glasgow, I think of Taggart – one of the longest running crime series in UK television. And the good news is that a new series is on the way in 2011.

According to ITV, the six new-look, dangerously dark and thrilling episodes see Blythe Duff, John Michie and Alex Norton reprise their roles as straight talking D.S. Jackie Reid, wise-cracker D.I. Robbie Ross and caustic witted DCI Matt Burke.

The new series which was filmed in HD in and around Glasgow, kicks off with the unpleasant death of a student who seems to be involved in a drugs scam. The MO of ‘death by nail gun’ has also recently been seen by DI Burke’s old friend and colleague from London, DI Casey, (Reece Dinsdale, Coronation Street (who comes up to Glasgow, with his colleague, DS Moretti (Steve John Shepherd, Plus One) to help with the investigation. The show is scheduled to premiere on ITV1 later this year.