Episode

Taggart: Penthouse and Pavement

Name: Taggart: Penthouse and Pavement
Released: 2003-10-07
Cast: Mark McManus, Harriet Buchan, Tom Watson, John Michie, Blythe Duff

TaggartSeries 202003-10-07

Overview

A famous novelist is found murdered in an alley the morning after a prestigious book launch, and DCI Burke's team's only lead is a drugged and confused prostitute. As the team explore a number of possibilities, Fraser and Reid find the victim enjoyed a secret life amid Glasgow's sleazy underworld which may have led to murder.

Details

Series: Taggart
Season: Season 20
Episode: Episode 1
Air date: 2003-10-07

Episode context

Penthouse and Pavement is Episode 1 in Series 20 of Taggart. It aired on 2003-10-07.

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Episode 2: Atonement 2003-12-03 Billy McCree is murdered in his workshop, and his severed hand is found next to him. The obvious suspect is Jim Naysmith, just out of jail after a twenty year stretch. Burke investigates the Naysmith gang, whilst Robbie is flattered when Mary, a young law student, asks to shadow him. Gemma, however, believes that Mary may have an ulterior motive.

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Episode 3: Compensation 2004-04-30 DCI Burke's personal life comes to the fore as the team are called to the countryside of Fenmore after a farmer is killed in a suspicious fire. With few clues and no villager prepared to offer information, Burke feels they have stepped into a private war.

Episode 4: Saints and Sinners 2004-12-30 When lawyer Richard Flett is shot dead, suspicion initially falls on his widow Adele and his partner Charlie Muir, who were having an affair. However, when Muir is also murdered, Burke uncovers a wholly different motive. A group of residents was taking a company called Arcadia to court on the grounds that they had caused pollution, leading to illness.