Episode

Taggart: Puppet on a String

Name: Taggart: Puppet on a String
Released: 2005-01-06
Cast: Mark McManus, Harriet Buchan, Tom Watson, John Michie, Blythe Duff

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Overview

Hospital Dr. Mellor is attacked by a masked assailant carrying a syringe full of lethal drugs, but manages to survive the attack. He points the finger at rival doctor Thomas Finn, but Finn has an alibi. The next day, Mellor is found dead, but again Finn has a cast-iron alibi. Was Mellor correct in his suspicions? Or is Finn in fact entirely innocent?

Details

Series: Taggart
Season: Season 21
Episode: Episode 1
Air date: 2005-01-06

Episode context

Puppet on a String is Episode 1 in Series 21 of Taggart. It aired on 2005-01-06.

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Episode 2: The Wages of Sin 2005-01-13 The Houston family are returning from a funeral when they discover the body of a taxi driver in his car outside the family business. Burke investigates and discovers a link between the victim and the daughter who has just been buried after an overdose. Suspicion falls on the father, Davie Houston, who appears to be involved in money laundering.

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