Friday, 03 October 2008
8.30pm

Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2008, Taggart is TV's most enduring crime drama series.

This action-packed, gritty and sinister series has paved the way for a new generation of detective programs while continuing to evolve in style and content.

In a series of new one hour stories, the tight investigative unit - DCI Matt Burke (Alex Norton); DI Robbie Ross (John Michie); DS Jackie Reid (Blythe Duff) and DC Stuart Fraser (Colin McCredie) - investigate murders borne out of everything from corporate fraud to gangland drug warfare.

Tonight (Friday, October 3) an out of work gambler is found kicked to death in an alleyway. He has thousands of pounds hidden in his flat and the team suspect that he has been receiving insider information from a local horse racing stable.

When the glamorous wife of the stable owner dies while out riding, the team gets the bit between their teeth.

Determined to find out who is controlling the reins of an illegal betting syndicate, DCI Burke realises he has the killer, but is faced with a dilemma - will he do a deal to catch the gangster paymaster?