We've been binge watching several BritBox shows and came across this one. While it isn't awful, it is borderline bad. We get the impression that there are no actual scripts or screenwriters, but instead the actors are pretty much reading lines out of a book -- which makes for a flat performance. Taggart himself is almost like the American detective Kojak, who is ready at a moments notice to slap or otherwise batter a suspect (rubber hoses, anyone?), as well as being crabby and ill-willed toward just about everyone. But then again, most of the characters in Taggart are very insulting and condescending toward the other characters. Maybe that's the way the Scottish are? On a scale of 10, we'd give it a 5. Watchable, but very uneven.
Review of Taggart
