Death Benefits

Death Benefits is the 23rd episode of Taggart.

It was originally broadcast on the ITV network in three weekly parts from 16 February to 2 March 1993.

SYNOPSIS
When police sergeant John Fraser is on duty investigating a break in at an art gallery robbery his wife is murdered. The dead woman's diary contains a mysterious list of names. The people on the list begin to die in what seems to be accidents, but DCI Jim Taggart struggles to find any connection between them. Meanwhile Fraser is being blackmailed by the art thieves and a daring robbery starts to throw suspicion on him.

CAST

 * Jim Taggart - Mark McManus
 * Mike Jardine - James Macpherson
 * Jackie Reid - Blythe Duff
 * Jack McVitie - Iain Anders
 * Dr. Andrews - Robert Robertson
 * Dr. Crawford - Anthony Cochrane
 * Jean Taggart - Harriet Buchan


 * George Donaldson - Ken Hutchison
 * John Fraser - Alexander Morton
 * Julia Fraser - Susie McKenna
 * Bob McKendrick - Sean Scanlan
 * Cindy McKendrick - Caroline Paterson
 * Marco Cellini - Ron Donachie
 * Langford - Frederick Warder
 * Christine - Siobhan Stanley
 * Art Gallery Director - Elizabeth Sinclair
 * Danny Robertson - Seamus Gubbins
 * Sonia Cummings - Fiona Chalmers
 * Terry - Iain Andrew
 * Tony - Robert Cavanah
 * Rev. Peter Armstrong - Cameron Stewart
 * Patricia Armstrong - Bridget McCann
 * Monica - Monica Gibb
 * Mrs. Spicer - Aileen O'Gorman
 * Lynn - Monica Brady
 * Roy - Thomas Flanagan
 * Jerry Elmore - Mike Parkinson
 * Auctioneer - Michael Mackenzie
 * McKendrick's Detective - Keith Bayliss
 * Nurse - Muireann Kelly
 * Simon - Shan A. Kahn
 * Newsreader - Stephen Jardine
 * Landlord - Alex Howden
 * Minister - Iain Wotherspoon
 * Cellini's Sidekick - Peter D'Souza
 * Desk Sergeant - Bill Barclay
 * Constable at Manse - Andrew Wardlaw
 * Detective Sergeant - Stewart G. Aitken
 * The Band - Dawson