Root of Evil

Root of Evil is the 9th episode of Taggart. It was first broadcast on the ITV network in three weekly parts from 28 September to 12 October 1988.

SYNOPSIS
The Glasgow Garden Festival and Mayfest provide the very colourful backdrop to a series of brutal murders, as the city's moneylenders are targeted. Could this be simply a gangland vendetta, or are there other motives in play? As DCI Jim Taggart and the Maryhill CID enter the ruthless world of rival loan sharks, they uncover a string of suspects and a host of clues, but can they solve the mystery before the killer strikes once more?

CAST

 * Jim Taggart - Mark McManus
 * Mike Jardine - James Macpherson
 * Helen Lomax - Celia Imrie
 * Ken Lomax - Kenny Ireland
 * Mick Lomax - John Kane
 * Willie Lomax - Gordon Kane
 * Julie Adamson - Emma D'Inverno
 * Robert Carrera - Peter Kelly
 * D.S. Scott - Tom Mannion
 * D.S. Hind - Don Gallagher
 * Supt. McVitie - Iain Anders
 * Dr. Andrews - Robert Robertson
 * Jean Taggart - Harriet Buchan
 * Alison Taggart - Leigh Biagi
 * Tim Webster - Sandy Welch
 * Mrs. Lomax - Irene Sunters
 * Bill Shires - Jonathan Hackett
 * Lana Shires - Elizabeth Millbank
 * David Shires - Joseph McFadden
 * Frank Bell - Andrew Robertson
 * Nicholas Frame - David Meldrum
 * George McSherry - Stewart Ennis
 * Archie Cook - James Gibb
 * Paul Hunter - Alan Vicary
 * Linda - Kirsty Miller
 * Kennel Owner - Bill Murdoch
 * Libby - Alex Howden
 * Fanny - Carol Brannan
 * Steve Gooch - James Martin
 * Police Sergeant - Robert Stefani
 * Prospective Hostess - Emma Currie