Funeral Rites

Funeral Rites is the 6th episode of Taggart. It was originally broadcast on the ITV network in three weekly parts from 9 September to 23 September 1987.

SYNOPSIS
When a charred corpse is discovered in a disused railway tunnel, DCI Jim Taggart and the Maryhill CID set out to find the killer. The trail leads to the sinister world of voodoo and the occult. As more deaths follow, it begins to look as if an unseen hand is reaching out from beyond the grave. Elsewhere, respectable dentist, Colin Davidson is plotting to kill his arthritic wife, Maggie. Could the cases be linked? Taggart must find the answer.

CAST

 * Jim Taggart - Mark McManus
 * Mike Jardine - James Macpherson
 * Maggie Davidson - Annette Crosbie
 * Colin Davidson - Paul Young
 * Tommy Campbell - Vincent Friell
 * Malcolm McWhinnie - Jimmy Chisholm
 * Pat Connolly - Ron Donachie
 * Father Martin - Colin Gourley
 * Linda Abernathy - Isabella Jarret
 * Derek Abernathy - Gavin Brown
 * Supt. McVitie - Iain Anders
 * Dr. Andrews - Robert Robertsons
 * Kenny Forfar - Stuart Hepburn
 * Jean Taggart - Harriet Buchan
 * Roger Freedman - Nick d'Avirro
 * Mary Freedman - Sandra Clark
 * Queenie - Mona Bruce
 * Dr. Crawford - Anthony Cochrane
 * Sheila Foy - Eliza Langland
 * Marjory Bennett - Ann-Scott Jones
 * Minister - Michael McCallum
 * Douglas Abernathy - Mel Donald
 * Nurse - Maly Hunwick
 * Glue Sniffer - Matthew Hodgman
 * Samantha Foy - Marie Louise O'Hara
 * Ian Sommerville - Brian Pettifer
 * Gordon Ferry - Gilly Gilchrist
 * Billy Sweeney - Billy Johnstone
 * Annie Johnstone - Donalda Samuel
 * Mrs. Campbell - Anne Myatt
 * Dr. Carson - Robert McBain
 * Moira Crichton - Francis Lonergan
 * Archie - Jamie Barnes
 * Dr. I. Brodie - Gordon Fulton
 * Shona Freedman - Kathy Hale
 * Scott - William Blair
 * Ken - Allan Tall