Death Comes Softly

Death Comes Softly is the 15th episode of Taggart.

It was originally broadcast on the ITV network in three weekly parts from 3 to 17 December 1990.

SYNOPSIS
When two old-age pensioners are brutally murdered in their beds, Jim Taggart must find the link between these seemingly random crimes. His investigations lead him to uncover a blackmailer and a spiritual healer with a shady past. However, when the killings continue, Taggart devises a brilliant but very risky trap, as he gambles his reputation in a desperate attempt to catch the murders before another tragedy occurs...

CAST

 * Jim Taggart - Mark McManus
 * Mike Jardine - James Macpherson
 * WPC Reid - Blythe Duff
 * Supt. McVitie - Iain Anders
 * Sophie McQueen - Eve Pearce
 * Alistair Balmain - David Rintoul
 * Pauline Aitken - Mandy Matthews
 * Fiona Clunie - Joanne Bett
 * Pete McCulloch - Alec Westwood
 * Margaret Cowan - Barbara Horne
 * Ronnie Blacklock - Bill Leadbitter
 * Lillias Blacklock - Fletcher Mathers
 * Dame Elizabeth Friell - Phyllida Hewat
 * Commander Gunner - Norman Eshley
 * Lena Henderson - Georgine Anderson
 * Fred Scott - Russell Hunter
 * Noel Brown - Bill Gavin
 * Mrs. Brown - Elspeth Cameron
 * Mrs. Pritchard - Jennifer Piercey
 * Donald King - Liam Brennan
 * Mrs. Campbell - Ida Schuster
 * Dr. Andrews - Robert Robertson
 * Mrs. Atkin - Carol Brannan
 * Stallholder - Craig Duncan
 * Bruce MacKenzie - Frank Gallagher
 * Investigations Officer - Michael David
 * Choirmaster - Robert Dean
 * Advocates Clerk - Sheena Penson
 * Judge - Martin Heller
 * Nun - Melanie O'Reilly
 * Gas Worker - James Martin
 * Prostitute - Maggie MacRitchie
 * Estate Agent - Ian Sexon
 * Detectives - Hugh Loughlan, Ewen Emery, Tony Cownie
 * Woman in Court - Kay Nicholson