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Cold Blood: Directed by Haldane Duncan. With Mark McManus, James MacPherson, Diane Keen, Freddie Boardley. When a woman shoots her husband after discovering that he was having an affair, it appears to be a clear-cut case - until the police realise the man was already dead when he was shot.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Haldane Duncan
- 1987-12-31
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Cold Blood is the last episode in series 3 and first aired 31 December 1987
When a woman shoots her husband dead at the Scottish Exhibition Center car park, after discovering that he was having an affair, it appears to be a clear-cut case-until the police realise that he was already dead when he was shot. Taggart and Jardine are brought in. They look at the victim's clients list to discover more.
Opening scene, An elegantly dressed woman arrives by train at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC). She makes her way through the SECC hastily, stopping only to speak to a man working on an exhibition stall. She continues her way out of the Exhibition Centre and into a car park. She arrives at a parked car and withdraws a gun from her handbag. The man from the exhibition stall has followed the woman, but he is too late. She fires six shots directly into the male occupant of the car. Meanwhile, Jim Taggart is dropping off his wife Jean at her day job as a secretary. Jean is harassing Jim about his knack of missing their anniversaries due to work. He is reminded that their impending anniversary is in fact their 25th! He is getting lots of forewarnings when his pager sounds and saves Jim. At the SECC the gun woman is still armed and has taken refuge by the Clyde riverside. Taggart arrives on the scene and is greeted by DC Mike Jardine who brings Taggart up to speed. ‘She pumped six bullets into him, cold blood’. Taggart jokes ‘What did he do? Forget their anniversary?’ A Mr Brownlow is introduced to Taggart - he witnessed the attack and was the exhibition stall worker who followed the woman. He immediately identifies the dead man in the driver’s seat of the car as George Wilson and the assailant as Ruth Wilson, his wife. Taggart and the armed team head for the rivers edge and approach Ruth Wilson. At the first request she disarms - with little persuasion man in the driver’s seat of the car as George Wilson and the assailant as Ruth Wilson, his wife. As a passing judgement to Taggart, Mrs Wilson remarks ‘I am glad he’s dead’ At Maryhill CID, Taggart interrogates Ruth Wilson. She reiterates her lack of remorse by alleging that her husband was having an affair with a Geraldine Wilson, who runs a Beauty and Aqua salon on behalf of the deceased. George and Ruth Wilson owned and managed Aqua Salon’s in both Glasgow and Manchester. Ruth and George lived in Manchester, but according to Ruth he had been spending more and more time in Glasgow, providing reason for the affair to continue. She explains the reason to kill him had come about when Mr Wilson had asked for a divorce and a row had ensued. Taggart believes the case to be open and shut – motive sexual jealousy. He even tells Jean to go ahead and book a table for their anniversary. He is about leave for the day when Jardine stops him. Dr Andrews the pathologist wants to see Jim at the mortuary - something was not right. At the mortuary Dr. Steven Andrews explains to Jim and Mike that on examining the body there was another wound, other than the gunshot wounds. He had also been stabbed and it occurred much earlier that day. So it transpired that George Wilson was already dead when Ruth Wilson shot him – she had fired six bullets into a corpse! Dr Andrews also said that he noticed the victim had been wearing a watch but this had been removed in a hurry and left marks on his wrist. At this point we witness a young man pilfering through a man's wallet and fingering a gold watch; we are led to believe that he could have mugged George Wilson. This is confirmed when we later see the young man – Donny McGregor flagging down a motorist on the A74. He holds the man at knifepoint whilst stealing his wallet – he flees into the adjacent woodland leaving his victim tied up in the car. Back at Maryhill, Taggart and DS Campbell head to the cells to confront the detained Ruth Wilson. She is informed that she will be charged for discharging a firearm in a public place but not for the murder of her husband. Jim then asked Ruth for a description of the watch belonging to her husband. She tells Jim it was a gold watch and that it was a present from Rikki Keenan, a snooker professional George Wilson knew. George had helped finance a snooker club for Mr Keenan by giving him a loan of £50,000, money that was never re-paid. Ruth Wilson was now free to go, pending bail. Interviews continue with witnesses including Stuart Hardie and Duncan Stoddart who run a fast food outlet in the SECC car park. The men confirm that George Wilson bought two coffees early that morning. Taggart and Jardine visit the Aqua Salon in Glasgow run by Geraldine Keenan, who Ruth Wilson believed to be George Wilson’s mistress. She is genuinely shocked by the allegation and denies it categorically. Taggart then focuses on the link with Geraldine’s brother Rikki Keenan, who owed Mr Wilson a large sum of money.
Taggart later decides to visit Rikki Keenan at his snooker club. He embarrassingly confirms his alibi that he was detained at Rutherglen police station for being drunk and disorderly on the day of the murder. Taggart asked Keenan about the loan given to him by George Wilson. He confirmed that it had helped him finance the club and also to buy a small weekend cottage in Loch Lomond. The motorist, Gordon Roe who was mugged on the A74 takes Taggart and Jardine to the scene of incident. They are following up on a possible lead of a hitchhiker being picked up by George Wilson. Mr Rose reveals to them the details of the attack. He tells Taggart of a distinctive tattoo on the assailant’s hand – a red triangle. Taggart decides to track down Ruth Wilson again who remains in Glasgow pending her court appearance. He manages to locate her at a restaurant ‘The Chip’ unbeknown to Jim this is where Jean Taggart had booked their anniversary meal – the meal Jim cancelled again due to the case being unexpectantly prolonged. Jean did not cancel the reservation out of principal; she is there instead with the basketball instructor from her day job.
Jim Taggart - Mark McManus
Michael Jardine - James MacPherson
Jack McVitie - Iain Anders
DS Laura Campbell - Patricia Ross
Dr Stephen Andrews - Robert Robertson
Jean Taggart - Harriet Buchan
During the course of the programme, 109 episodes of Taggart aired, including eight specials over twenty-seven series, between 2 July 1985 and 7 November 2010.
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Cold Blood. A woman shoots her husband dead after discovering that he has been having an affair. DCI Taggart thinks he has the easiest case of his career, however it soon becomes the complete opposite when the post mortem reveals that he was already dead before he was shot, and that his wife could not be responsible.
