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Contemporary episodes from the world’s longest continually running police drama;
Episodes available to U.S. audiences for the first time
Set 2 debuts on DVD February 23, 2010
"Great Scottish detective show"—The Guardian
"Gripping and intelligent"—The Daily Telegraph
"Excellent drama"—TV Times
"Gritty, compelling…a mad cocktail of Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie,
and old Vincent Price movies"—The Sunday Times
Silver Spring, MD — Still going strong after more than a quarter of a century, Taggart, Set 2 debuts on DVD on February 23, 2010 from British TV on DVD specialist Acorn Media. Featuring eight contemporary episodes, the smash hit series follows a team of Glasgow detectives taking on the city’s worst crimes. With its deadpan humor, sordid setting, and “witty scripts rich with Glasgow patter” (The Guardian), this quintessentially Scottish series has won universal appeal and become Britain’s longest-running police drama series. Available to U.S. audiences for the first time, Set 2 includes the complete 20th season of the series, which aired in the U.K. in 2004 (DVD 4-vol., $59.99, www.AcornOnline.com).
A hard-driving cop drama with a hard-edged Scottish burr, Taggart deals in a world of prostitutes, drug dealers, crime lords, and killers. In eight tightly crafted episodes, a team of Glasgow detectives use their collective wits and street smarts to tackle murder in this very tough town. Each case requires them to get inside the mind of murderers—how they think, how they act, how they kill. The series stars Alex Norton (Patriot Games), John Michie (To Walk with Lions), Blythe Duff, and Colin McCredie as the team of detectives.
Taggart premiered in the U.K. in September 1983 led by actor Mark McManus as DCI Jim Taggart. After McManus died in 1994, the series continued with James McPherson as DCI Mike Jardine, and now Alex Norton leads the team as DCI Matt Burke (2002-Present). The series airs on ITV in the U.K.
Episodes in Set 2: Penthouse & Pavement, Atonement, Compensation, Saints and Sinners, Puppet on a String, The Wages of Sin, The Ties That Bind, and In Camera
Headquartered in suburban Washington, D.C., Acorn Media distributes distinctive home video releases to the North American market with a special focus on the best of British television. Acorn’s DVD sets are available from select retailers, catalog companies, and direct from Acorn Media at (888) 870-8047 or www.acornonline.com.
Street: February 23, 2010
SRP: $59.99
DVD 4-Vol. Boxed Set: 8 episodes - Approx. 559 min. - British mystery - SDH subtitles
Press Contact (screeners, box art/stills and interviews):
Chad Campbell, Acorn Media, 301.608.2115 ext. 138, ccampbell@acornmedia.com
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