In the early eighties, Robert Love, Controller of Drama at Scottish Television, and Glenn Chandler, pathologist turned writer, created a Glaswegian police detective named Jim Taggart, a creation, which resulted in a worldwide successful television drama that has lasted over twenty five years. Since the pilot episode "Killer", the only installment not to carry the trademark name, to the most recently aired episode, the show has presented more grizzly murders and plot twists than even the most ardent of fans can remember.