Episodes
| Episode | Title | Airdate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot: | |||
| P. | "Killer" | 6–20 September 1983 | First appearance of DCI Jim Taggart and DS Peter Livingstone |
| Series 1: | |||
| 1. | "Dead Ringer" | 2–16 July 1985 | |
| 2. | "Murder In Season" | 23 July - 6 August 1985 | |
| Series 2: | |||
| 3. | "Knife Edge" | 24 February - 10 March 1986 | |
| 4. | "Death Call" | 2–16 September 1986 | |
| Series 3: | |||
| 5. | "The Killing Philosophy" | 15–29 April 1987 | First appearance of DS Michael Jardine |
| 6. | "Funeral Rites" | 9–23 September 1987 | |
| 7. | "Cold Blood" | 31 December 1987 | Feature length Christmas Special |
| Series 4: | |||
| 8. | "Dead Giveaway" | 7–21 September 1988 | |
| 9. | "Root Of Evil" | 28 September - 12 October 1988 | |
| 10. | "Double Jeopardy" | 30 December 1988 | Feature length Christmas Special |
| Series 5: | |||
| 11. | "Flesh And Blood" | 5–19 September 1989 | |
| 12. | "Love Knot" | 1 January 1990 | Feature length New Year Special |
| 13. | "Hostile Witness" | 22 February - 8 March 1990 | |
| Series 6: | |||
| 14. | "Evil Eye" | 4–18 September 1990 | |
| 15. | "Death Comes Softly" | 3 December 1990 | First appearance of WPC Jackie Reid |
| 16. | "Rogues Gallery" | 31 December 1990 | Feature length Christmas Special |
| Series 7: | |||
| 17. | "Violent Delights" | 1 January 1992 | Feature length New Year Special |
| 18. | "Nest Of Vipers" | 9–23 January 1992 | |
| 19. | "Double Exposure" | 30 January - 13 February 1992 | |
| Series 8: | |||
| 20. | "The Hit Man" | 17 September - 1 October 1992 | |
| 21. | "Ring Of Deceit" | 8–22 October 1992 | |
| 22. | "Fatal Inheritance" | 1 January 1993 | Feature length New Year Special |
| Series 9: | |||
| 23. | "Death Benefits" | 16 February 1993 | |
| 24. | "Gingerbread" | 20 April 1993 | |
| 25. | "Death Without Dishonour" | 11 May 1993 | |
| Series 10: | |||
| 26. | "Instrument Of Justice" | 30 September 1993 | |
| 27. | "Forbidden Fruit" | 1 January 1994 | Last appearance of DS Peter Livingstone |
| 28. | "Secrets" | 6 October 1994 | |
| Series 11: | |||
| 29. | "Hellfire" | 27 October 1994 | |
| 30. | "Prayer For The Dead" | 11 January 1995 | Last appearance of DCI Jim Taggart |
| 31. | "Black Orchid" | 25 February 1995 | First appearance of DC Stuart Fraser |
| Series 12: | |||
| 32. | "Legends" | 2 November 1995 | |
| 33. | "Devil's Advocate" | 4 January 1996 | |
| 34. | "Angel Eyes" | 21 March 1996 | |
| Series 13: | |||
| 35. | "Dead Man's Chest" | 19 September 1996 | |
| 36. | "Apocalypse" | 16 January 1997 | |
| Series 14: | |||
| 37. | "Babushka" | 4 September 1997 | |
| 38. | "Berserker" | 1 January 1998 | |
| 39. | "Out Of Bounds" | 1 March 1998 | |
| 40. | "Dead Reckoning" | 15 July 1998 | |
| Series 15: | |||
| 41. | "A Few Bad Men" | 8 October 1998 | First appearance of DI Robbie Ross |
| 42. | "Long Time Dead" | 1 November 1998 | Feature length Special |
| Series 16: | |||
| 43. | "Bloodlines" | 16 January 1999 | |
| 44. | "A Fistful Of Chips" | 7 September 1999 | |
| 45. | "Fearful Lightning" | 21 October 1999 | |
| 46. | "For Their Sins" | 21 November 1999 | |
| Series 17: | |||
| 47. | "Ghost Rider" | 16 February 2000 | |
| 48. | "Skin Deep" | 14 September 2000 | |
| 49. | "Wavelength" | 21 September 2000 | |
| 50. | "Football Crazy" | 1 December 2000 | |
| 51. | "Falling In Love" | 10 January 2001 | |
| Series 18: | |||
| 52. | "Death Trap" | 14 January 2002 | First appearance of DCI Matthew Burke and last appearance of DCI Mike Jardine |
| 53. | "Fire, Burn" | 21 January 2002 | |
| 54. | "Watertight" | 8 July 2002 | |
| 55. | "The Friday Event" | 15–16 July 2002 | Split in 2 parts |
| Series 19: | |||
| 56. | "Hardman" | 4 December 2002 | Hour long episode |
| 57. | "Fade to Black" | 11 December 2002 | Hour long episode |
| 58. | "Blood Money" | 18 December 2002 | Hour long episode |
| 59. | "New Life" | 4 January 2003 | Hour long episode |
| 60. | "Bad Blood" | 11 January 2003 | Hour long episode |
| 61. | "Halfway House" | 18 January 2003 | Hour long episode |
| 62. | "An Eye For An Eye" | 25 January 2003 | TV Movie Special |
| Series 20: | |||
| 63. | "Penthouse And Pavement" | 7 October 2003 | |
| 64. | "Atonement" | 3 December 2003 | |
| 65. | "Compensation" | 30 April 2004 | |
| 66. | "Saints And Sinners" | 30 December 2004 | |
| 67. | "Puppet On A String" | 6 January 2005 | |
| 68. | "The Wages Of Sin" | 13 January 2005 | |
| Series 21: | |||
| 69. | "The Ties That Bind" | 20 January 2005 | |
| 70. | "In Camera" | 27 January 2005 | |
| 71. | "Mind Over Matter" | 3 February 2005 | |
| 72. | "Cause And Effect" | 16 September 2005 | |
| 73. | "A Taste Of Money" | 23 September 2005 | |
| 74. | "A Death Foretold" | 30 September 2005 | |
| Series 22: | |||
| 75. | "Running Out Of Time" | 4 November 2005 | |
| 76. | "Cause To Kill" | 11 November 2005 | |
| 77. | "Do Or Die" | 9 December 2005 | |
| 78. | "Dead Man Walking" | 16 December 2005 | |
| 79. | "Law" | 22 March 2006 | |
| 80. | "The Best And The Brightest" | 29 March 2006 | |
| Series 23: | |||
| 81. | "Users And Losers" | 3 January 2007 | |
| 82. | "The Thirteenth Step" | 17 January 2007 | |
| 83. | "Tenement" | 30 April 2007 | |
| 84. | "Pinnacle" | 4 July 2007 | |
| 85. | "Genesis" | 8 January 2008 | |
| 86. | "The Caring Game" | 14 November 2008 | |
| 87. | "Lifeline" | 30 December 2008 | |
| Series 24: | |||
| 88. | "Judgement Day" | 15 January 2008 | |
| 89. | "Island" | 27 February 2008 | |
| 90. | "Trust" | 21 April 2008 | |
| 91. | "A Study in Murder" | 1 May 2008 | |
| 92. | "Point of Light" | 5 June 2008 | |
| Series 25: | |||
| 93. | "Safer" | 3 November 2008 | |
| 94. | "Homesick" | 8 December 2008 | |
| 95. | "Crossing the Line" | 15 December 2008 | The discovery of skeletons in an old mine shaft in Glasgow opens a murder investigation and ghosts from the past come back to haunt the local community |
| 96. | "Cold Reader" | 20 February 2009 | |
| 97. | "Grass" | 30 April 2009 | |
| 98. | "The Knife Trick" | 7 May 2009 | |
| 99. | "So Long Baby" | 19 July 2009 | |
| Series 26: | |||
| 100. | "Fact and Fiction" | 24 December 2009 | 100th Episode Three years earlier Jimmy Melville's corpse was found floating in a river. His mobile phone was sold on e-bay and at one time had been in the possession of Mark Joffe, a part-time English lecturer and crime writer, whose new novel 'Chaos' describes a murder identical to Melville's. He is an arrogant, evasive interviewee but he once had an affair with an Anne Scoular, to whom he was violent and threatening after she left him for Jimmy Melville.This gives Burke's team an opening, as does the cooperation of an older female colleague spurned by Joffe. |
| 101. | "IOU" | 18 July 2010 | Bank clerk Craig Williams is murdered at the dog-track,where,for a change,he would have won - forty five grand. Evidence suggests that the race was fixed and the favourite dog nobbled. Had Craig lived he would have claimed his winnings from bookie Niall McShane and his violent son Ged,who threatens the trainer. But then Ged McShane is killed in the same way as Craig. An ex-wife who stood to gain from Craig's life insurance and a married colleague with whom he had a fling while her husband was abroad are now in the frame alongside the bookie and the trainer. |
| 102. | "Local Hero" | 25 July 2010 | A body is found hanging from the swing frame in the playground on the recently rejuvenated Allerdykes Estate by a local 'Community Watch' member doing his early morning check. |
| 103. | "The Rapture" | 1 August 2010 | The last appearance of DC Stuart Fraser : Edward Muir and his son Luke,members of the austere Triune Family religious group,are brutally murdered with open bibles by the corpses,referring to the Rapture or promise of eternal life. Karen,the young daughter of Jackie's friend Eileen,is also murdered and a bible found by her body. Karen's lap-top shows that she was dating Luke Muir,against his religion's rules. The group leader's family come under suspicion when his wife and younger son reveal they want to leave the Triune Family as Luke did and the other son puts up opposition to their wishes. |
| Series 27: | |||
| 104. | "Bad Medicine" | 3 October 2010 | This series is being aired first on STV, in multi-camera set-up & HD for the first time, and introduces the supporting characters of CS Karen Campbell and Pathologist Duncan Clark as well as the move from Maryhill to the City Centre. Newly qualified doctor Scott Clarkson is found tortured and murdered in an empty warehouse. Two London detectives, Moretti and Casey,the latter an old friend of Burke,arrive in Glasgow whilst investigating a similar case though Jackie and Robbie do not warm to them. Scott's girlfriend Lucy,another medic,is arrested for manufacturing recreational drugs and admits that Scott also made and sold Ecstasy to pay his student fees. Lucy is arrested and commits suicide in custody after a visit from the London policemen. Were Jackie and Robbie right to be suspicious of the visitors motives? |
| 105. | "Abuse of Trust" | 10 October 2010 | When union leader for shipworkers Will Ramsey is shot dead it looks to be an open and shut case that it is a corporate killing, but the real motivation and implications lay closer to home |
| 106. | "Silent Truth" | 17 October 2010 | When an Iranian refugee is found burnt to death, it appears at first to be a racially motivated crime. It soon becomes clear to DCI Burke and the rest of the team that there is another motive and when a drug dealer enters the frame, the case is set to be extremely complex for all concerned. First appearance of the supporting character, DC Mita Rahim |
| 107. | "Fallen Angels" | 24 October 2010 | When the team are called to a flat, they discover three children all dead with a fourth named Callum fighting for his life, DI Ross then discovers the dead body of the children's father Pete in the bathroom, he therefore becomes the prime suspect but then when forensic tests reveal that Pete died before his own children. The real culprit is still at large and shocks all of the team. |
| 108. | "Bloodsport" | 31 October 2010 | After the badly beaten body of a man is found dumped on a motorway underpass, his murder is linked to a Fight Club style bare-knuckle boxing venue. Both professional and personal lives collide at Maryhill CID, with one of the detectives having to come face to face with their own demons. |
| 109. | "The Ends of Justice" | 7 November 2010 | When a busker is fatally stabbed in Glasgow city centre, the newly promoted DI Jackie Reid heads up the investigation. Mita Rahim joins the Maryhill CID team properly while DI Ross suffers personal heartache. |
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