First broadcast 2nd/9th/16th July 1985.
The discovery of a skeleton under the floorboards of a house leads to the release of a man Taggart arrested for the murder of his wife 9 years prior.
Mark McManus - DCI Jim Taggart
Alastair Duncan - DS Peter Livingstone (as Neil Duncan)
Tom Watson - Superintendent Murray
Colette O'Neil - Josephine Peebles
J.G. Devlin - Bill Lynch
John Carlin - George Cunningham
Jake D'Arcy - Ronnie McIsaac
Bill Leadbitter - Alan Tulloch
Alexander Morton - David Balfour
John McGlynn - Mike Balfour
Maureen Beattie - June Balfour
Ron Bain - Laurie Johnson
Valerie Lush - Mrs. Robertson
Harriet Buchan - Jean Taggart
Geraldine Alexander - Alison Taggart
Sybil Wintrope - Carol
Jackie Farrell - Norman Burt
Anne Myatt - Sheila Burt
Ken Drury - Det. Constable Sinclair
Robert Robertson - Dr. Stephen Andrews
Gavin Brown - Sgt. Blackman
Joe Mullaney - Dougie Turnball
Steven Whinnery - Tom
Mike Travis - Jack
Annie Louise Ross - Dr. Burns (as Anne-Louise Ross)
Anne Downie - Mrs. Cochrane
Edith Ruddick - Mrs. Moy
Betty Bright - Rose Dawson