People’s archive to collect memories of crime drama Taggart

Glasgow Caledonian University project to give people chance to add their stories to programme's legacy'

The menacing chords of the theme tune played over the title card of a brooding Glasgow skyline remain instantly recognisable: Taggart, one of the longest-running police dramas in the world, became a national institution across its staggering 27-season run.

But the series, which finally wrapped in 2010, made the city and its people stars and now to coincide with the 40th anniversary of its pilot, Glasgow Caledonian University is launching a people's archive to recognise the role the public played in the drama.