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A Touch of Frost (UK)
TV Series (1992 - 2010)
Detective Inspector 'Jack' Frost (Sir David Jason) policeman. He's grumpy, shy and difficult to work with but at heart Frost is an old school copper. A street detective who prefers rolling up his sleeves and solving crimes through his instinct rather than by following procedure.
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Last Episode
TV Special: Touched by Frost: Goodbye Jack Aired: Apr. 05, 2010To mark the end of long-running series A Touch of Frost, this programme celebrates David Jason's role as DCI Jack Frost. Featuring contributions … [continue reading]
Series Info
Type:
Scripted
Premiered:
Dec. 1992
Status:
Canceled/Ended
Runtime:
120 min.
Network
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Series Fun Facts
- Between takes, the cast (particularly David Jason) and crew were forever playing pranks on John Lyons (DS George Toolan). They devised fake scripts which Lyons had to learn at short notice,…
[show]Between takes, the cast (particularly David Jason) and crew were forever playing pranks on John Lyons (DS George Toolan). They devised fake scripts which Lyons had to learn at short notice, involving ludicrous situations for Toolan: on one occasion, they made his character wear a neck brace; on another, they made him ferret around in a smelly rubbish bin looking for evidence. Each time, Lyons said "You won't catch me out like that again" but he always fell for the next prank.
[hide] - When David Jason decided to branch out from comedy roles such as Granville in Open All Hours (UK), Del Boy in "Only Fools and Horses...." (1981) and Pop Larkin in The Darling Buds of May…
[show]When David Jason decided to branch out from comedy roles such as Granville in Open All Hours (UK), Del Boy in "Only Fools and Horses...." (1981) and Pop Larkin in The Darling Buds of May (UK), the producers offered him his first major drama role in a police series, without having a character or setting in mind, and only later decided to dramatise R.D. Wingfield's books.
[hide] - Novellist R.D. Wingfield, whose "Frost" book were the inspiration for the series, was very critical of the TV adaptation and said that it had ruined the character of Jack Frost that he had…
[show]Novellist R.D. Wingfield, whose "Frost" book were the inspiration for the series, was very critical of the TV adaptation and said that it had ruined the character of Jack Frost that he had created in his novels.
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