"A Touch of Frost" (1992) TV series 1992-????

User Rating:

8.3/10   

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14

Release Date:

6 December 1992 (UK)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

DI Frost is an old-school no-nonsense copper who believes in traditional policing methods. Assisted...

Plot Keywords:

Cult Favorite | Police Officer | Investigation | Death | Police

Awards:

9 wins & 11 nominations

Cast

David Jason	...	D.I. Frost / ... (42 episodes, 1992-2009)
Bruce Alexander	...	Supt. Mullett / ... (42 episodes, 1992-2009)
John Lyons	...	D.S. Toolan / ... (39 episodes, 1992-2009)
Arthur White	...	Ernie Trigg / ... (27 episodes, 1994-2009)
James McKenna	...	Sgt. Brady / ... (23 episodes, 1995-2008)
David McKail	...	Dr. McKenzie / ... (20 episodes, 1992-2008)
David Gooderson	...	Pathologist / ... (18 episodes, 1992-2006)

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:PG (some episodes) | Iceland:12 | New Zealand:M (season 1) | Australia:MA (some episodes) | Australia:M (some episodes)

Filming Locations:

Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK

Company:

Excelsior

Trivia:

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. The main change between the books and the TV series is that Frost's prurient and earthy interest in pubescent teenage girls and young women is much less evident in the TV series.

Quotes:

DS George Toolan: Mr Mullett's in a flap!
Frost: I know! I'm still pulling feathers out of my hair!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "My Family: The Mouthtrap (#5.9)" (2004)

Detective with a human touch

What a great detective series! "A touch of Frost" does not contain any stupid gunfights or rediculous unrealistic carchases. In a way, even the "whodunnit-part" is rather secondary in this series. Many of the cases that he must solve are not at all remarkable or especially spectacular. Instead, it all seems to come very close to real life police work. The real strength, then, lies in the very good characterization of the dramatis personae. Victims, criminals and most of all Frost himself are shown as people of flesh an blood. With their problems, their moods, their backgrounds... You really start to care for them, and that's why the rather trivial situations shown here are more powerful than typically poorly characterized people being killed by evil serial killers. With some mild humour inserted in places, you end up with a very good mix.

Highly recommended quality series, worth to stay at home for!