Dated or Delightful? ‘A Touch of Frost’
It’s time to examine another British series from the past – this one being a long running detective program that debuted more than quarter of a century ago. ITV launched A Touch of Frost in the UK in 1992 and later the A&E channel broadcast it in the US. Based, at least in the beginning, on the Frost novels of R.D Wingfield, the show ran fifteen seasons and ended in 2010 when Sir Jason David decided to quit the lead role due to the fact that real detectives have to retire at 60 and he was approaching 70 years of age.
Up to this point, Jason was renowned for his work in classic sitcoms such as Only Fools and Horses and Open All Hours and for cartoon voice-overs, notably Danger Mouse. Taking on the role of the empathetic yet flawed DI William “Jack” Frost changed the public’s notion of David as solely a comedic actor.
DI Frost investigates murders, abductions, and other wrong doings perpetrated in Denton, a gritty fictional South Midlands town. Though employed in a job that requires concentration and nerve, Jack unleashes his inner child by giving his guv Superintendent Mullet (Bruce Alexander) as much aggravation as he can get away with.
