Detective Inspector Jack Frost in A Touch of Frost

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Detective Inspector Jack Frost in A Touch of Frost is the scruffy, irreverent yet doggedly compassionate police detective at the center of the British crime drama series.

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instanceOf fictional character
television character
adaptedFrom Frost at Christmas (novel) NERFINISHED
appearsIn A Touch of Frost NERFINISHED
R. D. Wingfield Frost novels
associatedWith A Touch of Frost (TV series) NERFINISHED
R. D. Wingfield Frost novel series NERFINISHED
basedOn Jack Frost (novel character) NERFINISHED
broadcastOn ITV NERFINISHED
characterTrait compassionate
disorganised
dogged
irreverent
rule‑bending
scruffy
countryOfWork United Kingdom
creator R. D. Wingfield NERFINISHED
employer Dentonside Division NERFINISHED
fictional Denton Police
fictionalRank Detective Inspector
fictionalUniverse A Touch of Frost universe
finalTVAppearanceYear 2010
firstAppearance A Touch of Frost (TV series, 1992) NERFINISHED
firstAppearanceInLiterature Frost at Christmas NERFINISHED
fullName Detective Inspector William Edward "Jack" Frost NERFINISHED
genre crime drama
police procedural
givenName William
hasColleague Detective Sergeant George Toolan NERFINISHED
Detective Sergeant Hazel Wallace NERFINISHED
Superintendent Norman Mullett NERFINISHED
homeMedium television
languageSpoken English
maritalStatus widowed
nationality British
networkOfTVSeries ITV NERFINISHED
nickname Jack NERFINISHED
notableFor disregard for paperwork
strong empathy for victims
unorthodox investigative methods
occupation Detective Inspector
police detective
policeForce fictional Denton CID
portrayedBy David Jason NERFINISHED
settingOfStories fictional town of Denton
spouse Mary Frost NERFINISHED
televisionDebutYear 1992
theme moral integrity versus bureaucracy
workLocation Denton NERFINISHED

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Sir David Jason characterRole Detective Inspector Jack Frost in A Touch of Frost