A Touch of Frost
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A Touch of Frost is a long-running British television crime drama series centered on the cases of the gruff but compassionate Detective Inspector Jack Frost.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Touch of Frost canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5269944 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Touch of Frost Context triple: [Anton Lesser, notableWork, A Touch of Frost]
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A.
Danger Man
Danger Man is a 1960s British espionage television series starring Patrick McGoohan as secret agent John Drake.
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B.
The Falcon and the Snowman
The Falcon and the Snowman is a 1985 espionage drama film based on a true story about two young Americans who become spies for the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
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C.
Shallow Grave
Shallow Grave is a 1994 British darkly comic thriller film about three flatmates who discover their new roommate dead alongside a suitcase of cash, directed by Danny Boyle in his feature debut.
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D.
Red Heat
Red Heat is a 1988 buddy-cop action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Belushi, directed by Walter Hill.
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E.
Nine O'Clock Gun
The Nine O'Clock Gun is a historic naval cannon in Vancouver that is fired nightly as a time signal and popular local tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Touch of Frost Target entity description: A Touch of Frost is a long-running British television crime drama series centered on the cases of the gruff but compassionate Detective Inspector Jack Frost.
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A.
Danger Man
Danger Man is a 1960s British espionage television series starring Patrick McGoohan as secret agent John Drake.
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B.
The Falcon and the Snowman
The Falcon and the Snowman is a 1985 espionage drama film based on a true story about two young Americans who become spies for the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
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C.
Shallow Grave
Shallow Grave is a 1994 British darkly comic thriller film about three flatmates who discover their new roommate dead alongside a suitcase of cash, directed by Danny Boyle in his feature debut.
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D.
Red Heat
Red Heat is a 1988 buddy-cop action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Belushi, directed by Walter Hill.
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E.
Nine O'Clock Gun
The Nine O'Clock Gun is a historic naval cannon in Vancouver that is fired nightly as a time signal and popular local tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television series ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Frost novels
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
novels by R. D. Wingfield ⓘ |
| broadcastOn | ITV1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character | Detective Inspector Jack Frost NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | R. D. Wingfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| debutDecade | 1990s ⓘ |
| distributor | ITV Studios Global Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endDecade | 2010s ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Leeds area
ⓘ
Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1992 ⓘ |
| format | feature-length episodes ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
police procedural ⓘ |
| hasFictionalCounty | Denton, Midsomer-style fictional jurisdiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGenre | mystery ⓘ |
| hasPoliceDepartment | Denton CID NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPoliceRankOfProtagonist | Detective Inspector ⓘ |
| hasTone |
character-driven
ⓘ
gritty ⓘ |
| lastAired | 2010 ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Detective Inspector Jack Frost NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| network | ITV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | David Jason's performance as Jack Frost ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 40+ ⓘ |
| numberOfSeries | 15 ⓘ |
| originalBroadcastFormat | television ⓘ |
| originalChannel | ITV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyBroadcastIn | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays | police work in a fictional English town ⓘ |
| portraysOrganization | British police ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
ITV Studios
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yorkshire Television NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistTrait |
compassionate
ⓘ
gruff ⓘ |
| runningTimePerEpisode | approximately 90–120 minutes ⓘ |
| setting | fictional town of Denton ⓘ |
| starring | David Jason NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult viewers ⓘ |
| theme |
moral dilemmas
ⓘ
police investigations ⓘ social issues in contemporary Britain ⓘ |
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Subject: A Touch of Frost Description of subject: A Touch of Frost is a long-running British television crime drama series centered on the cases of the gruff but compassionate Detective Inspector Jack Frost.
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