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.

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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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Anton Lesser notableWork A Touch of Frost
Beatie Edney notableWork A Touch of Frost
Blake Ritson notableWork A Touch of Frost
Caroline Harker notableWork A Touch of Frost
Donald Sumpter notableWork A Touch of Frost
John Normington notableWork A Touch of Frost
Sandra Dickinson notableWork A Touch of Frost
Sir David Jason notableWork A Touch of Frost
Blake Ritson performedIn A Touch of Frost