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A Touch of Frost
Jack Frost is a gritty, dogged and unconventional detective with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice who attracts trouble like a magnet. Despite some animosity with his superintendent, Norman “Horn-rimmed Harry” Mullett, Frost and his ever-changing roster of assistants manage to solve cases via his clever mind, good heart, and cool touch.
- Cast:
- David Jason, Bruce Alexander, John Lyons, David Gooderson
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Network:
- ITV1
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Seasons
Series 4
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
★ 7.0Paying the Price
1996-01-07 · 101mFrost's house is burned down, and he moves in with a colleague temporarily. A mysterious, ruthless kidnapper on a motorcycle tests Frost's skills to the limit. It proves a tough case to crack, and for the abducted woman, time is running out.
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E02
Episode 2
★ 8.0Unknown Soldiers
1996-01-14 · 101mFrost is held at gunpoint by a drugs dealer, a Territorial soldier is shot dead on an exercise, and a security van is robbed by a shotgun-wielding gang. Frost investigates the three incidents, and tries to find any links between them. His intrusions onto the army base stir up hostility from the commanding officer.
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E03
Episode 3
★ 7.2Fun Times for Swingers
1996-01-21 · 101mA woman commits suicide naked in public, and Frost connects her death with the later death of a gigolo. He discovers that the dead man had business with several women in Denton. Meanwhile there appears to be a series of break-ins at the local cricket pavilion, and Supt Mullett, who is a member, orders Frost to investigate them as well as the murder.
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E04
Episode 4
★ 7.2The Things We Do for Love
1996-01-28 · 102mA young woman is found viciously stabbed to death. Frost consults the victim's personal organiser, from which a trail leads him to a religious community.
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E05
Episode 5
★ 8.5Deep Waters
1996-02-04 · 101mA sub-postmistress is fatally stabbed in a small-scale robbery, and Frost wastes a lot of time questioning the leading suspects. Then, Helen Tudor, a beautiful first-year psychology student and keen swimmer at Denton University, is attacked on the campus, and suspicion initially falls on her psychology tutor, Keith Michaelson, but Frost's investigations uncover a link with the death of another beautiful young girl swimmer two years earlier, in another town.
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David Jason
Jack Frost
Bruce Alexander
Norman Mullett
John Lyons
George Toolan
David Gooderson
Derek Simpkins
Caroline Harker
Hazel Wallace