A Touch of Frost is a
detectiveDetective fiction is a branch of crime fiction in which a detective , either professional or amateur, investigates a crime, often murder...
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series produced by
Yorkshire TelevisionYorkshire Television is the ITV contractor for the Yorkshire franchise. Up until 1974, this was primarily the three Ridings of Yorkshire and associated areas served by the Emley Moor television transmitter...
for
ITVITV is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK...
in the
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
.
It stars
David JasonSir David John White, OBE, known by his stage name David Jason is an English actor. He first found fame on the popular sitcom Open All Hours as Granville, Ronnie Barker's corner shop delivery boy...
as
Detective Inspector William Edward FrostDetective Inspector Jack Edward Frost, GC is a fictional detective created by R. D. Wingfield - characterised as sloppy, untidy, hopeless with paperwork - but unmatched at solving mysteries. The character has appeared in two radio plays, six published novels, and an ongoing television series...
,
GC- In geography :* Greater China* Gold Coast* Goose Creek * Gran Canaria - Education organizations :* Gordon College , an institution of higher education in Pakistan...
, known as Jack to everyone but his late wife (after the 1st episode). He is experienced and dedicated to his work,as well as being extremely perceptive and unmatched in the field of detecting. But he is always clashing with his superiors, mainly represented in the series by
SuperintendentSuperintendent , often shortened to "Super", is a rank in British police services and in most English-speaking Commonwealth nations. In many Commonwealth countries the full version is Superintendent of Police...
Norman "Horn-rimmed Harry" Mullett, played by
Bruce AlexanderBruce Alexander is an English actor, perhaps most famous for his portrayal of Superintendent Mullet in the ITV television series A Touch of Frost produced by Yorkshire Television in the United Kingdom, in which he acted as the superior of the main character Detective Inspector William "Jack" Frost,...
. The two have highly incompatible personalities. Mullett is an ambitious buttoned-down by-the-book administrator, and Frost is a down-to-earth "street copper". Nonetheless, they appreciate each other's professional abilities.
On 15 September 2008, it was announced that
A Touch of Frost will be concluded in 2009 after 17 years, following David Jason's decision to retire the role.
Characterisation
Frost has a tough approach to the rules. He has a tendency to become emotionally involved in his cases. He has a good reputation among his colleagues because, when he is not overwrought about a distressing case, he is approachable and sympathetic, and it is clear that many of the younger detectives seen in the series look up to him as a role model. Unlike the general CID reputation, Frost seems to genuinely care about his cases and the victims involved.
Many also regard him as a hero because he was once shot while on duty, for which he was awarded the
George CrossThe George Cross is the highest civil decoration of the United Kingdom, and also holds, or has held, that status in many of the other countries of the Commonwealth of Nations...
; however Frost himself is modest about this, regarding himself as unworthy of the honour. The reality is that he was depressed (he had planned to leave his wife but stayed because of her terminal illness) and drunk (6 beers) at the time and approached the armed man out of recklessness, not caring whether he lived or died. Nonetheless, the incident made him the
Chief ConstableChief Constable is the title given to the chief police officer of every territorial police force in the United Kingdom except for the City of London Police and the Metropolitan Police, as well as the chief officers of the British Transport Police, Ministry of Defence Police, Civil Nuclear...
's blue-eyed boy, and this protects him from being fired or retired by Superintendent Mullet. Frost's wife dies in the first episode, leaving him to cope with life on his own, which he finds difficult, throwing himself into his work instead, and living mainly on police canteen sandwiches and takeaways.
Setting
The series is set in the fictional town of
DentonThe fictional English town of Denton has been the setting for the British television crime series A Touch of Frost.There are several real places in the UK called Denton....
, which from geographical references in the series sometimes appears to be in or near
OxfordshireOxfordshire is a county in the South East England region, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire....
, more precisely in the upper
Thames ValleyThe Thames Valley Region is a loose term for the English counties and towns roughly following the course of the River Thames as it flows between Wiltshire in the west to London in the east. It includes parts of Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, North Hampshire,Surrey and West London...
, or (infrequently) at a non-descript northern location. There are at least ten places in the UK named Denton, including one in Oxfordshire, though the town in the series is not directly identified with any of them.
Early episodes include references to nearby places such as
OxfordOxford is a city, and the county town of Oxfordshire, in South East England. The city has a population of just under 165,000, with 151,000 living within the district boundary. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through Oxford and meet south of the city centre...
and
ReadingReading is a large town in England, located at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway, some west of London...
, briefing-room meetings held in front of maps showing the recognizable shape of
SwindonSwindon is a large town and unitary borough authority in the ceremonial county of Wiltshire in south west England. It is midway between Bristol, west, and Reading, east. London is east....
displaying the M4 and
A417The A417 is a main road in England.-Streatley - Gloucester :It runs from Streatley at its junction with the A329 to Wantage, over the picturesque Berkshire Downs. In Wantage, it negotiates the market place The A417 is a main road in England.-Streatley - Gloucester (M5):It runs from Streatley at...
and (in one case) the actual name "Swindon" clearly visible. This, together with locations that are in the general area, collectively point to the original (unstated) location of "Denton" being
SwindonSwindon is a large town and unitary borough authority in the ceremonial county of Wiltshire in south west England. It is midway between Bristol, west, and Reading, east. London is east....
in
WiltshireWiltshire is a ceremonial county in the south west of England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers 3,485 km²...
. However, in the Season 6 episode 'Keys to the Car', Crawley is mentioned as being 60 miles away. Swindon is 106 miles away from Crawley. In the Season 8 episode 'Benefit of the Doubt' a local railwayman states "The 2200 from London came through at 25 past 11 running half an hour late". This places Denton at a point that can be reached in 55 minutes by a fast train from London. In the Season 14 episode 'In the Public Interest', the map on the briefing-room covered the area of
YorkYork is a walled city, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its two millennia of existence....
.
In later episodes the program makers may have changed tack to keep the location vague; one recent episode clearly shows a map of
ReadingReading is a large town in England, located at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway, some west of London...
in the briefing room - another,
MaidenheadMaidenhead is a town within the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, in Berkshire, England. It lies on the River Thames and is situated west of Charing Cross in London.-History:...
while in the episode Endangered Species there's a passing ref to 'driving to Seaford for Lunch' - The only
Seaford-In the United States of America:*Seaford, Delaware*Seaford, New York*Seaford, Virginia*Seaford Hundred, an unincorporated subdivision of Sussex County, Delaware; see List of Delaware Hundreds-People:*Richard Seaford, British classicist*Baron Seaford...
in the UK is on the South East coast, a short drive from
BrightonBrighton is a town in the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex on the south coast of Great Britain...
. In the Season Two episode 'Widows and Orphans', a constable makes reference to the Plymouth (Devon) force sending DOWN the criminal record of a suspect, suggesting Denton is in fact in Cornwall, although that seems unlikely and is unsupported elsewhere in the series. There is however supporting evidence of this in Frost creator RD Wingfield's radio writing. In his 1982 (non-Frost) radio serial Outbreak of Fear, set in the village of Polford somewhere on the Devon/Cornwall coast, one of the characters is on a temporary transfer from nearby Denton. However, the narrator does state that names have been changed and geography altered to conceal the reality of certain points in his account of 'real' events.
The general impression remains one of the
Thames ValleyThames Valley Police is one of the largest Home Office police services in England and the largest non-metropolitan one, covering 2200 sq mi and a population of 2.1 million. The force is responsible for the Thames Valley area covered by the ceremonial counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and...
force. In one episode, a postcode with a DN prefix (which in real life would apply to the area around
DoncasterDoncaster is a large town in South Yorkshire, England, and the principal settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. The town is located about from Sheffield and is popularly referred to as "Donny"...
) was shown to exist within the Denton area, but this was subsequently acknowledged to be a production error. Various individual location scenes have been identified by sharp-eyed viewers as shot in North London, Oxford, Reading, Swindon, Devizes, Bracknell, Bristol and Birmingham.
Since the programme is produced by ITV in
LeedsLeeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. The historic core at the heart of Leeds in 2001 had an estimated subdivision population of 443,247, whilst the entire city, that includes the urban and suburban areas incorporated into the city in 1974, had an estimated...
, most of the outdoor locations are shot in
West YorkshireWest Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
. Several of the scenes are filmed in the small town of
CastlefordCastleford is one of the five towns within the metropolitan borough of the City of Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, England. It is near to Pontefract, and has a population of 37,525 according to the 2001 Census. To the north the River Calder joins the River Aire and the Aire and Calder Navigation canal...
, West Yorkshire. They are currently filming there for the new series for 2008. All of the outdoor locations are in Yorkshire One episode filmed in and around Leeds. The Meadow Lane gas works in
HunsletHunslet is an area of inner-city south Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It's mentioned as Hunslet in the 1086 Domesday Book. It begins a mile south of the city centre and has an industrial past....
,
LeedsLeeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. The historic core at the heart of Leeds in 2001 had an estimated subdivision population of 443,247, whilst the entire city, that includes the urban and suburban areas incorporated into the city in 1974, had an estimated...
was used as the setting for one, with plant and buildings being rebranded from 'Northern Gas Networks' to the fictitious 'Southern Gas'.
Supporting cast
Unlike most TV detectives, Frost does not have a single regular sidekick, and indeed some of his sidekicks are seen in only one or two episodes. There are, however, a number of regular supporting characters who are frequently seen and often promoted to a "sidekick" role:
- DS George Toolan (John Lyons
John Lyons is an English stage and screen actor. He is probably most famous for appearing as D.S. George Toolan in the long-running UK detective drama, A Touch of Frost alongside David Jason...
), Jack's long-time friend and colleague, with whom he shares an office. George is about the same age as Jack, but a rank lower. He is more cautious. He appears (in some capacity) in most episodes. Originally DCI Allen's assistant, he is later partnered with Frost in most episodes. In the first novel his name was George Martin, and he did not appear in subsequent books, but was retained for the series and remains one of the three original police characters still with the show.
- WPC
A constable is a person holding a particular office, most commonly in law enforcement. The office of constable can vary significantly in different jurisdictions.- Etymology :...
Hazel Wallace (Caroline HarkerCaroline Harker is an English stage and television actress, the sister of actress Susannah Harker, and the daughter of actors Polly Adams and Richard Owens...
) is a young, happy-go-lucky uniformed officer. In the first novel, she was originally named Hazel Page and did not appear in any subsequent books, replaced in succession by other female officers, but was retained in the series for continuity. In the first episode she starts a relationship with DC Clive Barnard, but this quickly fizzles out when he is transferred away from Denton. Upon his temporary return in season 3, Barnard attempts to rekindle their romance but she is already in another relationship. At the end of the same series she moved to CIDThe Criminal Investigation Department is the branch of all Territorial police forces within the British Police and many other Commonwealth police forces, to which plain clothes detectives belong. It is thus distinct from the Uniformed Branch and the Special Branch.The Metropolitan Police Service...
, and though she ceased to be a regular she continued to make guest appearances in later series, and was promoted to detective sergeant.
- DC Clive Barnard (Matt Bardock
-Early life:Bardock attended Woodcote High School in Purley, Surrey, where he was a keen drummer, and was a member of the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain before training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.-Career:...
), nephew of the Chief Constable. Most people believe he has only got into CID through his family connections, but Frost sees beyond that after the first episode and takes Barnard under his wing. Later promoted to DS, but killed off in a 1997 episode.
- DS Terry Reid (Robert Glenister
Robert Glenister is a popular British actor probably best known amongst other roles as con man Ash "Three Socks" Morgan in the hit British TV series Hustle....
). A tough London detective, he has often been in trouble in the past for his extreme methods, though he has mellowed by the time we see him.
- DCI
Chief Inspector is a rank used in police forces which follow the British model. In countries outside Britain, it is sometimes referred to as Chief Inspector of Police .-United Kingdom:...
Jim Allen (Neil Phillips), the first DCI in the series. Little is known about him in the show, but in the novels he and Frost are twin DIs (his upcoming promotion to Chief Inspector is mentioned in the first book, but never seems to come about), and he appears snobbish and uptight, sharing Mullet's dislike of Frost. In the series however he and Frost get on quite well, often working together, sharing jokes about Mullet and concern for each other's emotions on particularly harrowing cases. They share only one significant argument in the series. He appears in season 1 and 2 only, and is temporarily replaced by DCI Charles Hawkes in the first episode of season 3.
- DCI
Chief Inspector is a rank used in police forces which follow the British model. In countries outside Britain, it is sometimes referred to as Chief Inspector of Police .-United Kingdom:...
Jim Peters (Nigel Harrison), seemingly replaces Hawkes as the DCI of Denton CID. He is more laid-back and humorous than Allen and appears to have a better relationship with Frost. He is seen in season 4 and 5, but from 6 onwards he is gone.
Other regular characters include a newspaper journalist named Sandy Longford (Bill Stewart), who is always pestering Frost for information on his latest case, and sometimes has some useful information of his own, and police archivist Ernie Trigg (David Jason's real-life brother
Arthur WhiteArthur White is a English actor of stage and screen, best known for his occasional role as police archivist Ernie Trigg on the crime drama A Touch of Frost, alongside his real life younger brother David Jason....
). Frost's most frequent love interest is nurse Shirley Fisher, played by Lindy Whiteford, who appears in eight episodes.
Production
The saxophone solo heard during the show's theme music is performed by Barbara Thompson.
The series is based on the novels of
R. D. WingfieldRodney David Wingfield was an English author and radio dramatist. He is best remembered for creating the character of Detective Inspector Jack Frost, who was later played by Sir David Jason in A Touch of Frost....
:
- Frost at Christmas
Frost at Christmas is the first of the series of novels written by R. D. Wingfield, the creator of the character Detective Inspector Jack Frost, who is more famously known in the television series ‘A Touch of Frost’, where the character is played by Sir David Jason.-Plot:As Christmas approaches...
(1984)
- A Touch of Frost
A Touch of Frost is a crime novel by, R.D. Wingfield. The series inspired a popular television series of the same name, starring David Jason as the titular character, Detective Inspector Jack Frost; a disheveled, unorthodox and caustic police officer....
(1987)
- Night Frost
Night Frost is a novel by R. D. Wingfield in the popular series featuring Detective Inspector Jack Frost, coarse, crude, slapdash – and holder of the George Medal. The novel was filmed for the ITV detective series A Touch of Frost....
(1992)
- Hard Frost
A hard frost, also called a radiational freeze or frost, occurs when the winds are calm and the sky is clear, allowing an inversion to form because of rapid radiational cooling at the earth's surface. When this happens the ground gets below freezing, often killing plants.-References:* *...
(1995)
- Winter Frost (1999)
- A Killing Frost (2008)
At a press conference in London on the 15th of September 2008, David Jason announced that he will quit the role of DI Jack Frost.
Jason's main reason for quitting the role was that he is now the oldest detective on television and he felt that it was 'natural' to retire as Frost. Sir David said: "You wouldn't want me to play Frost in a wheelchair, would you?"
"Frost is getting a little long in the tooth. I still enjoy doing it and it's a great part but I just think he's got to retire. It'll be a sad day."
Episodes
| Episode |
Title |
First broadcast |
Main sidekick |
Notes |
| Series 1 |
| 1 |
Care and Protection |
1992-12-06 |
DC Clive Barnard |
Frost's wife dies and first appearance of Shirley Fisher |
| 2 |
Not with Kindness |
1992-12-13 |
DS Gilmore (Tony Haygarth Tony Haygarth is a British television, film and theatre actor.-Career:At the age of eighteen, Haygarth worked unsuccessfully as a lifeguard in Torquay, and also tried escapology, equally unsuccessfully...
) |
|
| 3 |
Conclusions |
1992-12-20 |
DC Webster (George Anton) |
|
| Series 2 |
| 1 |
A Minority of One |
1994-01-09 |
DC Carl Tanner (Lennie JamesLennie James is an English actor and playwright.-Career:James attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating in 1988...
) |
|
| 2 |
Widows and Orphans |
1994-01-16 |
DS Maureen Lawson (Sally Dexter Sally Julia Dexter , is an English actress of stage and screen.She was educated at Chiltern Edge School, The Henley College and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art ....
) |
Start of Frost's relationship with Shirley Fisher |
| 3 |
Nothing to Hide |
1994-01-23 |
DC Costello (Neil Dudgeon Neil Dudgeon is an English actor best known for his many television appearances, most often in crime drama.Dudgeon was born in Doncaster, South Yorkshire in January 1961 and attended Danum Grammar School among others. He established himself as an actor in school plays and went on to study drama at...
) |
|
| 4 |
Stranger in the House |
1994-01-30 |
WPC Hazel Wallace |
|
| Series 3 |
| 1 |
Appropriate Adults |
1995-01-08 |
DS George Toolan (John Lyons John Lyons is an English stage and screen actor. He is probably most famous for appearing as D.S. George Toolan in the long-running UK detective drama, A Touch of Frost alongside David Jason...
) |
|
| 2 |
Quarry |
1995-01-15 |
DC Clive Barnard |
|
| 3 |
Dead Male One |
1995-01-22 |
DS George Toolan |
Frost moves in with Shirley. |
| 4 |
No Refuge |
1995-01-29 |
DS Maureen Lawson |
|
| Series 4 |
| 1 |
Paying the Price |
1996-01-07 |
DS George Toolan |
Frost's house burns down |
| 2 |
Unknown Soldiers |
1996-01-14 |
DS George Toolan |
|
| 3 |
The Things We Do For Love |
1996-01-21 |
DS Frank Nash (Neil Stuke Neil Stuke , is a British actor. He is 5ft 8in tall.His television career includes Matthew Malone in the second and third series of Game On...
) |
|
| 4 |
Fun Times for Swingers |
1996-01-28 |
DS Rab Prentice (Russell HunterRussell Hunter was a popular Scottish television, stage and film actor. He is perhaps best known as the character "Lonely" in the TV thriller series Callan, starring Edward Woodward.-Life:...
) |
|
| 5 |
Deep Waters |
1996-02-04 |
DS Clive Barnard |
|
| Series 5 |
| 1 |
Penny for the Guy |
1997-02-09 |
DS Liz Maud (Susannah Doyle Susannah Doyle is an English actress, playwright and film director, best known for her roles in situation comedies Drop The Dead Donkey , and Ballykissangel ....
) |
Bit-part guest appearance by a young Daniel Casey Daniel Casey is a English actor best known for playing Sgt. Gavin Troy on Midsomer Murders, and Anthony Cox in Our Friends in the North. He also played firefighter Tony Barnes in the 2004 ITV firefighting series Steel River Blues...
, later to take up major role as Detective Sergeant Gavin Troy in ITV's Midsomer MurdersMidsomer Murders is a British television drama that has aired on ITV1 since 1997. A detective drama, it focuses on the main character of Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby, played by John Nettles, and his efforts to solve the various crimes that take place in the fictional English county of...
. |
| 2 |
House Calls |
1997-02-16 |
DS George Toolan & DS Liz Maud |
|
| 3 |
True Confessions |
1997-02-23 |
DS George Toolan |
|
| 4 |
Love Me Tender |
1997-03-02 |
DS Clive Barnard |
Barnard's last appearance. Episode AKA No Other Love |
| Series 6 |
| 1 |
Appendix Man |
1999-03-07 |
DS Hazel Wallace |
|
| 2 |
One Man's Meat |
1999-03-14 |
DS George Toolan & Kaiser |
|
| 3 |
Private Lives |
1999-03-21 |
DS Sharpe (Philip Jackson Philip Jackson is an English actor, singer and television presenter, best known for his role as Chief Inspector Japp in the television series Poirot....
) |
Few of the regulars appear in this episode. |
| 4 |
Keys To The Car |
1999-03-28 |
DS Bill Dorridge (Paul Jesson) |
|
| Series 7 / 1999 Christmas Special |
| Part 1 |
Line of Fire (1) |
1999-12-25 |
DS Bill Dorridge & PC Susan Kavanagh (Georgia MacKenzie) |
The first two-part story.A detective is killed in strange circumstances and a mysterious death takes place at a power station when a worker falls to his death.Plus Frost is taken hostage during an armed robbery at a bank. |
| Part 2 |
Line of Fire (2) |
2000-01-01 |
DS Bill Dorridge & PC Susan Kavanagh |
|
| Series 8 / 2001 New Year Special |
| Part 1 |
Benefit of the Doubt (1) |
2001-01-14 |
DS Terry Reid (Robert Glenister Robert Glenister is a popular British actor probably best known amongst other roles as con man Ash "Three Socks" Morgan in the hit British TV series Hustle....
) |
|
| Part 2 |
Benefit of the Doubt (2) |
2001-01-15 |
DS Terry Reid |
|
| Series 9 / 2002 New Year Special |
| Part 1 |
Mistaken Identity (1) |
2002-01-27 |
DC Ronnie Lonnegan (Michelle Joseph Michelle Joseph is a British actress. She is most famous for playing Walford's first lesbian resident, Della Alexander, in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 1994 - 1995....
) |
First appearance of Pam Hartley (Susan Penhaligon Susan Penhaligon is an English television actress best known for her appearances in the controversial 1976 drama Bouquet of Barbed Wire and the British television situation comedy, A Fine Romance .She was cast in many television series and cult, horror and exploitation films of the 1970s, and...
) |
| Part 2 |
Mistaken Identity (2) |
2002-01-28 |
DC Ronnie Lonnegan |
Guest starring Kate Maberly Kate Elizabeth Cameron Maberly is an English actress and musician. She has appeared in film, television, radio and on stage.-Early life:...
|
| Series 10 |
| 1 |
Hidden Truth |
2003-01-19 |
DS Terry Reid |
Frost loses his winning lottery ticket |
| 2 |
Close Encounters |
2003-03-03 |
DS George Toolan and DS Wallace |
Wallace has had a baby since her last appearance.
Guest starring Jim SturgessJames Anthony "Jim" Sturgess is an English actor whose breakout role was Jude in 2007's Across the Universe.-Early life:...
|
| 3 |
Held In Trust |
2003-09-14 |
DS Terry Reid |
Frost gets promoted, then suspended at the conclusion of the episode. |
| Series 11 |
| 1 |
Another Life |
2003-10-26 |
DS Maureen Lawson |
Guest starring Amanda Root Amanda Root is an English stage and screen actress.Ms Root is possibly best known for her starring role in the 1995 BBC film adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion and the British TV comedy All About Me, as Miranda, alongside Richard Lumsden in 2004.She trained for the stage at Webber...
. Frost is allowed to return to duty as a DI. |
| 2 |
Dancing in the Dark |
2004-02-22 |
DC Jasper Tranter |
|
| Series 12 / 2005 special |
| 1 |
Near Death Experience |
2005-09-25 |
DS Sharpe |
|
| Series 13 / 2006 |
| 1 |
Endangered Species |
2006-11-05 |
DC Robert Presley (Blake Ritson-Personal life:Blake Ritson graduated from the Dolphin School in Reading, Berkshire in 1993. After the Dolphin School, Ritson attended St Paul's Boys on an academic scholarship, and then Cambridge University studying English and Medieval Italian...
) |
Episode aired on ITV1ITV1 is the generic brand, that is used by twelve franchises of the ITV Network in England, Wales, the Scottish Borders, the Isle of Man and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey. The ITV1 brand was introduced by Carlton and Granada in 2001, alongside the regional identities of their eleven...
, Sunday 5 November 2006 at 9pm UTC |
|
| Series 14 / 2008 |
| 1 |
Dead End |
2008-10-19 |
DS George Toolan |
Guest starring Cherie Lunghi. |
|
| 2 |
In The Public Interest |
2008-10-26 |
DS George Toolan |
Guest starring Mel Martin Mel Martin is an English actress. Her father was the painter Frank Martin.She has appeared in many British television programmes and films including The Pallisers, Love for Lydia, Bergerac, Cover Her Face, Inspector Morse, Lovejoy , Cadfael and Midsomer Murders...
, Tam Williams, Julia St. JohnJulia St. John is an English actress. Her television appearances include A Touch of Frost, The Brittas Empire, Agatha Christie's Poirot and Lewis.-Selected film and television roles:...
, Paul ShanePaul Shane is a British actor, best known for his part in the sitcom Hi-de-Hi!.He was born in Thrybergh, near Rotherham, his real name being George Frederick Speight. He has also been referred to as Jason Shepherd from time to time - this was mostly when doing the comedy circuits when he was younger...
and Adrian LukisAdrian Lukis, born in 1958 in Birmingham, is an actor who has appeared regularly in British television drama since the late 1980s. He trained at Drama Studio London...
. |
|
| 3 |
Mind Games |
2008-10-12 |
DS George Toolan |
Guest Starring Keith Barron. |
|
| Series 15 / 2009 |
| Part 1 |
If Dogs Run Free (1) |
2009 |
DS George Toolan |
|
| Part 2 |
If Dogs Run Free (2) |
2009 |
DS George Toolan |
|
DVD releases
MPI Home VideoMPI Home Video is a home entertainment company that produces and distributes popular documentaries, films and television series on DVD & Blu-ray for the home video market. MPI Home Video is a subsidiary of MPI Media Group which was founded in 1976 by brothers Malik & Waleed Ali...
has released Series 1-13 on DVD in Region 1.
http://www.mpihomevideo.com/?p=25467&pid=1886&pcid=&ccid=
Endangered Species DVD was labeled as series 12 and not series 13 in the UK. Series 14 was released labeled as series 14 therefore series 13 is missing in the UK,
| DVD Name |
Ep # |
Release date |
| Season 1 |
3 |
30 March 2004 |
| Season 2 |
4 |
25 May 2004 |
| Season 3 |
4 |
28 July 2004 |
| Season 4 |
5 |
23 November 2004 |
| Season 5 |
4 |
29 March 2005 |
| Season 6 |
4 |
28 June 2005 |
| Seasons 7 & 8 |
4 |
27 September 2005 |
| Seasons 9 & 10 |
5 |
25 April 2006 |
| Seasons 11 & 12 |
3 |
31 October 2006 |
| Seasons 13 |
1 |
29 April 2008 |
| Seasons 14 |
1 |
27 October 2008 |
International broadcasters
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and UK.TVUKTV is a subscription television channel in Australia and New Zealand, screening British entertainment programming, sourced mainly from the archives of the BBC, RTL Group and ITV plc. The company was originally a joint venture with Foxtel and the RTL Group...
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Wednesday, 8:30pm |
Belgium BelgiumThe Kingdom of Belgium is a country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters, as well as those of other major international organizations, including NATO...
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VRTThe Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep , or VRT, is a publicly-funded broadcaster of radio and television in Flanders ....
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Canada CanadaCanada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
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Knowledge, SCN Saskatchewan Communications Network or SCN is a Canadian English language public educational cable television channel in the province of Saskatchewan. It is a provincial crown corporation owned by the Saskatchewan government....
, TVOntarioTVOntario, often referred to only as TVO, is a publicly-funded, educational English language television station and media organization in the Canadian province of Ontario...
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Croatia CroatiaCroatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a country in southeast Europe, at the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea. Its capital is Zagreb...
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HRT Croatian Radiotelevision is a Croatian public broadcasting company. It operates several radio and television channels, over a domestic transmitter network as well as satellite...
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Denmark DenmarkDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries; southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and it is bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark borders both the Baltic and the North Sea...
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En sag for Frost ("A Case for Frost") |
DR1 DR1 is a Danish national television channel, produced by the public service broadcaster, DR. It was the first television station to be established in Denmark, and began broadcasting in 1951 – at first only for an hour a day three times a week....
, TV 2 CharlieTV 2 Charlie is a Danish television channel owned by TV 2. It was launched on October 1 2004. The channel is primarily aimed at audiences over 50. It broadcasts from 13:00 in the morning to 01:00 in the night, and is available by cable and satellite only...
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Finland FinlandFinland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic country and democracy situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland...
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France FranceFrance , officially the French Republic , is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas islands and territories located on other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean...
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France 3France 3 is the second largest French public television channel and part of the France Télévisions group, which also includes France 2, France 4, France 5, and France Ô....
TMCTélé Monte Carlo or TMC Monte Carlo, traditionally known as TMC is a Monégasque general entertainment television channel.-History:The oldest private channel in Europe, TMC dates back to 1954, inaugurated by Rainier III, Prince of Monaco...
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Italy ItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia...
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La7 La7 is an Italian private television channel and considered as the third major network in Italy. It is currently owned by Telecom Italia Media, the media branch of the telephone company Telecom Italia, which also owns 51% of MTV Italia. Usually its programs are more cultural-oriented, although it...
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Japan Japanis an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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Netherlands NetherlandsThe Netherlands is a country in Northwestern Europe, constituting the major portion of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east...
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KRO KRO, or Katholieke Radio Omroep , is a Dutch public broadcasting organization founded on 23 April 1925. Broadly Catholic in its spiritual outlook, KRO broadcasts the bulk of its television output on the Nederland 1 channel. KRO is also responsible for managing broadcasts made by the Catholic Church...
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New Zealand New ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous smaller islands, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands. The indigenous Māori named New Zealand Aotearoa, commonly translated as The Land of the Long White Cloud...
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UK.TV UKTV is a subscription television channel in Australia and New Zealand, screening British entertainment programming, sourced mainly from the archives of the BBC, RTL Group and ITV plc. The company was originally a joint venture with Foxtel and the RTL Group...
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Norway NorwayNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a country in Northern Europe occupying the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, as well as Jan Mayen and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard under the Spitsbergen Treaty...
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NRK1 NRK1 is the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation's main channel. The broadcasting company is government owned and is called, in Norwegian, Norsk rikskringkasting ....
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Poland PolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe . Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
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Slovenia SloveniaSlovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central Europe bordering Italy to the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north...
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Kanal A Kanal A is Slovenia's first private television network, commencing broadcasts in November 1991.A third of Kanal A's shares were bought by the SBS Broadcasting Group in 1997...
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Sweden SwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe...
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SVT1 SVT1 is the primary television station of the Swedish public service broadcaster Sveriges Television in Sweden.-History:The channel began broadcasting in 1956 and was known as Radiotjänst TV, A year later, it was renamed Sveriges Radio TV. In 1969, the second television station TV2 was launched and...
, Kanal 9Kanal 9 is a commercial television channel owned by ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG broadcasting to Sweden. It targets the 30-59 age group, which is a slightly older age group than the sister channel Kanal 5....
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United States United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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A&E Network A&E is a cable and satellite television network with headquarters in Manhattan and offices in Stamford, Atlanta, Detroit, Los Angeles, Chicago, and London. A&E stands for Arts & Entertainment, which, for many years, was in the channel's full title...
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