A Touch of Frost

A Touch of Frost
Genre	Police procedural Comedy drama
Created by	R. D. Wingfield
Starring	David Jason Bruce Alexander John Lyons Arthur White
Theme music composer	Barbara Thompson Jon Hiseman
Composers	Barbara Thompson Jon Hiseman (1992–1997) Ray Russell (1999–2010)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	15
No. of episodes	42 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time	75–100 minutes
Production companies	Yorkshire Television (1992–2004) Granada Yorkshire (2005) ITV Productions (2006–2008) ITV Studios (2010)
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	6 December 1992 (1992-12-06) – 5 April 2010 (2010-04-05)
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A Touch of Frost is a British television detective mystery drama series starring David Jason produced by Yorkshire Television (later ITV Studios) for ITV from 6 December 1992 until 5 April 2010, initially based on the Frost novels by R. D. Wingfield. Writing credit for the three episodes in the first 1992 series went to Richard Harris.^[1][2]

The series stars Jason as Detective Inspector William Edward "Jack" Frost, an experienced and dedicated detective who frequently clashes with his superiors. In his cases, Frost is usually assisted by a variety of detective sergeants or constables, with each bringing a different slant to the particular case. Comic relief is provided by Frost's interactions with the bureaucratically-minded Superintendent Norman "Horn-rimmed Harry" Mullett, played by Bruce Alexander.

A number of young actors had their major debut as supporting cast in the show, including: Matt Bardock, Ben Daniels, Neil Stuke, Mark Letheren, Colin Buchanan, Jason Maza, Jim Sturgess, Damian Lewis and Marc Warren.