When was frost filmed

For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on This article is more than 13 years old. Photograph: ITV. David Jason grew a moustache for the role. It was his idea, as he imagined Frost grew one in his youth to give himself a few extra years and more maturity. He lost the moustache between series to play other parts and than needed four weeks to grow it back as well as stop shaving at the right time ahead of shooting. Sometimes Jason missed the mark and had to help it along with a bit of "coloring-in"' but it was always ready for filming.

The series originally ended in , but was later revived in until There was considerable criticism that David Jason was 70 in the final series, a decade older than any serving policeman would be. They devised fake scripts which Lyons had to learn at short notice, involving ludicrous situations for Toolan: on one occasion, they made his character wear a neck brace; on another, they made him ferret around in a smelly rubbish bin looking for evidence.

Each time, Lyons said "You won't catch me out like that again" but he always fell for the next prank. Filming meant spending a lot of time away from home, at the studios in Leeds or on location in Wetherby, Harrogate, Dewsbury and all local stations.

Yorkshire Television made it easy on David Jason by renting out a cottage rather than pay for a hotel, especially since Jason could cook for himself; he just wanted somewhere simple to go at the end of the day to clear his head. Yorkshire Television found Jason an old farmer's cottage without central heating, so he had to light a fire; on warm evenings he sat out in the garden which was always a pleasure.

When asked did he get lonely, he said he didn't, because he enjoyed the quiet time. He also had his own driver, on call 24hrs a day, who collected Jason from Buckinghamshire for the 3hr drive to Yorkshire while he worked on his scripts, stop along the way for a bacon and egg roll and a cup of tea "a very Frost-like meal".

Jason lived in a spartan farm cottage while the cast of Frost stayed at a hotel. Drinking other people's teas and coffees became something of a habit for Frost - a little humanizing moment which chased through the series to make him more than just an efficient cop. This again was an element taken from the original novels, in which Frost would constantly drink colleagues' beverages while their backs were turned, and would also take food or request it as well as drinks from witnesses and even suspects, as well as other officers.

He did this far more often though in the novels with cigarettes, which he would frequently steal from Mullett and those he came into contact with during the course of his investigations, often resulting in an outraged reaction to Frost's indifference. When David Jason expressed an interest in playing a detective, five books, all crime fictions in different areas by different authors were posted to him.

Jason took them on holiday to Florida and read them over the next fortnight by the pool. Before Jason settled on Detective Inspector Jack Frost, he considered a Sherlock Holmes type detective because it was different from anything else he had done.

Jason called from Florida saying he wanted Frost. The producers felt that the name "Jack Frost" was implausible and diminished a detective's credibility, so "Jack" was turned into a nickname for the show instead. David Jason said the popularity of the show was based on a hunch that had well and truly paid off.

He liked the darkness of the show after the lightness of Only Fools and Horses and The Darling Buds of May because it showed audiences he could play both, but lightness became a part of Frost too. Frost had to be cleaned up from the books, where Frost was a chain smoker, but David Jason recently gave up smoking.

He used to smoke four or five cigarettes a day, or in the evening with a drink, and didn't want to start again, and smoking was taboo on TV in Frost was made a former heavy smoker who had just quit, making him grumpy and irritable around people who still did.

To prevent the show from becoming too formulaic, Frost had several sidekicks between cases, unlike most detective shows. It gave him new characters to bounce off and challenge his slightly set view of the world. This was an element taken from the original novels, in which Frost always had a new partner with the previous ones never being mentioned again in subsequent books.

When The Darling Buds of May came to an end, David Jason was asked what he wanted to do next, a new and exciting experience for him, because his television career had gotten so successful he could shout the odds on where his career went. He said he loved detective shows, and wanted to play a detective, which culminated in him getting the role of Detective Inspector Jack Frost. David, 80, has been keeping himself seriously busy since A Touch of Frost finished - namely by taking part in plenty of documentaries!

The actor, who also starred as Del Boy in Only Fools and Horses, appeared in a documentary about the sitcom in In , the actor kept up with the new tradition, starring in David Jason's Great British Inventions. Bruce, 74, is perhaps best known for playing the Superintendent for nearly 18 years on A Touch of Frost, but that certainly isn't his only achievement! After appearing in 39 episodes of A Touch of Frost, John has enjoyed partaking in theatre work, and toured the UK with the show The Eleventh Hour back in , alongside appearing in Jack and the Beanstalk.

He revealed that he is now a pensioner in an interview with This is Money for the Mail on Sunday in , saying: "I started saving into a pension when I was 41, and I am so glad I did as I am drawing on it now. Search in topic:. Train sounds and visuals fill the screen as this "Benefit of the Doubt Part One " episode opens, and we see the remains of a woman dead on the train tracks. Apparently she was on the from London, and somehow fell or jumped off, confounding Detective Frost Sir David Jason.

No one reported her missing, and they can't find her handbag to identify her. Detective Jack Frost is shocked when a piece of the puzzle indicates murder. The show is based on the novels of R. For 17 years Jason played the beloved sleuth, until he felt "too old" to be a believable gritty street copper. Born in David Jason was knighted in for service to drama and comedy. What type of incident did he investigate which led to a grisly discovery in Denton woods?

We find Jack caring for Mary, his terminally ill wife. Whilst Jack was working Mary was looked after by a nurse, Shirley Fisher, who later took a more personal role in Jack's life. The investigation concerned the disappearance of a young girl, Tracy Uphill, but while searching the woods a severed arm was discovered chained to a strongbox. Investigations led Jack to an armed robbery that took place 30 years earlier. Jack found a survivor of the robbery, but that man was soon found dead, killed by the same weapon that was used in the initial crime.

The missing girl eventually turned up, alive, at Denton hospital. Denton is a small town, near Bristol in Southern England. The nearest Denton is in Oxfordshire, approximately miles away.