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Inspector "Jack" Frost is a veteran police detective, haunted by post-traumatic stress after being shot and still grieving for the beloved wife he lost to cancer. The TV detective formula has almost been flogged to death but Frost is a genuine 'new take' on the genre and in my opinion FAR better than its rivals, and I do include the (over-rated) Inspector Morse. The series is often dark and grim but the plots and characters are always thoroughly well-developed and realistic. David Jason is without doubt one of the most loved British TV actors, and yet he's spent his career in COMEDY! Taking the role of Frost was a huge departure, and he pulled it off marvellously. He's a fantastic actor. Inspector Frost always seems 100% real and certainly has his faults but viewers can empathise with him throughout. It's also a show unafraid to tackle (very) sensitive subjects. In my favourite episode the lead character is a young man with Downs Syndrome falsely accused of murdering a little girl. Highly controversial, especially as the young man was (obviously) played by an actor who lives with Downs Syndrome himself. His performance was OUTSTANDING and showed what a disabled person can achieve with the right encouragement. I give this show 9 out of 10. In the crowded world of TV detectives only Columbo is a serious rival.
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RussianPantyHog 7 January 2005
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