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"A Touch of Frost" is one of many British Police Crime dramas: Midsomer Murders, Taggart, Morse, Wycliffe there seem to be several of them. But Frost is undoubtedly the best. The handful of novels by R.D. Wingfield that inspired this series, are complex and deeply satisfying. The TV series is first class. The stories are good, and the characters real and believable. Frost, thank goodness, is flawed. He seems to be incapable of sustaining a relationship with a woman. His relationship with Chief Superintendent Mullet is not the one-dimensional one of animosity that we have come to expect in police shows. Mullet shows a grudging respect for Frost, and Frost, untidy and hating paperwork, seems to have some respect for Horn-Rim Harry, as he refers to his superior officer. Certainly Mullet occasionally protects Frost from his own impetuousness. Frost is not above bending the rules, even going so far as to frame a suspect he is certain committed a series of crimes. And there is humour in this series, something lacking in most police shows, a lightening of the tension. There are no car chases, no foul language, and no fighting. But the series is tops. There are 36 episodes in the 12 series released on DVD. And those episodes will provide excellent entertainment for the discerning viewer.
score 10/10
petra-59 15 May 2006
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