Inspector "Jack" Frost is a senior detective at Denton police station. He is old-fashioned, cynical, curmudgeonly, untidy and rubs his superiors up the wrong way...but he is very good at his job. With a hard-nosed attitude and an incredible work ethic his ability to solve crimes is uncanny.
Superb crime drama series. Not your usual where the evidence and pieces to the puzzle are all neatly presented to the detective but one where much of the solving is done through good old-fashioned police work. In many instances you don't even know a crime has been committed, the police still have to determine that it has.
Generally there's more than one crime involved. Once again this breaks from the norm as most detective shows just have one crime to solve per episode. This series shows that the police generally don't have the luxury of only having to solve one crime at a time.
The private side of Frost is also quite interesting and rounds out his character and the show. Add in some great one-liners and other dialogue and it's a wonderfully engaging show. The fact that David Jason plays Frost helps immensely as he is first and foremost a comedic actor, famous for starring in Only Fools and Horses.
Throw in a colourful assortment of sidekicks and recurring characters and it's not just intriguing but incredibly entertaining. Frost's often-at-odds-with relationship with his boss, Superintendent Mullet, is one of the vital ingredients of the show.
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