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Paperwork given to Frost and other characters refers to Denton station as being part of the Thames Valley Police. In the earlier episodes, the M4 and A417 were often seen, and the map of Swindon was seen in the control room, although a map of Reading was used occasionally.

#Touch detective 3 release date registration

This is a Luton registration (ending 'PP'), a very common registration in Hertfordshire, consistent with Bishop's Stortford. Frost drives a blue Ford Sierra - D843 MPP. In SE2E3 a suspect talks about 'Driving over to Chelmsford', implying reasonable proximity to Denton, again placing the action in the Herts/Essex area. In SE1E1 a character mentions going to Bishop's Stortford, implying it is a short journey away and thus in the Hertfordshire or Essex area. There are many references to Reading, Oxford, and Swindon. Denton may be in Berkshire, Oxfordshire or Wiltshire. The series is set in the fictional southern England town of Denton. Comic relief is provided by Frost's interactions with the bureaucratically-minded Superintendent Norman 'Horn-rimmed Harry' Mullett, played by Bruce Alexander.Ī 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, Damian Lewis and Marc Warren.

In his cases, Frost is usually assisted by a variety of different detective sergeants or constables, with each bringing a different slant to the particular case. The series stars David Jason as Detective Inspector William Edward 'Jack' Frost, an experienced and dedicated detective who frequently clashes with his superiors. Writing credit for the three episodes in the first 1992 series went to Richard Harris. A Touch of Frost is a television detective series 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.