Talk:A Touch of Frost (TV series)
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[edit] Location of Denton
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- The series is set in the town of Denton, which from the geographical references in the series appears to be in South Yorkshire.
How come, therefore, that none of the characters (especially not Frost, nor his chief superintendent) have Yorkshire accents? Everyone speaks as if they're from the south of England, or the Midlands at most. --Thoughtcat 19:50, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
- It used to say "Oxfordshire", with a note to the effect that there is in fact a Denton in Oxforshire, though the name is a coincidence. Denton's postcodes (in the series) start with DN, which is a real postcode area covering part of South Yorkshire, but this is a coincidence too (or rather, a mistake, as the producers admitted after people started pointing it out) - DN in real life refers to Doncaster, DN in the programme is clearly Denton. This does not mean that Denton is Doncaster, and indeed it quite obviously isn't. --Bonalaw 12:16, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
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- I've been watching old episodes to check this out. In the early episode "Stranger in the Dark", briefing meetings take place in front of a large map of what is without any doubt Swindon. The Swindon location is further borne out in later episodes with shots of places I recognized such as the shopping malls, certain office blocks, the areas near the railway and so on. Also references to visiting Oxford and in one specific episode it is "20 miles to Reading along the M4." On the grounds of this, I've added a comment in the main article.MarkThomas 19:53, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Characterisation
I have removed this; [1] ... , thinking nothing for example of breaking into a suspect's property without a warrant. Neither is he above planting evidence to arrest a criminal who would otherwise get away with the crime. Frost can also be rude and aggressive to almost anyone, including innocent subordinates.
I have seen a lot of the episodes of this series and I have not noticed this characteristic behavior of Frost in the series. There is even an episode that is about an investigation where his old collages where involved in planing evidence and Frost exposes them. Frost is more and old style policeman who can can bent the rules but does not break them. --Walter 22:17, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
- I'd agree that Frost is mostly by the book (on the important things), although I do vaguely remember him planting a charm from a charm bracelet in someone's car in one episode...perhaps that's what the person who added that was referring to. Paul 1978 22:52, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
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BetacommandBot (talk) 21:27, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] George Cross Medal
One thing that I have been trying to find out is whether there is an episode of Frost undertaking his act of bravery?(!) Or is the story just mentioned in another episode? I have just bought most of the series but have yet to get 4 and 5. If this episode does exist, please would someone tell me which one.
Justploddingon (talk) 13:52, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
