Our protagonist is Detective Inspector Frost (David Jason) a late middle aged widower (as of the first episode) a grumpy, rumpled (in the manner of Columbo) man who does care for the victims but can be prickly and unfriendly with others.
Frost reports to Superintendent Mullet a bureaucrat concerned more with paperwork, procedure and politics then police work. He is often played as a comic foil for Frost but can be a sympathetic character at times.
The setting is a fictional town/city of Denton that is almost perpetually gloomy and prone to an unusual number of murders.
David Jason does a nice job throughout the series playing a gruff but likeable curmudgeon although occasionally - particularly when trying to go for humor his performance can be a little hammy.
One thing that does set the series apart is that instead of a regular Sergeant/Constable assisting we get a rotating cast of characters in this position that rarely return, this allows for a new dynamic with almost every case. There are also regular recurring characters that appear in the station and assist in the investigation's and even occasionally fill the assistant's role.
The series ran for 42 episodes in 15 series between 1992 and 2010, and was based on the novels by R.D Wingfield.
The normal 1 ½ hour running time allows for investigations with multiple suspects that are usually mysteries for both the characters and the audience and these investigations involve lots of interviews and routine police procedures rather than Sherlock Holmes like deductions.
Frost reports to Superintendent Mullet a bureaucrat concerned more with paperwork, procedure and politics then police work. He is often played as a comic foil for Frost but can be a sympathetic character at times.
The setting is a fictional town/city of Denton that is almost perpetually gloomy and prone to an unusual number of murders.
David Jason does a nice job throughout the series playing a gruff but likeable curmudgeon although occasionally - particularly when trying to go for humor his performance can be a little hammy.
One thing that does set the series apart is that instead of a regular Sergeant/Constable assisting we get a rotating cast of characters in this position that rarely return, this allows for a new dynamic with almost every case. There are also regular recurring characters that appear in the station and assist in the investigation's and even occasionally fill the assistant's role.
The series ran for 42 episodes in 15 series between 1992 and 2010, and was based on the novels by R.D Wingfield.
The normal 1 ½ hour running time allows for investigations with multiple suspects that are usually mysteries for both the characters and the audience and these investigations involve lots of interviews and routine police procedures rather than Sherlock Holmes like deductions.