If Dogs Run Free: Part 2 (5 Apr. 2010)

Frost becomes engaged to Christine Moorehead while trying to put crime kingpin Gerry Berland behind bars and trying to unmask a copycat killer.

Director:

Paul Harrison

Writers:

R.D. Wingfield (characters created by), Michael Russell (screenplay)

Stars:

David Jason, Bruce Alexander, John Lyons

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
David Jason	...	Insp. Jack Frost
Bruce Alexander	...	Supt Mullett
John Lyons	...	D.S. Toolan
Arthur White	...	Police Collator
Adrian Dunbar	...	Gerry Berland
Niamh Cusack	...	Sally Berland
Phyllis Logan	...	Christine Moorhead
Simon Shepherd	...	Tom Viner
Leah Bracknell	...	Carolyn Viner
Adam James	...	Gregory Salmond
George Costigan	...	Allen Moorhead
Jaye Griffiths	...	Alice Parmenter
Fiona Glascott	...	Jenny Mallinger
Jonathan Wrather	...	Dafydd Mansell-Smith
Valentine Pelka	...	Sam Crague

Storyline

Christine survives her ordeal and grows closer to Jack, who meets her apparently friendly ex-husband. To silence Lisowski,a drug addict, Berland gives him an extra strong fix,which kills him. Frost realises the two men know each other but decides to bide his time. However,he has a piece of good fortune when Salmond, Berland's cocky solicitor, has his car stole by joy-riding colleagues and Salmond's large,personal stash of cocaine is found in the car.Frost levers him into revealing the location of the site where Berland trains his fighting dogs and from here on Berland's world collapses. Sean kills himself and Sally leaves him, watched by Neil's mother,who takes her boy to the police to confess everything. The copy cat criminal is revealed as the child of a bent copper exposed by Frost and seeking revenge. There is a stand-off atop a high building but Frost survives to marry Christine. There is, however, an uninvited wedding guest who may well cloud the happiness of the day.

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Plot Keywords:

cocaine | cat | drug addict | wedding | arson | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 April 2010 (UK)

Filming Locations:

New Scotland Yard, Broadway, Westminster, London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

ITV Studios, Excelsior, Yorkshire Television (YTV)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min 88 min (DVD)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Frost reveals his Christian name, William.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Insp. Jack Frost: George! George! Come here! I suppose there is no doubt that it was arson.
D.S. Toolan: Well, the Chief Fire Officer thinks so, yes.

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Soundtracks

"Route 66"
(uncredited)
Composed by Bobby Troup (1946)
Opening several lines sung by Gerry Berland

User Reviews

The Frost chapter comes to a close.....

I'm quite certain many people were trying to guess the fate of D.I. Frost; does he meet his maker or simply retire peacefully and live happily ever after? There were three different endings filmed to mark the end of show, and even the cast members themselves had no clue as to which 'ending' was going to be broadcast.

I was personally satisfied with the conclusion; I wonder what other people thought of it? An alternate ending was shown on the internet immediately after the show was broadcast, and the DVD release also includes this.

The end of A Touch of Frost certainly brings to a close to one of the most popular drama series on British TV, which in no doubt kept us viewers hooked with its superb story lines - which sometimes dealt with difficult subjects such as paedophilia and racism - strong and believable acting, and its mixture of humour and versatility. The show will be greatly missed, but I hope to see Sir David Jason in other worthwhile roles in the future. 8/10