Frost: A Touch of Frost

Classic Radio Crime

By: R. D. Wingfield

Narrated by: Alan Dudley, Derek Martin, full cast

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast drama starring Derek Martin, the precursor to the popular TV series and novels.

Jack Frost is disheveled, disorganised and disrespectful. His superiors don't like him. He has a habit of doing things his way - and getting results. But when Denton CID is faced with a spate of major crimes, Frost finds himself under pressure.

A young woman becomes the sixth victim of a multiple rapist, a teenage girl goes missing, there's a robbery at the Purple Parrot nightclub, and an old man is injured in a hit-and-run. With all this on his plate, Frost has little time and less patience for paperwork - but if he doesn't submit the overtime reports, there will be hell to pay. Has Frost bitten off more than he can chew?

A Touch of Frost gave rise to a hugely successful TV series that ran between 1992 and 2010. This gritty drama, first broadcast on Radio 4 in 1982, features Derek Martin as Jack Frost, with a supporting cast including Haydn Wood, Stephen Thorne and Alan Dudley.

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Audio updated as of January 2018

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Good detective, shows flaws but a solid code

Quality story with good voice acting, however, sounds effects were overwhelming at times and some secondary actors spoke too softly. But, overall a great character and story.

Humph!!!

Not a whole story merely an installment from a radio series. Beginning but no 'end'. Don't waste your money!