SUNDAY 25 SEPTEMBER
Drama
A Touch of Frost
8:20pm - 10:20pm
ITV1 London
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Subtitled, Audio-described
Episode written by David Gilman
Near Death Experience
Viewers recently voted A Touch of Frost ITV's third favourite programme of all time, so millions will welcome this new feature-length episode. It begins with Frost's trusty sergeant, George Toolan, being hospitalised by a nasty fall. He's investigating the nasty murder of a middle-aged mum, repeatedly stabbed in her bedroom. What's unusual is that the local Catholic priest (Danny Webb from Life Begins) is found at the scene, covered in the victim's blood. Jack, it seems, is no great respecter of the cloth. As the scriptwriter's manual requires, Webb's priest character is tortured, venal and clearly hiding something. But he's not the only repressed male under suspicion - there's a boozy ex-boyfriend and a brother-in-law with an odd habit of quoting scripture. The investigation proceeds at a leisurely pace, until a climactic final chase where Frost shows a good turn of speed.
RT reviewer: David Butcher
Insp Jack Frost - David Jason
Supt Mullett - Bruce Alexander
DS Sharpe - Philip Jackson
DS Toolan - John Lyons
Martine Phillips - Sara Stewart
Steve Markham - Jeff Rawle
Fr David Rose - Danny Webb
Sylvia Ford - Lia Williams
Bill Ford - Mick Ford
Ernie Trigg - Arthur White
DC Bennett - Julia Dalkin
Dr Amanda Chase - Julia St John
Helen Croft - Amanda Royle
Lucy Croft - Katie Gale
Mary Toolan - Rosie Timpson
Sgt Brady - James McKenna
Larry Arnold - Adam Allfrey
Dr McKenzie - David McKail
Dr Howell - Cornelius Macarthy
Adele Metcalfe - Carol Ackerly
Phillippa Murray - Joanna Ingram
ICU doctor - Simon Hedger
Officer - Martin Jones
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