A Touch of Frost: Complete Series

DVD Wholesale Quick Overview:

My husband and I watch one episode nightly, as each runs over 1 1/2 hours. There are 19 discs, consisting of 15 ‘series’. Most discs contain one series, consisting of 2-3 episodes. Two of the series are 4 episodes. We are up to the fourth series. Unlike most British detective series, Frost doesn’t have a permanent constable assigned to him. The acting and stories are excellent. For fans of British acting, over the series, you will see a lot of familiar faces/actors making guest appearances. In a way, Frost reminds me of the series Vera. I.e. An ordinary looking, somewhat overweight, middle aged, sloppily dressed, quiet, but highly effective detective. Friends of ours are impatiently waiting for us to finish the series so they can borrow it.
-Kat Ashe

I didn’t want to give this a two star, but is is really a 2.5 star. The series is wonderful in content. Detective frost is a British Colombo, ( or Maybe Colombo is an American Frost!). The problem I have is that the quality of the disc’s are at times poor. There are times when the shot is in complete focus and then other times where it looks like the entire episode was copied off of a copy, completely out of focus. I expected this to be in an old format, (Not HD), but with the technology they have today, I would expect it to be a lot cleaner than it is, and at least in focus. Also there are times when the sound is not clear. I have seen this series on PBS in the past and everything was very clean, so I have to assume it is the quality of the disc’s being sold or how they were copied.- Scottie C.

From the writer R.D. Wingfield comes “A Touch of Frost” based on the book by the same name. While Sir David Jason plays the character he was not the original cast for the role; Leslie Sands, a close friend of Wingfield first performed the role on radio. In fact, Wingfield was not fond of Sir David Jason for the role at all. Wingfield was no supporter of books or television he preferred radio. However, with the success of his books about Frost Wingfield was offered more dosh than he had achieved in writing.Yorkshire Television (now ITV), produced the show using a one camera view system throughout the series. The show was not produced in high-definition and most of the episodes have a grainy edge to them. Which is unpopular with many people living outside the U.K. The main cast is comprised of some very notable performers such as; Bruce Alexander (Supt. Mullett), John Lyons (Sgt. George Toolan), and Arthur White (Sgt. Trigg) who is also Sir David Jason’s real life brother. The show is set in the fictional village of Denton. However, its clear to most in the U.K. that West Yorkshire, Berkshire, and Oxfordshire are in fact the locations.-Rendar MacCallum

DVD Wholesale Main Features:

Actors: David Jason, Bruce Alexander
Directors: n, a
Format: Multiple Formats, Box set, Color, NTSC, Widescreen
Language: English
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only.)
Number of discs: 19
Rated: NR – Not Rated
Studio: MPI HOME VIDEO
DVD Release Date: September 3, 2013
Run Time: 3960 minutes