Cry freedom: David sobbed at the end of Frost.
Sir David Jason admitted saying cheerio to his grumpy alter-ego DI Jack Frost was a highly emotional experience. After 18 years, he wept as the last scenes of A Touch Of Frost were shot.
He said: “On the final day of filming there were moments in the script when I had to find tears and let’s just say those tears weren’t hard to find.
“I think everyone on set had the feeling something really special, which had been a big part of all our lives, was finally coming to an end. You’d have needed a heart of stone not to feel emotional.”
The actor has been a favourite for more than 45 years in shows such as Only Fools and Horse and The Darling Buds of May.
Remembering the first ever shows, he said: “Right from day one at the read through in a hired room in London, I felt we really had something out of the ordinary with A Touch of Frost.
“I’d read R.D.Wingfield’s books beforehand and the plots were so inventive and off the wall and they always really got you thinking about the ‘who’ and the ‘why’ a certain crime had been committed.”
WATCHING THE DETECTIVES
- A Touch Of Frost comes to an end
- Sir David is quids in
- Taggart: home-grown whodunits
- How they solved ’em back in the day
Poor old Jack, however, has been fairly unlucky with love over the years starting with the death of his wife from cancer in the first episode.
Now he might finally find happiness with RSPCA officer Christine Moorhead, played by Phyllis Logan.
David has enjoyed seeing Jack Frost develop. He said: “As the years have gone by we developed Jack so that there was also a lighter side to him. We introduced a lot of funny moments into the script too, little quirks and tics, like Jack’s hatred of paper work and love of snacking. He’s the only copper on telly that’ll eat a bacon sandwich while looking at a corpse.”
A Touch of Frost was first aired in 1992 and, since then, 40 episodes have been show. It was based on a character in books by R.D. Wingfield.
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