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Frost Novice

posted 15 years ago by Adams5905
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I have been a huge fan of Morse for years, and always thought of Frost as Morse's younger, less cerebral cousin. I seem to remember that Frost was also shown on Sunday evenings-not a particularly convenient time-and therefore, not having watched the early episodes, I avoided the whole show, even when repeated, and was never converted as a fan.
In the UK, however, ITV3 have started repeating Frost from series #1, episode 1, and so I started watching (although I notice they seem to be messing around with the chronology already-ITV seem to take a perverse pleasure in doing this; they are showing Morse as series#1 episodes 1-3, series #2, episode 1, then 3 (no 2), while simultaneously showing series#6, episodes 1-6 weekly), they are also showing them daily, which allows for intensive viewing!
I still haven't made my mind up about the quality of this production, and have difficulty with David Jason in a 'serious' role, not because of Only Fools and Horses, but because every serious drama role he has ever undertaken, including A Bit of a Do, has always been flawed, and rather wooden. He does seem rather more confortable in this role, however, and I am impressed.
One question I must ask, however: has anyone noticed that it's always summer in Oxford, and always winter in Denton?..

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[–] jr146131 15 years ago

Glad you like Frost. I was the same as you thinking David Jason in a gritty role wouldn't work, and had heard it was quite low key. However I became immersed in it and have every series on DVD, I love it. In my opinion the best episodes you should watch to see the show at its best are:

Paying the Price
Keys to the car
Held in trust
penny for the guy

[–] garyahampton 15 years ago

One question I must ask, however: has anyone noticed that it's always summer in Oxford, and always winter in Denton?..

I think you'll find this is caused by the North-South divide, which is a dry-stone wall built some miles north of Watford, that prevents the cold air and dark clouds and certain other indesirables from drifting over the home counties. Indeed, this is why over Oxfordshire, Kent, Surrey and London the sky is always blue and the sun always shines; and why it's alway been grim up north.

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[–] Adams5905 15 years ago

Yes, I've heard of this. I believe it also acts as a time-displacement aberration, which means that individuals travelling North over the divide move back 20 yrs in real time, and vice-versa. This also explains why visitors from the grim North always refer to ‘unfriendly Southerners’, and complain about the inflated cost of goods there.

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[–] garyahampton 15 years ago

I believe it also acts as a time-displacement aberration ?!?! I've think you've gone all Doctor Who there. But who am I to talk ? I recently saw the Red Riding Trilogy series by David Peace and thought it was set in the present ! I've been watching Last of the Summer Wine for years and have only recently been told that it is not a documentary !! Imagine my shock !!!

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[–] Adams5905 15 years ago

Yes, I must say I found Life on Mars very confusing…was the main protagonist wearing ‘trendy retro’ gear, or was it simply the delaying effect?..Was he suffering from real time retrospective South/North hallucinations, a bad hangover caused by over-gassed keg bitter, or simply a ‘brown’ overdose?..I’m still baffled to this day…

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