‘A Touch of Frost’ was poised to return to TV screens – before the idea was scrapped at the last moment.
Sir David Jason – who starred as Detective Jack Frost on the show from 1992 until 2010 – was preparing to reprise the character, but his hopes never came to fruition.
The 79-year-old actor told the Sunday People newspaper: "There was a script about coming back. It was well written. He could come back as the character was never killed off."
David thinks the British public love TV detective shows, and he was eager to return to the show.
He said: "You have got ‘Midsomer Murders’, ‘Vera’, ‘Grantchester’ and ‘Death in Paradise’. They are all the same but people love that. People love a detective series."
Despite his frustration, David – who also starred as Derek Trotter in ‘Only Fools and Horses’ – already has another police show in the pipeline.
He shared: "I have been sent a script about another character who was an actor who became a policeman who is now retired.
"This young female police officer investigating a murder comes along. She recognises him from his acting glory days and he says to her, ‘Oh it wasn’t him who did the murder.’
"This young detective and older character start solving crimes. I liked it. I thought it was a little twist on the whole thing about detectives on TV."
A Touch of Frost ‘almost returned to TV screens’
