A Touch of Frost: Penny for the Guy


09:10 am - 11:20 am, Friday, July 31 on ITV3 (10)

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Penny for the Guy
Season 5, Episode 1

A kidnapper demands a ransom from a supermarket magnate in return for sparing the life of a boy who has been reported missing. Frost manages to identify a likely suspect - but with no clues to go on, it looks as if throwing away the rule book may be the only way to save the child. David Jason and Bruce Alexander star


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Detective/Thriller Movie/Drama

Cast & Crew

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David Jason (Actor) .. DI Jack Frost
Bruce Alexander (Actor) .. Supt Stanley Mullett
Susannah Doyle (Actor) .. DS Liz Maud
Philip Stone (Actor) .. Finch
Miles Anderson (Actor) .. Sir Richard Cordwell
Stephen Moyer (Actor) .. DC Burton
Michael Angelis (Actor) .. Reggie Stansfield
Daniel Casey (Actor) .. Gratin
Fiona Dolman (Actor) .. Fiona
Bruce Jones (Actor) .. Tommy Dunstan
Paul Seed (Director)
Martyn Auty (Producer)
David Reynolds (Executive producer)
Richard Bates (Executive producer)
Philip Burley (Executive producer)

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Did You Know..

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David Jason (Actor) .. DI Jack Frost
Born: February 02, 1940 in London
Best Known For: His role as Del-Boy in Only Fools and Horses.
Early-life: Born David John White in Finchley, north London, on February 2, 1940, the son of a cleaner and a porter. As a child, he blossomed after appearing in a school play, but he followed his father's wishes and became an electrician. He remained a member of an amateur theatre group until a local newspaper critic advised him he had real talent and should turn professional. He signed up for drama school and joined actors' union Equity, only to be told they already had a David White on their books.
Career: After stints in local theatre, Jason graduated to TV, joining Michael Palin, Eric Idle and Terry Jones for Do Not Adjust Your Set in 1967. In the early 1970s, he appeared in the films White Cargo and Under Milk Wood and played the lead in TV comedy A Sharp Intake of Breath, before being cast opposite Ronnie Barker in the popular sitcom Open All Hours. He worked with the comedian again in 1975 in Porridge when he played old man Blanco, a performance that prompted producers to invite him to audition for the role of Grandad in Only Fools and Horses in 1981. The show's makers decided to cast him as Del-Boy instead after noticing his obvious chemistry with on-screen brother Nicholas Lyndhurst. It turned him into a household name. In the 1980s, he also provided the voices for animated children's favourites, including Danger Mouse and Count Duckula. Jason's huge success continued in the 1990s with The Darling Buds of May and A Touch of Frost. Even though he retired from the role of Det Insp Jack Frost in 2008, after playing the character for 16 years, he claimed to have no plans to retire himself from acting. His recent work includes The Royal Bodyguard and Still Open All Hours.
Quote: 'I've never 'felt my age', whatever that means. I think there are a lot of people who feel 22 when in fact they're 62, and there are a lot of youngsters who behave as if they were four times their age. It's an attitude of mind, isn't it?'
Trivia: He was knighted by the Queen in December 2005.
Bruce Alexander (Actor) .. Supt Stanley Mullett
Susannah Doyle (Actor) .. DS Liz Maud
Philip Stone (Actor) .. Finch
Miles Anderson (Actor) .. Sir Richard Cordwell
Stephen Moyer (Actor) .. DC Burton
Born: October 11, 1969 in Brentwood, Essex
Best Known For: True Blood.
Early-life: Born Stephen John Emery on October 11, 1969, in Brentwood, Essex. The acting bug bit him when he was a youngster, and he proved just how talented he was during performances with local theatre groups; he later formed his own company, The Reject Society. He then studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and spent the next five years tackling stage roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Oxford Stage Company.
Career: Moyer's TV debut came with a regular role in the ITV sitcom Conjugal Rites. He also had a recurring part in miniseries Castles and acclaimed drama The Grand. He also turned up in episodes of Casualty, Waking the Dead, Cadfael, A Touch of Frost, Midsomer Murders and Sunburn. His first film part was the title role in 1997's Prince Valiant. He's since appeared in Quills, Trinity and Perfect. Arguably his biggest British TV role came in NY-LON. He began to get noticed in Hollywood thanks to the miniseries The Starter Wife. He's played vampire Bill in American drama True Blood since 2008, although he's no stranger to televisual vampires having appeared in two episodes of Ultraviolet in 1998.
Quote: 'I'll get 10 or 11-year-olds coming up and asking for my autograph, and I say, ‘Have you seen that show?' and they go, ‘Yeah, love it.' I couldn't sit in the same room as my mother and watch that show. I mean, it's seriously racy!'
Michael Angelis (Actor) .. Reggie Stansfield
Daniel Casey (Actor) .. Gratin
Fiona Dolman (Actor) .. Fiona
Born: January 01, 1970 in Findhorn, Moray
Best Known For: The Royal Today, Heartbeat and Midsomer Murders.
Early-life: Fiona Jane Dolman was born in Findhorn, Moray, on January 1, 1970 to Rosemary and Gordon. She is the youngest daughter of four children. Her father worked in the RAF and he moved his family to Gibraltar when Fiona was 15. In 1993, she made her TV acting debut in Crime Story.
Career: Roles followed for Dolman on the small screen in Strike Force, A Touch of Frost, The Knock and Ultraviolet. In 1998, she joined the cast of Heartbeat playing Jackie Lambert. She went on to have a recurring role in The Royal Today. In 2011, she began playing Sarah Barnaby alongside Neil Dudgeon in Midsomer Murders.
Quote: On working with the Barnaby's dog on Midsomer Murders: 'We have sausages strapped to bags and in pockets so the dog follows you around.'
Trivia: At the age of 16 and 17 years, Dolman won awards at the Gibraltar RAF ladies windsurfing championships.
Bruce Jones (Actor) .. Tommy Dunstan
Born: January 24, 1953 in Manchester
Best Known For: Playing Les Battersby in Coronation Street.
Early-life: Born Ian Roy Jones in Collyhurst, Manchester, in 1953. He is the oldest of six children to Bruce, a steel erector. His mum worked in a factory. Although he enjoyed appearing in school plays, he didn't initially pursue acting as a career and became an apprentice pipe fitter at the age of 16. Jones also worked in a dairy and took jobs as a boilerman and firefighter, but developed a taste for show business when he compered a club night after a friend dropped out.
Career: Jones teamed up with a friend to create the comedy double act Clark and Jones, who were very successful on the northern club circuit, and also studied acting at the Manchester School of Theatre. His big break came in 1993, when director Ken Loach cast him in the film Raining Stones. He followed this up with appearances in the TV series Roughnecks, Heartbeat, Band of Gold and A Touch of Frost, and also took roles in the movies Bob's Weekend, TwentyFourSeven and The Full Monty. In 1997, he became a household name when he joined Coronation Street as loudmouth layabout Les Battersby. Since leaving the soap under something of a cloud he has appeared in several reality shows, including Celebrity Wife Swap, Celebrity Come Dine With Me, and Famous, Rich and Homeless. In August 2013, he entered the Celebrity Big Brother house.
Quote: 'I've turned into the real-life Les Battersby. I'm ashamed and embarrassed and I'm going into rehab.'
Trivia: Jones told The People newspaper in January 2009 that he had blown his £1million fortune.
Malcolm Bradbury (Writer)
Paul Seed (Director)
Martyn Auty (Producer)
David Reynolds (Executive producer)
Richard Bates (Executive producer)
Philip Burley (Executive producer)

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