<Table> <Tr> <Th> Episode </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Written by </Th> <Th> Directed by </Th> <Th> Viewers ( millions ) </Th> <Th> Original airdate </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> `` Penny for the Guy '' </Td> <Td> Malcolm Bradbury </Td> <Td> Paul Seed </Td> <Td> 16.75 </Td> <Td> 9 February 1997 ( 1997 - 02 - 09 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="6"> It 's a busy night for the Denton CID . Just as Frost is about to leave on a fortnight 's leave , the body of a young boy is found dead in an alley . He was gagged and the pathologist determines he had been chloroformed and had choked on his own vomit . He had also had his left little finger cut off . The police had initially thought the young boy was Bobby Kirby who had gone missing that evening , but they determine it 's not the same child so they have both a murder victim and a missing child . The same evening , a couple returns home to find their front door open and their teenage daughter missing . The parents paid 25,000 pounds for her release but Frost has his doubts having had business with the girl 's father in the past . As for Bobby , kidnappers demand a half - million - pound ransom from a major supermarket chain or the boy will be killed . The payment is made but the police operation is botched and they have to go back a few steps in order to get on the right track . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> `` House Calls '' </Td> <Td> Malcolm Bradbury </Td> <Td> Graham Theakston </Td> <Td> 18.22 </Td> <Td> 16 February 1997 ( 1997 - 02 - 16 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="6"> Frost is in charge of the case of a three - month - old corpse found in the coal bin of an abandoned farm house . The body is eventually identified as that of a well - known thief , but Frost has little to go on . DS Liz Maud ( Susannah Doyle ) has a case of a child abuser who is injecting children with water . Frost recalls a similar case and , when they learn he is now in the area , have an immediate suspect . Frost feels sorry for him however and concludes that he ca n't be the person they 're after . However , when two children are killed , both with indications of having injections , Frost may be in the soup . Supt . Mullett advises him that he will have no choice but to advise the Chief Constable and that it will likely lead to a disciplinary hearing . Fortunately for Frost , he sees a number of holes in Maud 's case , leading him to the real killer . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> `` True Confessions '' </Td> <Td> Michael Russell </Td> <Td> Sandy Johnson </Td> <Td> 17.47 </Td> <Td> 23 February 1997 ( 1997 - 02 - 23 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="6"> Just back from a holiday in Spain with his friend Kitty Rayford , Frost investigates the death of Jeanette Barr , found on a nearby riverbank . The autopsy reveals that although she drowned , it more likely happened in her bathtub and not in the river . In the course of the investigation , Frost learns that she was having an affair with Richard Sheridan , a graphic designer who worked for her husband and his brother but he has an alibi for the time of her death . Jeanette 's husband , Jack Barr , is known to Frost from when he investigated the murder of his first wife 10 years previously . Unfortunately someone is already serving a sentence for that killing and Jack finds himself suspended while an internal investigation takes place . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> `` No Other Love '' </Td> <Td> Sian Orrells </Td> <Td> David Reynolds </Td> <Td> 18.15 </Td> <Td> 2 March 1997 ( 1997 - 03 - 02 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="6"> Peter Lawson is a pawnbroker with a difficult family life . His father , retired after a long career in the army , is a demanding patriarch and his oldest children hate him . An armed robbery at his shop brings Frost , now reunited with DS Clive Barnard ( Matt Bardock ) , onto the case but all does not sit well with the police . When Lawson is murdered a few days later , Frost and Barnard uncover a case of child abuse that has gone on for years . The ensuing investigation leads to a
<Table> <Tr> <Th> Episode </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Written by </Th> <Th> Directed by </Th> <Th> Viewers ( millions ) </Th> <Th> Original airdate </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> `` Penny for the Guy '' </Td> <Td> Malcolm Bradbury </Td> <Td> Paul Seed </Td> <Td> 16.75 </Td> <Td> 9 February 1997 ( 1997 - 02 - 09 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="6"> It 's a busy night for the Denton CID . Just as Frost is about to leave on a fortnight 's leave , the body of a young boy is found dead in an alley . He was gagged and the pathologist determines he had been chloroformed and had choked on his own vomit . He had also had his left little finger cut off . The police had initially thought the young boy was Bobby Kirby who had gone missing that evening , but they determine it 's not the same child so they have both a murder victim and a missing child . The same evening , a couple returns home to find their front door open and their teenage daughter missing . The parents paid 25,000 pounds for her release but Frost has his doubts having had business with the girl 's father in the past . As for Bobby , kidnappers demand a half - million - pound ransom from a major supermarket chain or the boy will be killed . The payment is made but the police operation is botched and they have to go back a few steps in order to get on the right track . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> `` House Calls '' </Td> <Td> Malcolm Bradbury </Td> <Td> Graham Theakston </Td> <Td> 18.22 </Td> <Td> 16 February 1997 ( 1997 - 02 - 16 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="6"> Frost is in charge of the case of a three - month - old corpse found in the coal bin of an abandoned farm house . The body is eventually identified as that of a well - known thief , but Frost has little to go on . DS Liz Maud ( Susannah Doyle ) has a case of a child abuser who is injecting children with water . Frost recalls a similar case and , when they learn he is now in the area , have an immediate suspect . Frost feels sorry for him however and concludes that he ca n't be the person they 're after . However , when two children are killed , both with indications of having injections , Frost may be in the soup . Supt . Mullett advises him that he will have no choice but to advise the Chief Constable and that it will likely lead to a disciplinary hearing . Fortunately for Frost , he sees a number of holes in Maud 's case , leading him to the real killer . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> `` True Confessions '' </Td> <Td> Michael Russell </Td> <Td> Sandy Johnson </Td> <Td> 17.47 </Td> <Td> 23 February 1997 ( 1997 - 02 - 23 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="6"> Just back from a holiday in Spain with his friend Kitty Rayford , Frost investigates the death of Jeanette Barr , found on a nearby riverbank . The autopsy reveals that although she drowned , it more likely happened in her bathtub and not in the river . In the course of the investigation , Frost learns that she was having an affair with Richard Sheridan , a graphic designer who worked for her husband and his brother but he has an alibi for the time of her death . Jeanette 's husband , Jack Barr , is known to Frost from when he investigated the murder of his first wife 10 years previously . Unfortunately someone is already serving a sentence for that killing and Jack finds himself suspended while an internal investigation takes place . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> `` No Other Love '' </Td> <Td> Sian Orrells </Td> <Td> David Reynolds </Td> <Td> 18.15 </Td> <Td> 2 March 1997 ( 1997 - 03 - 02 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="6"> Peter Lawson is a pawnbroker with a difficult family life . His father , retired after a long career in the army , is a demanding patriarch and his oldest children hate him . An armed robbery at his shop brings Frost , now reunited with DS Clive Barnard ( Matt Bardock ) , onto the case but all does not sit well with the police . When Lawson is murdered a few days later , Frost and Barnard uncover a case of child abuse that has gone on for years . The ensuing investigation leads to a
a touch of frost season 5 episode 4
a touch of frost season 5 episode 4
`` No Other Love ''
`` No Other Love ''