Which TV detective works in the fictional town of Denton?
"Jack Frost (detective) Detective Inspector William Edward ""Jack"" Frost, GC, is a fictional detective created by R. D. Wingfield—characterised as sloppy, untidy, hopeless with paperwork—but unmatched at solving mysteries. The character has appeared in two radio plays, ten published novels, and a TV series spanning 42 episodes between 1992 and 2010. ""Jack"" is a nickname, alluding to Jack Frost. The character first appeared in a radio play entitled ""Three Days of Frost"" first transmitted on BBC Radio 4 on 12 February 1977. He was portrayed by Leslie Sands. The character's second appearance was also on BBC Radio 4, in a"
"to the particular case. Comic relief is provided by Frost's interactions with the bureaucratically-minded Superintendent Norman ""Horn-rimmed Harry"" Mullett, played by Bruce Alexander. A number of young actors had their major debut as supporting cast in the show, including: Matt Bardock, Ben Daniels, Neil Stuke, Mark Letheren, Colin Buchanan, Jason Maza, Damian Lewis and Marc Warren. The series is set in the fictional South Midlands town of Denton, and is marked by a gritty tone. It is believed that Denton is in either Berkshire or Oxfordshire, though there are many references to Reading, Oxford, and in particular, Swindon. In the"
"Inspector Morse Detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse GM is the eponymous fictional character in the series of detective novels by British author Colin Dexter. On television, he appears in the 33-episode drama series ""Inspector Morse"" (1987–2000), in which John Thaw played the character, as well as the 2012 prequel series ""Endeavour"", portrayed by Shaun Evans. The older Morse is a senior CID (Criminal Investigation Department) officer with the Thames Valley Police force in Oxford, England, and in the prequel Morse is a young graduate Detective Constable rising through the ranks with the Oxford City Police. Morse presents, to some, a"
"taken over by fast food magnate Farley Flavors (also De Young). The town of Denton is entirely encased within a television studio for the DTV (Denton Television) network. Residents are either stars and regulars on a show, cast and crew, or audience members. Brad and Janet, seated in the audience, are chosen to participate in the game show ""Marriage Maze"" by the kooky, supposedly blind host Bert Schnick (Barry Humphries). As a ""prize"", Brad is imprisoned on ""Dentonvale"", a soap opera that centers upon the local mental hospital run by brother and sister Cosmo and Nation McKinley (Richard O'Brien and"
"Delroy Denton Delroy Denton (born c.1961) is an illegal immigrant to Britain from Jamaica who, while a paid informant for Scotland Yard, murdered 24-year-old trainee beautician Marcia Lawes in 1995. After his arrest and conviction, the fact that he was an informant for Scotland Yard despite having been denied asylum in Britain and being wanted in Jamaica in connection with 7 murders there lead to a change in the way such police informants were handled. Delroy Denton, street name Epsi, had served time in Jamaican prison for firearms violations and armed robbery. Nick Davies, in an article for ""The Guardian"","
"Denton, utilized both the Microsoft HoloLens headset and live actors within a massive interactive installation, putting viewers into the eyes of the show’s lead character David Haller (Dan Stevens), a diagnosed schizophrenic who discovers he may actually be a super powerful mutant instead. ""Dispatch"", a four-part virtual reality episodic series for Oculus VR by Edward Robles, debuted its first episode at the 2017 Venice Film Festival and followed with the entire series premiering at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. The series follows a small-town police dispatcher named Ted (Martin Starr) on the worst night of his life. It was most"
"appeared in various television shows, including: ""Sliders"", ""Dark Skies"", ""Two Guys and a Girl"", ""Ally McBeal"", ""The West Wing"", and ""JAG"", and has had recurring roles in ""The Pretender"", ""Philly"", ""The Drew Carey Show"" and ""Reba"". In 2003, he had the lead role of Special Agent John Kilmer in the short-lived crime thriller series, ""Threat Matrix"". In 2004, Denton won Mike Delfino on the series, ""Desperate Housewives"". Since first appearing in ""Desperate Housewives"", Denton has continued to act in various made-for-TV and direct-to-DVD movies, including: ""Assumption"" (2006), ""Beautiful Dreamer"" (2006), ""Undead or Alive"" (2007), ""Custody"" (2007), ""Tortured"" (2008) and ""All-Star"
"Allen Denton Allen Denton is an American television journalist. He currently works in the San Diego market at KUSI-TV. Prior to KUSI-TV, he was a news co-anchor at NBC11 in San Jose, CA. Denton has been involved with numerous civic and charitable organizations including Big Brothers Big Sisters, the American Red Cross, the Youth Alliance, the Jaycees, and the Rotary Club. Recognized by his peers as one of television’s most distinguished journalist, Emmy Award winning News Anchor, Allen Denton can be seen each evening on the KUSI News at 5, 6, and on San Diego’s top rated 10 p.m. Newscast."
"state witness for the execution of serial killer Pee Wee Gaskins. Since joining KUSI, Allen Denton has reported on a number of major stories. Among them, the America’s Cup time trials, Texas Governor Rick Perry’s Presidential bid and the resignation of San Diego Mayor Bob Filner. On KUSI’s public affairs program ‘San Diego People’, Allen has interviewed many top news makers, both locally and nationally. Denton started his career as a Radio DJ following High School. He spent the next eleven years as radio dis jockey and newscaster. Denton's past broadcasting contribution was at NBC11 in San Francisco/Bay Area where"
"psychotherapist, she died of cancer the year before her son moved to New York City. Denton has a younger sister, Rebecca. He was educated at University College School and University College, Oxford where he studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics. He also became the editor of the university's magazine. He began his career as a journalist with the ""Financial Times"". He co-wrote a book about the collapse of Barings Bank called All That Glitters. He was a co-founder of a social networking site, First Tuesday and co-founded Moreover Technologies with David Galbraith and Angus Bankes, schoolmates from UCS. Denton is the"
"Dexter (TV series) Dexter is an American television crime drama mystery series that aired on Showtime from October 1, 2006, to September 22, 2013. Set in Miami, the series centers on Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall), a forensic technician specializing in blood spatter pattern analysis for the fictional Miami Metro Police Department, who leads a secret parallel life as a vigilante serial killer, hunting down murderers who have slipped through the cracks of the justice system. The show's first season was derived from the novel ""Darkly Dreaming Dexter"" (2004), the first of the Dexter series novels by Jeff Lindsay. It"
"he spent seven years co-anchoring the 6 O'Clock & 11 O'Clock news broadcasts. Prior to joining KUSI-TV in 2009 Denton was at NBC11 in San Francisco/Bay Area Market (2000-2009), WCNC-TV in Charlotte, N.C. (1995-2000), WAVE-TV in Louisville, K.Y. (1991-1995), and WSPA-TV, in Spartanburg, S.C. (1986-1991), WTVK-TV, in Knoxville, T.N. (1983-1986), WTVW, in Evansville, I.N. (1982-1983), and WBKO-TV, in Bowling Green, K.Y. (1981-1982). Denton has won three Emmy awards. The first was in 1995 for co-anchoring a live broadcast of the Breeder’s Cup Race from Churchill Downs. He also won an Emmy for his coverage of the Salt Lake City Winter"
"offered a limited selection of props for sale. In April 2013, Showtime president David Nevins said although the series would end with season eight, all options of continuing the series were ""on the table..."" including a possible spin-off series to be built around Debra Morgan. Dexter (TV series) Dexter is an American television crime drama mystery series that aired on Showtime from October 1, 2006, to September 22, 2013. Set in Miami, the series centers on Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall), a forensic technician specializing in blood spatter pattern analysis for the fictional Miami Metro Police Department, who leads a"
"""Parenthood"", as ""Tony"" on ""Drop Dead Diva"" and as Skip the Demon on ""Angel"". He has appeared on numerous TV shows including ""ER"", ""The X-Files"", ""Mad Men"" and ""True Detective"". He earned a SAG Award for the role of Roy Anderson, the ex-fiancé of Pam Beesly on the US version of ""The Office"". Denman was born in Newport Beach, California. He attended eight different schools while growing up all over Southern California. His family moved to Sequim, WA when he was 9 to live on a farm, which only lasted two years before returning to Orange County, CA. He graduated"
"to be an informer, police had acted unlawfully in permitting a man with a violent criminal record to remain free by endangering the public, the first lawsuit to be brought against the Home Office and London police officials. Delroy Denton Delroy Denton (born c.1961) is an illegal immigrant to Britain from Jamaica who, while a paid informant for Scotland Yard, murdered 24-year-old trainee beautician Marcia Lawes in 1995. After his arrest and conviction, the fact that he was an informant for Scotland Yard despite having been denied asylum in Britain and being wanted in Jamaica in connection with 7 murders"
"Endeavour (TV series) Endeavour is a British television detective drama series. It is a prequel to the long-running ""Inspector Morse"" and, like that series, is set primarily in Oxford. Shaun Evans portrays the young Endeavour Morse beginning his career as a Detective Constable, and later as Detective Sergeant, with the Oxford City Police CID. The series is produced for ITV as a Mammoth Screen and Masterpiece co-production for ITV Studios. After a pilot episode in 2012, the first series was broadcast in 2013, and four more series have followed. A fifth series with six episodes set in 1968 began on"
"Charles Denton (television and film producer) Charles Denton (born 20 December 1937) is a British film and television producer and executive. He first worked for the BBC as a documentary filmmaker for five years from 1963, before he left the corporation to go freelance. Denton formed the short-lived production company Tempest Films with the actor David Swift and fellow documentary maker Richard Marquand which first involved John Pilger in working for television and Pilger's first television documentary ""The Quiet Mutiny"", which Denton directed for Granada's ""World in Action"" series. At ATV he became successively deputy, then Head of Documentaries and"
"Night Frost Night Frost is a novel by R. D. Wingfield in the popular series featuring Detective Inspector Jack Frost, coarse, crude, slapdash – and holder of the George Cross. The novel was filmed for the ITV detective series ""A Touch of Frost"". A serial killer is terrorizing the senior citizens of Denton, and the local police are succumbing to a flu epidemic. Tired and demoralized, the force has to contend with a seemingly perfect young couple suffering arson attacks and death threats, a suspicious suicide, burglaries, pornographic videos, poison-pen letters... In uncertain charge of the investigations is Detective Inspector"
"""The Donna Reed Show"", (1962 episode Once Upon a Timepiece). In 1960, he also co-starred in an unsold pilot titled, ""Mountain Man"" about a Rocky Mountain fur trading station in the 1840s. Denton made two guest appearances on the CBS courtroom drama series ""Perry Mason"", including the role of murder victim Frank Jarrett in the 1960 episode, ""The Case of the Nimble Nephew"" and the role of Templeton Cortland in the 1961 episode ""The Case of the Missing Melody"". Denton married Eleanor Brown in 1955. In 1966, Denton died after suffering a heart attack in Piedmont, California. He was 52"
"New York City police detective (Dennehy) is investigating the faked murder and cannot understand why the Justice Department is even less helpful than usual. A sequel, ""F/X2: The Deadly Art of Illusion"", was released in 1991. A spinoff TV series entitled """" was produced from 1996 to 1998. Movie special effects expert Roland ""Rollie"" Tyler is hired by the Justice Department to stage the murder of mob informant Nicholas DeFranco. DeFranco is set to testify against his former Mafia bosses and go into witness protection, but the Justice Department is afraid he will be killed before the trial. Tyler rigs"
"nominated for six Daytime Emmy Awards for the 2015–16 season. The Inspectors (TV series) The Inspectors is an American crime drama television series, created by Dave Morgan. and produced by Litton Entertainment. Centering on the criminal investigations of postal inspectors, it is the only show on commercial television paid for by a governmental agency, its funding coming from the United States Postal Service asset forfeiture and consumer fraud awareness funds. The half-hour series premiered October 3, 2015, and airs on Saturday mornings on CBS as part of the network's ""Dream Team"" Saturday morning three-hour block of children's programming. The series"
"in particular. John Deakin, whose shadow is present throughout all three series, has a past in the Ulster police. He is the ""fireproof"" high rank detective who decides which other high ranked detectives that may use which methods. Tony manages to discover who he really is, but not good enough. Deakin also has contacts in the secret services. And the final two episodes (""The End User"" 1 & 2) deals with a story of illegal weapon smuggling to Northern Ireland. Although set in Nottingham, the series was filmed partly in Bolton, with the Town Hall appearing in several scenes. Guest"
"Olympics. His most recent Emmy Award was for a documentary about the year that followed 9/11. Denton has also been awarded two Associated Press awards, one for Best Anchor in the San Francisco market, and another for Best Live Coverage of a News Event. In 2016, Denton was nominated for a southern California regional EMMY for his work on a two part special report on the USS Albuquerque. Allen Denton Allen Denton is an American television journalist. He currently works in the San Diego market at KUSI-TV. Prior to KUSI-TV, he was a news co-anchor at NBC11 in San Jose,"
"Andrew Denton Andrew Christopher Denton (born 4 May 1960) is an Australian television producer, comedian, Gold Logie-nominated television presenter and former radio host, and was the host of the ABC's weekly television interview program ""Enough Rope"" and the ABC game show ""Randling"". He is known for his comedy and interviewing technique. He is also responsible for introducing the troupe of ""The Chaser"" to Australian audiences. Denton is the son of Kit Denton, writer and the author of the novel ""The Breaker"", about Australian soldier Breaker Morant. He went to Roseville Primary School in Sydney, before attending Blue Mountains Grammar School"
"his past, when an old acquaintance becomes the lead suspect in a murder case that involves the on-stage death of a young actress. The play toured the UK from August to December 2010. It was broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on 25 March 2017 with Neil Pearson playing Morse and Lee Ingleby playing Lewis. Inspector Morse Detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse GM is the eponymous fictional character in the series of detective novels by British author Colin Dexter. On television, he appears in the 33-episode drama series ""Inspector Morse"" (1987–2000), in which John Thaw played the character, as well as"
"Benton Fraser Benton Fraser (born 1962) is a fictional character in the television series ""Due South"". He is a constable of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police who works in the American city of Chicago, Illinois as Deputy Liaison Officer in the Canadian consulate. He lives in a dangerous neighbourhood at the fictional address of apartment 3J at 221 East Racine, and later at the consulate itself, after his apartment building was burnt down. The character is portrayed by Canadian actor Paul Gross. Fraser's seemingly strange habits, such as tasting evidence and holding the door for anyone and everyone, add hilarity"
"Dennis Clifton (Danny Sapani), who replaces the outgoing DI Kitchen (Sidney Livingstone). Clifton immediately makes it clear that he will not stand for any nonsense, and is determined to lead the unit his way. Alongside the Finn brothers are DC Joanna Granger (Emily Bruni) and DC Graham Reid (James Hillier). During the team's second case, it transpires that Reid has secret connections to a gangland murderer, forcing him to go on the run. Granger also finds herself under the spotlight after embarking on an affair with Tony Finn, which subsequently sparks a relationship between Jack Finn and his brother's wife,"
"(spinning out of the Lionsgate/ComicCon HQ ""Con Man"" series) and overseeing production of the comic and animation. Shannon was a producer on Season 2 of ""CON MAN"". Shannon and Actionopolis are represented by Circle Of Confusion Comics work includes: TV/Film work includes: Video Game work includes: Toy company work includes: Shannon Denton Shannon Eric Denton is an American veteran storyteller and artist with credits at Cartoon Network, Warner Bros., Jerry Bruckheimer Films, NBC, Disney, Sony, ToyBiz, Marvel Entertainment, Fox Kids, Paramount, CBS, Dimension Films, DC Comics and Nickelodeon. SHANNON ERIC DENTON is a veteran storyteller and artist with credits at"
"Detectorists Detectorists is a British single-camera television comedy series which was first broadcast on BBC Four on 2 October 2014. It is written and directed by Mackenzie Crook, who also stars alongside Toby Jones. The series is set in the fictional small town of Danebury in northern Essex and the plot revolves around the lives, loves and detecting ambitions of Andy and Lance, members of the Danebury Metal Detecting Club (DMDC). It won a BAFTA award at the 2015 British Academy Television Awards for Television Scripted Comedy. Series 2 commences with a 3-minute sequence showing an Anglo Saxon priest, carrying"
"department of Miami Police Department. Deborah has recently learned of Dexter's ""hobby"", and feels conflicted about keeping it a secret. Further complicating her feelings is the fact that Dexter saved her boyfriend, Kyle Chutsky, from a particularly brutal serial killer in ""Dearly Devoted Dexter Kyle Chutsky: A former government operative (from an unknown agency) who lost a hand and a foot in the events described in ""Dearly Devoted Dexter"". Boyfriend of Deborah Morgan. Brandon Weiss: A Canadian citizen who lives in Miami and kills people as a form of avant-garde art, motivated by a desire for revenge against the Miami"
"Colin Dexter Norman Colin Dexter (29 September 1930 – 21 March 2017) was an English crime writer known for his ""Inspector Morse"" series of novels, which were written between 1975 and 1999 and adapted as an ITV television series, ""Inspector Morse"", from 1987 to 2000. His characters have spawned a sequel series, ""Lewis"", and a prequel series, ""Endeavour"". Dexter was born in Stamford, Lincolnshire, to Alfred and Dorothy Dexter. He had an elder brother, John, a fellow classicist, who taught Classics at The King's School, Peterborough, and a sister, Avril. Alfred ran a small garage and taxi company from premises"
"new partner, they start a quest for Walsh's ex-partner's killer. He was known to be corrupt, but he was also investigating others at the Second Precinct, particularly Det. Henry Cole who once lived by another name and robbed an armored car. Cole's partner, Det. Allison Beaumont, is later revealed to be Walsh's girlfriend. Besides Shraeger, Walsh, Beaumont and Cole, the station has three more detectives: Leo Banks, who wears a bulletproof vest everywhere he goes, because he is afraid he will die at age 42, as his father, grandfather and uncle did; Banks' partner Eric Delahoy, who has a brain"
"The Inspectors (TV series) The Inspectors is an American crime drama television series, created by Dave Morgan. and produced by Litton Entertainment. Centering on the criminal investigations of postal inspectors, it is the only show on commercial television paid for by a governmental agency, its funding coming from the United States Postal Service asset forfeiture and consumer fraud awareness funds. The half-hour series premiered October 3, 2015, and airs on Saturday mornings on CBS as part of the network's ""Dream Team"" Saturday morning three-hour block of children's programming. The series stars Jessica Lundy as a Postal Inspector who investigates crimes"