Would I like this if I liked Insp. Morse + Lewis?

I'm a big British crime fan. I've seen most of the one's you have mentioned. In my own humble opinion Insp.Frost is the best. I'm getting close to the end of his episodes and I'm feeling a little sad. He has a sense of humor that is unique. He's rather anti-establishment. You can see he has a little bit of the devil in him. He can be a hard nose but also rather kind. I doubt that he would love opera or high literature. He's just your average working man's detective. Doesn't have much of a life. Seems to be a bit absent minded which does't help his love life. Hope that helps.

I'd say try it.

I never really watched Morse - might have seen the odd episode, but I never really got into it.

Frost in comparison, doesn't appear to have much else in his life, really. As a character - at least in the TV series, he's a bit disorganised, a but scruffy, kind of old fashioned, yet empathatic (often seen where, perhaps due to his age / maturity, and / or life experiences, tends to relate more to the characters that have something of a dubious background, than often his junior officer).

Cracker seemed a similar series, in that Robbie Coltrane's character also has some flaws and issues.

When I first saw Frost, I thought it was ripping off Morse but my mum made me watch it until I ended up loving it just as much!
Give it another go and watch some from season3 onwards where it gets into its stride.

You might like it, but don't expect this to be as interesting/well-written as Morse or Lewis. After the first couple seasons, this show got peppered with so many cliched scenarios, that it's hard to take seriously.

The best way I can describe it is Law & Order(US). The series started off brilliantly and after a while, they just lost focus. Frost, IMO, is worse.

I never thought I'd like Morse because it was done in the 80s, but Morse was excellent from the start. Frost started off just OK, and did not get better. It's not terrible, but I would not even put it in the same level as Morse.

Morse was old, so was Frost. They were both single, and dating but there was something a bit off about watching Frost date. I mean, you have a shrink offering that little guy sex? Yea, she's desperate, but he's not the last man in the village. Morse dated a lot, but he had charisma. Frost just looks like he had bad breath.

Morse could be really annoying when he bossed Lewis around, but it was a measured exchange. Frost went from speaking normally to shouting like a belligerent fool.

Morse was a cheapskate who always got free drinks off people. Frost was a cheap ass who stole people's food.

They had a lot of dining scenes in both series, but Frost is not the person who should be filmed eating AT ALL. It was just gross.

Morse and Lewis had great chemistry. Frost had too many sidekicks and the chemistry was just blah.

Morse loved the finer things in life. Frost did not seem to have any other passions.

The way the cases were solved in Morse and Lewis were methodical. You could understand why they followed a certain path(right or wrong); with Frost, it just came out of nowhere and he'd start ranting about 'the killer this, the killer that'.

Sometimes, mediocre shows last a while and that's because there's no real investment in talent. Frost is that mediocre show. It's not the worst thing you've ever watched, but it's far from the best. It's not close to Morse, Lewis, Wallander, Whitechapel, Luther, etc. It's just an average time waster.

I loved Morse and was surprised that I liked Lewis, but my all time favorite is Midsomer Murders. It's on Netflix and Acorn.

Try also Cadfael, a detective monk from the Middle Ages, and Endeavor, who is a young Morse. You should also try the old Sherlock Holmes series with Jeremy Brett. Then there are the Robson Green series Wire in the Blood and Touching Evil.Those are dark. You may want to check out the new Sherlock Holmes with Cumberbatch. We also like Wallander in Danish. Another newer one is The Bletchley Circle about a group of 4 women who were code breakers in WWII. Also be sure to check out Foyle's War, also set during WWII and just after. There are also several iterations of Detective Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh, the older versions with Roy Marsden, stories from P. D. James books. Then there are the stories of Detective Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh played by Martin Shaw, and then the George Gently series with Martin Shaw, set in the 1960s. Finally, one of the best of the British detective series is Midsomer Murders.

I've been watching some episodes of Frost, and I agree with one of the posters above who said that Frost is one of those compassionate coppers, and that quality always attracts me about this particular group. It isn't a flashy show, but I think that's what the attraction is -- it's about the real life of someone who had to work really hard solving a crime ... and he wasn't always successful at it ... he even admits his difficulty with the complications of those assigned to him.

Thanks to all those who gave other titles besides the ones cited by the original poster. I've seen all of of the seasons of the modernized version of Sherlock with Cumberbatch in the title role and Martin Freeman as Dr. Watson which I enjoyed tremendously for what I think are sterling performances not only by the leads but also by the supporting actors ; also a few episodes of the older tv show with Jeremy Brett ; then some of Wallander.



Truth inexorably,inscrutably seeks and reveals Itself into the Light.

Frost is better than Lewis.

Never seen Morse.