Monkey didn't have A Touch of Frost actor David Jason down as a massive practical joker - but apparently he is and it's usually at the expense of poor old John Lyons, who plays Frost's long-time friend and colleague Detective Sergeant George Toolan in the hit ITV drama. One famous Jason prank involved a bogus call sheet, which led to Lyons wandering around a university complex searching for the shoot while being secretly videoed - all for the benefit of the out-takes reel shown at the end-of-shoot party. What larks. "Making A Touch of Frost is like one big family, since we've filmed with David for a long time," associate producer Menzies Kennedy tells this week's Radio Times. "Everybody knows about his jokes and joins in. And there's usually a £50 wager on the joke coming off. John has wised up to it now, but he still never knows when it's going to happen."
