First broadcast 14th September 2003.
As Frost has mixed emotions about promotion, a young boy is reported missing and the malnourished corpse of a youngster is presumed to be his.
David Jason - Insp. Jack Frost
Bruce Alexander - Supt. Mullett
Robert Glenister - D.S. Reid
John Lyons - D.S. Toolan
Nicholas Woodeson - Anton Caldwell
Elizabeth Bennett - Psychiatrist
Julia St John - Amanda Chase
Anna Keaveney - Phyliss Morgan
Alastair Galbraith - John Palmer
Emma Amos - Emma Palmer
Ryan Watson - Bobby Palmer
Heather Cameron-McLintock - Helen Palmer (as Heather Louise Cameron)
Nigel Hastings - Martin Drew
Jennifer Hennessy - Elizabeth Drew
Jamie Knox - Alan Drew
Emma Pierson - Alice Thompson
David McKail - Dr. McKenzie
James McKenna - Sgt. Brady
Arthur White - Ernie Trigg
Billy Riddoch - Hammond (as Bill Riddoch)
Dylan Brown - Phil Stevens
Amanda Horlock - Cheryl Stevens
Richard Vanstone - Jimmy Holborn
Huw David Thomas - Security Guard
Mark Penfold - Superintendent
Julie Teal - D.C. Slater
Jonathan McGuiness - D.C.Wilson
Eileen Dunwoodie - D.C. Marsden
Eilis Hetherington - A C C 2
Debby Bishop - Josie Metcalf
David Slack - Peter Johnson
Katherine Tozer - Young Mum
Caroline Woodruff - Doctor #1