A Touch of Cloth
A Touch of Cloth is a British television comedy series created and written by Charlie Brooker and Daniel Maier, shown on Sky One. A parody of British police procedural dramas, it stars John Hannah as Jack Cloth, a police detective with personal problems, and Suranne Jones as Anne Oldman, his colleague. The title is a play on the title of the detective series A Touch of Frost and the British expression "touching cloth," a euphemism for a desperate need to defecate. The DVD of the first series was released in the UK on 3 September 2012, and the second and third series were released on 1 September 2014.
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| Written by | Charlie Brooker
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| Directed by | Jim O'Hanlon
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom
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| Original language | English
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| No. of seasons | 3
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| No. of episodes | 6 (list of episodes)
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| Running time | 60 minutes (inc. adverts)
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| Original release | 26 August 2012 –
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- The title is a parody of A Touch of Frost (1992). "Touching cloth" is a slang description of being in dire need to defecate and the faeces is in contact with underwear.
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