Frost in the Air

In November David Frost was unknown: a month later he was one of the most famous people in the country. That Was the Week That Was, the satire show that emptied the pubs on Saturday night, put him on fast track to TV celebrity. In Kitty Muggeridge 's famous words, the preacher's son from Beccles "rose without trace", and now for 30 years has been at the centre of British TV.