---
name: "David Aspinall"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-aspinall"
fi1m_id: "david-aspinall"
imdb_id: "nm0039670"
tmdb_id: 1131561
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:17:24.955926+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# David Aspinall

## Identity

David Aspinall

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-aspinall
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-aspinall
- **IMDb ID:** nm0039670
- **TMDB ID:** 1131561
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0039670/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1131561

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 1990–1992
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0039670/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1131561

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*A Touch of Frost*](https://film.one/tv/a-touch-of-frost.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

David Aspinall is a television and film editor. His credits include the long-running ITV series *A Touch of Frost* (1992–2010), on which he edited 39 episodes, and the 1990 docudrama *Shoot to Kill*.

Other editing work encompasses series such as *Heartbeat* (1998–2004), *The Beiderbecke Affair* (1985) and *The Darling Buds of May* (1991–1993), as well as television films and miniseries including *A Is for Acid* (2002) and *Ghostboat* (2006).

*Sources: imdb.com, screenonline.org.uk, letterboxd.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *A Touch of Frost* (1992), Fi1m 76, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/a-touch-of-frost.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *How to Stop Being a Loser* (2011), Executive Producer
- *Between Two Women* (2004), Editor
- *The Brides in the Bath* (2003), Editor
- *A Is for Acid* (2002), Editor
- *The Life and Crimes of William Palmer* (1998), Editor
- *Cuts* (1996), Editor
- *Stalag Luft* (1993), Editor
- *A Touch of Frost* (1992), series, Editor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/a-touch-of-frost.md)
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, Editor
- *The Darling Buds of May* (1991), series, Editor
- *Shoot to Kill* (1990), series, Editor
- *Shoot to Kill* (1990), Editor
- *Missing Persons* (1990), Editor
- *The Beiderbecke Connection* (1988), series, Editor
- *The Beiderbecke Tapes* (1987), series, Editor
- *1914 All Out* (1987), Editor
- *The Beiderbecke Affair* (1985), series, Editor

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