Foyle's War

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Touted as the new Inspector Morse, this ITV detective show stars Michael Kitchen as a police inspector frustrated at being stuck at home investigating provincial crimes during the second world war.

Honeysuckle Weeks is an inspired choice as... more »

Welcome to the Foyle's War guide at TV.com.

Touted as the new Inspector Morse, this ITV detective show stars Michael Kitchen as a police inspector frustrated at being stuck at home investigating provincial crimes during the second world war.

Honeysuckle Weeks is an inspired choice as Foyle's sidekick, a clergyman's daughter posted from the Women's Royal Army Corps to serve as his driver, and she plays the part with an admirable period style.

Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940 - which may seem a strangely remote period in which to place a new detective, but the setting turns out to be a means of adding moral and dramatic depth to the storylines.
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• Foyle beyond World War II

  Apparently there are discussions going on with Anthony Horowitz about writing some Foyle stories after World War II. I wouldn't mind it coming back, it's good cast but at the same time, maybe it should go out on a high ... Any thoughts?

  Apparently there are discussions going on with Anthony Horowitz about writing some Foyle stories after World War II. I wouldn't mind it coming back, it's good cast but at the same time, maybe it should go out on a high ... Any thoughts? less «

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• The End

  There will be 2 more episodes of Foyle's War on within the next couple of weeks. Then later this year they will be filming the final episodes of the show, to fit with the end of WWII.

  There will be 2 more episodes of Foyle's War on within the next couple of weeks. Then later this year they will be filming the final episodes of the show, to fit with the end of WWII. less «

  LMH68
  6 comments, last one Jul 27, 2008 + Add Comment

• Series 5 - U. S. Masterpiece Mystery (PBS) Summer 2008

  Seasons 4 & 5 (2 eps each) were aired together here in the U.S. & called Season 4 thus the last season is referred to as Season 5 on Masterpiece Mystery but in the UK & Australia the last 3 eps are referred to as Season 6. Plan of Attack airs July 13 Broken Souls airs Jul 20 All Clear airs July 27

  Seasons 4 & 5 (2 eps each) were aired together here in the U.S. & called Season 4 thus the last season is referred to as Season 5 on Masterpiece Mystery but in the UK & Australia the last 3 eps are referred to as Season 6. Plan of Attack airs July 13 Broken Souls airs Jul 20 All Clear airs July 27 less «

  TesserT Last online 2 hrs, 48 mins ago
  1 comments, last one Jul 13, 2008 + Add Comment

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  10 Perfect

  Foyle's War is an exceptional British detective series than incorporates the circumstances of England during World War II with the sleuth services of a brilliant detective. hide « show »

  I watch many BBC detective series and Foyles' War is the best I have ever seen.The characters are: intelligent,creative,wonderfully scripted,and brilliantly acted. Selecting World War II for the back drop of the series was ingenious. Honeysuckle Weeks is great as "Sam", the Detective Chief Superintendent's driver, which is played magnificently by Michael Kitchen and we cannot forget Anthony Howell as Detective Sergeant Paul Milner whose performance is also outstanding.I hope they will continue making the series. I love every episode and can watch each one over and over again.Anthony Horowitz who created the series is to be commended and the website is awesome too.

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  preakness Added Sep 3, 2008 All my reviews
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  10 Perfect

  One of the best shows out of the UK ever hide « show »

  Foyle's War is a drama set in the time leading up until WWII. Each season takes the viewer to another year. The series ends with VE Day.
  
  The show was exquisitely researched and written to reflect the period. In every show, there was some sort of true historical event and some real consequences of war. For instance, Dunkirk was in one episode and stealing fuel was in another.
  
  The series revolved around Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle in the city of Hastings. Foyle was a WWI vet who kept pressing to be allowed back into military service. He was denied, being told his services were needed to keep the peace in town.
  
  Assisting him were his driver, an Army woman named Sam Shepard and Sgt. Paul Milner. Paul resigned from the force to join the service, only to lose his leg during the ill fated operation in Trondheim Norway.
  
  The scripts always had me guessing until the very end, when the very moral Christopher Foyle had rooted out the criminals in a very fascinating 90 minute show.

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  CRaivios Added Jul 28, 2008 All my reviews
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  9 Superb

  "Foyle's War" is one of the few shows I look forward to. hide « show »

  "Foyle's War" is one of the few shows I look forward to.
  
  This mystery is a skillful mix of history, mystery, English culture, and American culture. The World War II setting gives a rich pallet of choices to set the mysteries for detective Foyle. Places, people, and incidents of the time become intertwined in the series. Fans who like history will relish most depictions.
  
  The characters are well developed a portrayed by the actors. Foyle appears stoic and banal, but as stories develop his character comes out subtle ways. The mysteries are of the classic style. No gadgets and gratuitous action sequences find their way into these episodes. The analysis is logical and cerebral.
  
  The series is well done and well worth a look by both mystery and non-mystery fans.

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  jrgreenmd Added Jul 9, 2007 All my reviews
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  10 Perfect

  It is 1940, and Britain stands alone against the might of Nazi Germany across the continent. Denied a transfer to the war effort, Chief Inspector Christopher Foyle, of the Hastings Police on South Coast of England, is nonetheless forced to confront the da hide « show »

  Foyle's War makes profoundly resonant use of British society in 1940, a terrifying time in which the threat of an Axis assault on England disrupted ordinary life in often horrible ways, from the resettlement of city children (into the care of rural strangers) to a spike in xenophobia to a loss of personal freedoms.
  
  Chief Inspector Christopher Foyle's son is a flying officer with the RAF. The two other series regulars are Samantha "Sam" Stewart (Honeysuckle Weeks), the Women's Royal Army Corps enlistee assigned as his driver, and Paul Milner (Anthony Howell), Foyle's assistant inspector recently returned to home front duty after being wounded with the Army during the disastrous British invasion of Norway.
  
  FOYLE'S WAR is an uncommonly intelligent detective drama. The murders occur in contexts that include sexual harassment, anti-semitism, police brutality, local jingoism, sabotage, and conscientious objection - all set against a backdrop of Luftwaffe bombing raids and the fear of imminent amphibious invasion by the German Wehrmacht.
  
  The character of Foyle - intelligent, perceptive, reserved, compassionate, wounded by his wife's recent death, worried for his son's safety - epitomizes the phrase "still waters run deep." The viewer embarks into each episode wondering what new layer of Foyle's persona will be revealed.
  
  Kitchen's magnificently measured performance and Horowitz's masterful grasp of the moral and dramatic issues of his battle-scarred milieu make Foyle's War a must.

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