Foyle's War

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Foyle's War is a British detective television series. It was created by Anthony Horowitz, who also writes most of the episodes. It is broadcast on ITV, which commissioned it as a replacement of sorts for Inspector Morse (though it is an original work, rather than drawn from books as was Morse).

The series is set in the Second World War in Hastings, England, where Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle (Michael Kitchen) attempts to catch criminals who are taking advantage of the confusion the war has created. He is assisted by his driver Samantha "Sam" Stewart (Honeysuckle Weeks) and Detective Sergeant Paul Milner (Anthony Howell), who lost a leg in Trondheim during the British Norwegian Campaign. Foyle is quiet, methodical and very observant and is frequently underestimated by his foes. Many of his cases concern profiteering, the black market and murder. Foyle often comes up against high-ranking officials in the British military or intelligence services who would prefer that he mind his own business but he is tenacious in seeking justice. A widower and a veteran of World War I, Foyle wishes to be back in uniform again. He requests a transfer to the war department several times in the first two series of the show, though by the end of the third series he appears to have accepted that this will not happen and that his detective work is just as important, in its own way, to the war effort.

Each episode runs for around 100-105 minutes, filling a two-hour slot when commercials are included. The stories are largely self-contained, though there are some running strands, mainly involving the career of Foyle's son Andrew (played by Julian Ovenden), a fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force, or Foyle's continuing relationships with cameo characters.

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[edit] International Broadcasts

In the United States the series has been shown by PBS. The first season went out under its Masterpiece Theatre banner and the second and third seasons as a part of Mystery!. In Australia the series has been shown by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation although it is unknown when they will show Series 4. In Canada it is being shown by History Television. In New Zealand it is screened on UKTV. In Arabic countries the series recently began airing on MBC 4 as one of the channel's Ramadan debut programs on September 24.

The fifth series has been completed and the sixth (and final) series will be produced in 2007.

[edit] Episode list

[edit] Series 1

Set in Spring/Summer 1940. Shown Autumn 2002.

    1. The German Woman
    2. The White Feather
    3. A Lesson In Murder
    4. Eagle Day

[edit] Series 2

Set in Autumn 1940. Shown Autumn 2003.

    1. Fifty Ships
    2. Among the Few
    3. War Games
    4. The Funk Hole

[edit] Series 3

Set early 1941. Shown Autumn 2004.

    1. The French Drop
    2. Enemy Fire
    3. They Fought in the Fields
    4. War of Nerves

[edit] Series 4

Set in 1942. Shown early 2006.

    1. Invasion
    2. Bad Blood

[edit] Series 5

Set in late 1942/early 1943. To be shown early 2007.

    1. Bleak Midwinter
    2. Casualties of War

[edit] Trivia

  • The rank of Chief Superintendent was not actually introduced into the British police until 1949, several years after the series is set.
  • Similarly, the county of Cumbria did not exist at the time of the programme being made; it was not introduced until 1974, out of Cumberland, Westmorland and the Furness enclave of Lancashire.

[edit] External links

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