Foyle's War
Foyle's War (2002-2015)
Seasons: 9,
episodes: 28
Episode runtime: 120 min
Average rating:
8.5/10
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Production
Status
Completed
Creators
Scenario
Producer
Actors
Michael Kitchen
DCS Foyle
Honeysuckle Weeks
Samantha Stewart
Anthony Howell
Paul Milner
Nigel Terry
Hugh Jackson
Maggie Steed
Margaret Ellis
Sophia Myles
Susan Gascoigne
James McAvoy
Ray Pritchard
Janine Duvitski
Eve Redmond
Short description
As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940. Later series sees the retired detective working as an MI5 agent operating in the aftermath of the war.
Seasons
| Season | Episodes | Release date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
Series 1 The series begins in May 1940, a time when local Germans are being interned, the bombing of England has commenced, and anti-German feelings are running high. Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle's request for a service transfer is again denied, and he returns to local police work in H…
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4 | 2002-10-27 | 7.8 |
Series 2 It's Autumn, 1940, and DCS Foyle is once again thrust into the goings on around Hastings and beyond, investigating murder and other crimes committed during this time of war.
|
4 | 2003-11-16 | 8 |
Series 3 Set in Spring of 1941, once again we find ourselves in the midsts of mayhem and madness, as Foyle must determine the right from wrong in his home town. Even the war cannot prevent him from uncovering the truth behind organized crime, deserters and sabotage. First aired in 2004.
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4 | 2004-10-24 | 7.8 |
| 2 | 2006-01-15 | 7.1 | |
| 2 | 2007-02-11 | 7.4 | |
Series 6 Covering the long year from April 1944 to May 1945, where the end of World War II slowly but inevitably approaches, Foyle and his fellow citizens learn the price of victory and face a peace that will transform their lives in unexpected ways.
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3 | 2008-01-06 | 7.4 |
Series 7 We find Foyle in the Summer of 1945, In the immediate aftermath of World War II. Our Police detective now finds his longed-for retirement interrupted by cases of a different sort, involving international intrigue, military racism, and an accused traitor all too willing to go to the gallows.
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3 | 2010-04-11 | 7.7 |
Series 8 World War II is over, but the Cold War simmers in the height of the 1946 London Summer. DCS Christopher Foyle has retired from police work when Britain's secret intelligence service compels him to join its ranks. Reunited with his former colleague, newlywed Sam Wainwright, Foyle faces new-but no …
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3 | 2013-03-24 | 7.4 |
Series 9 The acclaimed detective series returns with more mysteries set in the uncertain days at the beginning of the Cold War. In the Autumn of 1946, former DCS Christopher Foyle now employs his unerring investigative skills in London on behalf of MI5, assisted by his ever-faithful driver, Sam Wainwright.
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3 | 2015-01-04 | 6.9 |
What's left behind the scenes
- The series' working title was "Blitz Detective."
- Filming for each episode took approximately 5 weeks.
- In most of the episodes set during the war years, people on the street carry small cardboard boxes slung over their shoulders. These are gas masks, which were issued to all civilians in the UK.
- The series creator and screenwriter Anthony Horowitz based Sam Stewart on his governess, Nora Fitzgerald, who served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force as a driver during the war and often told Horowitz about her service.
- In the first episode of the first season, the viewer learns that Sergeant Paul Milner was discharged from the army after losing a leg at the front. Milner uses a prosthetic and limps noticeably, but only in the first few episodes. Subsequently, the limp disappears, and he is even able to chase suspects.
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