"Foyle's War" (2002) TV series 2002-????

Creator:

Anthony Horowitz

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Release Date:

2 February 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Tagline:

While the world is at war, one man fights his own battle on the home front.

Plot:

It is 1940 and Britain stands alone against the might of Nazi Germany across the continent. The terrors...

Plot Keywords:

Looting | Murder | Collaboration | Racket | Spy

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Michael Kitchen	...	Christopher Foyle / ... (19 episodes, 2002-2008)
Anthony Howell	...	Sgt. Paul Milner / ... (19 episodes, 2002-2008)
Honeysuckle Weeks	...	Samantha Stewart (19 episodes, 2002-2008)
Julian Ovenden	...	Andrew Foyle (8 episodes, 2002-2008)

Runtime:

UK:120 min (including commercials)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 (season 4) | Iceland:12 (some episodes) | Iceland:LH (some episodes) | Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:PG (some episodes) | Singapore:PG | UK:12 (some episodes) | UK:PG (some episodes)

Filming Locations:

Balls Park, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Company:

Greenlit Productions

Trivia:

To the considerable mystification and annoyance of Anthony Horowitz (writer) and the cast, Simon Shaps, former Director of Television for ITV, who only stayed in the job for eighteen months, announced in 2007 that he would kill off this well-respected and lucrative series after making one final season of episodes. Horowitz had to abandon several scripts for episodes set in 1944, and jump forwards to episodes covering the end of the war in 1945. However in February 2009 it was announced that this decision has been reversed now Shaps has left his TV executive role, and three more episodes will be filmed in spring 2009.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Foyle is a Chief Superintendent. But the series is set during the Second World War and the rank was not introduced until 1949.

Quotes:

Samantha Stewart: [to Foyle and Milner] What you both need is a jolly good murder!

This is very , very good.

I'm constantly amazed by Michael Kitchen's ability to be intense and agonised but still seem laid back to the point of being almost comatose at times . Very well written and directed apart from the odd driving through the countryside scene with Foyle's and Sam's dialogue being obviously overdubbed . Speaking of Sam , I'm not sure if the fragrant Miss Weeks (Honeysuckle , flowers , oh forget it!) is being slightly tongue in cheek with her Dame Anna Neagle/Celia Johnson " frightfully super " accent but hey , a woman in a uniform is a woman in a uniform ! She can talk anyway she likes . Always very excellent guest actors like Bill Paterson and John Wood so all in all , a quality show .