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Foyle's War is a British detective drama television series set during and shortly after the Second World War, created by Midsomer Murders screenwriter and author Anthony Horowitz and commissioned by ITV after the long-running series Inspector Morse ended in 2000. It began broadcasting on ITV in October 2002.
This category lists episodes of Foyle's War in order by Series, 1 referring to Series 1, and so on. Pages in category "Foyle's War episodes" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Series 4 of the ITV programme Foyle's War was first aired in 2006. It is the only series to be divided into two parts, one comprising two episodes screened in 2006, and the other comprising two from 2007. It was the last series of four episodes; later series had only three. It is set in the period from March 1942 to March 1943.
The episode mentions increased troop movements down to the south coast and that "the end of the war is in sight", indicating a pre-D Day setting.The cartography activity at fictitious Beverly Lodge (filmed at Langley Park, Slough, Berkshire) is based on the secret map-making activities undertaken at Hughenden Manor during World War II, [1] which were not known until two years before the ...
Foyle examines Pierce's top-secret role during the war within the Special Operations Executive (SOE) after she is shot outside MI5 by a man saying "This is for Elise". Pierce survives and is visited by an ex-SOE colleague, Sir Ian Woodhead, who is the current director of MI6.
The major theme of this episode is the emerging effects of the Cold War in post-war Britain, and the commencement of the repatriation of enemy combatants from the UK. For Russian combatants – particularly for enemy sympathisers, anti-communists, and those with knowledge of atrocities – the pending deportation situation was bleak.
Kitchen's film career started in 1971 with an appearance in the film Unman, Wittering and Zigo (1971), [6] and the Hammer film Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972). [6]His early TV appearances include roles in Man at the Top (episode 4 "The Prime of Life", 1970), [7] Play for Today (Hell's Angels by David Agnew, 1971), [7] Thriller (1976), [7] The Brontes of Haworth (1973, [7] in which he played Branwell ...
Foyle becomes aware of Strasser's war crimes in Normandy in 1944 and interviews Nelson, who tells him how Strasser gave the command to execute the U.S. Army soldiers he'd been working with, even though they had surrendered, in accordance with the conventions of war. Foyle exposes his superior's attempts to foil the Americans by faking Strasser ...