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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.
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.
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.
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 ...
The episode reveals Foyle's long-standing friendship with Carlo Lucciano, a restaurant owner, which dates back to when Foyle's wife was alive. Foyle mentions that his son Andrew is undergoing pilot training with the RAF in Scotland. Tony Lucciano asks Stewart to be "his girl" and write to him while he is serving.
Foyle, through Nelson, also becomes aware of Strasser's war crimes in Normandy in 1944 and exposes his superior's attempts to foil the Americans by faking Strasser's death. Foyle then considers the need to protect the German for the greater good his information offers, but Strasser is ultimately arrested by the Americans after a tip-off from ...
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.
Series 2 of the ITV programme Foyle's War was first aired in 2003; comprising four episodes, it is set in autumn 1940. Series 2 was broadcast in the United States on PBS on Mystery!, on 18 and 25 July, and 1 and 8 August 2004, as Foyle's War II, [1] and on Netflix as of April 2014.