Foyle's War

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 2002-10-27

Last Air Date: 2015-01-18

Number of Seasons: 9

Number of Episodes: 28

Created By: Anthony Horowitz

Networks: ITV1

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Top Cast

Michael Kitchen as DCS Foyle
Honeysuckle Weeks as Samantha Stewart
Anthony Howell as Paul Milner
Ellie Haddington as Hilda Pierce
Julian Ovenden as Andrew Foyle
Jay Simpson as Sgt Brooke
Daniel Weyman as Adam Wainwright
Tim McMullan as Arthur Valentine
Jeremy Swift as Glenvil Harris
Geoffrey Freshwater as Sergeant Rivers

Seasons

Series 1 (2002) - (4 Episodes)

Series 2 (2003) - (4 Episodes)

Series 3 (2004) - (4 Episodes)

Series 4 (2006) - (2 Episodes)

Series 5 (2007) - (2 Episodes)

Series 6 (2008) - (3 Episodes)

Series 7 (2010) - (3 Episodes)

Series 8 (2013) - (3 Episodes)

Series 9 (2015) - (3 Episodes)

Series 1 (2002)

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 Hastings. First broadcast in 2002 and covers the Spring/Summer of 1940.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: The German Woman (2002-10-27)

The German wife of a rich and influential aristocrat exempted from wartime internment is found decapitated in the midst of anti-German feeling.
Ep. 2: The White Feather (2002-11-03)

With the English army trapped in France and a German invasion imminent, a Nazi sympathizer is murdered during a pro-Facist meeting at a country hotel.
Ep. 3: A Lesson in Murder (2002-11-10)

Foyle investigates the suicide of a pacifist and death threats to the judge who ruled against his conscientious objector status.
Ep. 4: Eagle Day (2002-11-17)

Foyle investigates a man found with a knife in his stomach in a bombed out building while son Andrew gets involved in a top secret radar program.