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In our latest essay in which a critic reflects on culture that brings them joy, Fiona Mountford explains why the detective show Foyle’s War has been helping her keep calm and carry on.
- Fiona Mountford
Sep 16, 2013 · The basic premise of Foyle’s War —a police inspector left to enforce the law on the homefront during World War II—came to the end of its natural life when the series timeline reached the end of World War II. But Foyle, and his creator Anthony Horowitz, weren’t quite ready to give up.
As WWII rages, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front; investigating crime on the south coast of England. Later series, see the retired detective working as an MI5 agent in the aftermath of the war.
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- 2003-02-02
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- 90
As WWII rages, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front; investigating crime on the south coast of England. Later series, see the retired detective working as an MI5 agent in the aftermath of the war. Christopher Foyle is a Detective Chief Superintendent in the Hastings Police.
Set during WWII, as the battle rages across the Channel, police detective Christopher Foyle (Michael Kitchen) reluctantly remains on duty in his quiet English coastal town. The battle then comes to Foyle in its own way as he probes war-related cases of murder, espionage, and treason.
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Sep 29, 2018 · Foyle is aided and abetted in his crime-fighting by his intrepid, perky and rather emotionally effusive driver, Sam Stewart (Honeysuckle Weeks), and the maimed war hero, Detective Sergeant Paul Milner (Anthony Howell). A vicar’s daughter, Sam is experiencing a newfound freedom and burgeoning independence through her war work.