MOVIE SCREEN TITLE PROFILE
TELEVISION SERIES
Foyle's War (2002)
Popularity 29.9
Overview
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.
TITLE INFORMATION
More about this title
WATCH A PREVIEW
Trailers & Videos
Videos from the Movie Screen catalog.
THE PEOPLE BEHIND IT
Cast & Crew
Performers and key production credits saved for this title.
Top Cast
Michael KitchenDCS Foyle
Honeysuckle WeeksSamantha Stewart
Key Crew
Anthony HorowitzWriter
Anthony HorowitzExecutive Producer
Jill GreenExecutive Producer
John ChapmanProducer
Nicole FinnanExecutive Producer
ARTWORK GALLERY
Images & Posters
EPISODE GUIDE
Seasons & Episodes
Season and episode information in the catalog.
Series 1
4 episodes · First aired 2002-10-27 · ★ 7.8 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.
E01
The German Woman
2002-10-27 · 99 min
May 1940. At a time when German nationals are being interned in British camps, the beautiful Austrian wife of a local magistrate is resented by the locals. When she is found murdered, a swastika painted on a nearby tree, Foyle realizes the seemingly peaceful Sussex town harbors any number of suspects.
E02
The White Feather
2002-11-03 · 97 min
May 1940. The arrest of a young girl on a sabotage charge brings Foyle into contact with a group of English Nazi sympathizers. Shots are fired at the group's charismatic leader, but it is the hotel owner who dies. Foyle investigates the murder and uncovers a plot to smuggle a vitally important letter to the enemy.
E03
A Lesson in Murder
2002-11-10 · 98 min
June 1940. A conscientious objector dies in police custody, setting in motion a series of suspicious deaths and a complicated puzzle for Foyle. When Foyle has pieced together the truth, the entry of Italy into the war engulfs a close friend in tragedy.
E04
Eagle Day
2002-11-17 · 98 min
August 1940. In the course of investigating a murder, Foyle uncovers a plot to steal art treasures being moved from the local museum to Wales for safekeeping. Meanwhile, Foyle's son flies his first mission as a Royal Air Force pilot and is accused of passing top-secret information to the enemy.
Series 2
4 episodes · First aired 2003-11-16 · ★ 8.0 It's Autumn, 1940, and DCS Foyle is once again thrust into the goings on around Hastings and beyond, investigating murder and other crimes committed during this time of war.
E01
Fifty Ships
2003-11-16 · 103 min
September 1940. Sam's boarding house is bombed and valuables disappear, alerting Foyle to an organized ring of looters. After the father of one of the suspected looters is found dead on the beach, Foyle and Milner's investigation leads them into conflict with the British efforts to the secure the donation of American aid and the crucial start of Lend-Lease in the war.
E02
Among the Few
2003-11-23 · 103 min
September 1940. As Foyle's son, Andrew, takes to the skies for dangerous sorties over Germany, Sam goes undercover at a fuel depot to help crack an illicit fuel racket. Sexual indiscretions and racketeering, plus links to Andrew, combine to make this a delicate case for Foyle.
E03
War Games
2003-11-30 · 103 min
October 1940. At the London headquarters of a multinational company, a young secretary plummets to her death. In Hastings, a member of the Home Guard is killed. Foyle and Milner discover how these deaths are linked and how money talks a universal language, even in wartime.
E04
The Funk Hole
2003-12-07 · 103 min
October 1940. London is in the grip of the Blitz. In Hastings, the disappearance of a young boy and a break-in at the local food depot lead Foyle and his team to a "funk hole," a hotel catering to wealthy guests seeking a wartime retreat. There they discover a nest of cowardice, greed, and deceit.
