Touted as the new Inspector Morse, this ITV detective show stars Michael Kitchen as a police inspector frustrated at being stuck at home investigating provincial crimes during the Second World War. Honeysuckle Weeks is an inspired choice as Foyle's sidekick, a clergyman's daughter posted from the Women's Royal Army Corps to serve as his driver, and she plays the part with an admirable period style. Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940 - which may seem a strangely remote period in which to place a new detective, but the setting turns out to be a means of adding moral and dramatic depth to the storylines.
Written by Sophie and last updated on oct 24, 2022.
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Foyle is now working in a different new role working for British Secret Intelligence. As the iron curtain falls across Europe, MI5 believe that British atomic research has been infiltrated, and ask Foyle to investigate whether a Russian spy network could be at work in London.
The episode was rated 8.02 from 98 votes.
April 1941: Foyle questions three Land Army girls about a murder that occurs on a Hastings farm.
The episode was rated 8.03 from 90 votes.
Sam volunteers to go undercover to discover how rationed gasoline is being stolen from a fuel depot, and Andrew becomes a suspect in a murder case.
The episode was rated 8.05 from 101 votes.
Foyle finds himself beingdrawn into the strange murder of an ex-Nazi defector and leading expert on Soviet intelligence who had been working for MI5. Sam’s husband, Adam, is pre-occupied with his new political jobleaving her concerned that she’ll be able to share some huge news with him.
The episode was rated 8.09 from 86 votes.
When a British food corporation signs a secret agreement with the Nazis to provide essential food services to the enemy during wartime, murders result.
The episode was rated 8.12 from 104 votes.
A.C. Rose orders Foyle to delegate his investigation of black marketing ring and personally look into the possibly seditious acts of a Socialist activist.
The episode was rated 8.12 from 95 votes.
American troops arrive in Britain and the Corps of Engineers building an airstrip on a Hastings farm is met with resentment.
The episode was rated 8.18 from 99 votes.
When his colleague Hilda Pierce is nearly killed in an attempted assassination, Foyle must re-examine her top secret role during the war to find out if there was a traitor at the heart of the Special Operations Executive.
The episode was rated 8.19 from 91 votes.
Foyles hones in on two murders: an unpopular psychiatrist in a trauma facility and a low security German POW on work release to a local farm.
The episode was rated 8.19 from 84 votes.
Foyle investigates the death of a Russian and it ends up leading to a mysterious military facility run by a Colonel with an impeccable war record.
The episode was rated 8.21 from 102 votes.
Milner is unhappy with his new DCS and has asked for a transfer, but after he is murdered, Foyle comes out of retirement to replace him.
The episode was rated 8.24 from 95 votes.
Foyle joins a municipal committee that's preparing for the now imminent V-E Day celebration but soon finds himself investigating the deaths of two of its members.
The episode was rated 8.25 from 89 votes.
The apparently accidental death of a young woman in a munitions factory becomes linked with the murder of Milner's estranged wife as he falls under suspicion.
The episode was rated 8.25 from 83 votes.
Foyle investigates the a mysterious disease affecting local farm animals and looks into the arrest of a pacifist accused of stabbing a war hero.
The episode was rated 8.29 from 98 votes.
DCS Foyle is replaced and is free at last - he's resigned his position and planning to travel to the United States for an extended tour. Before departing however, he's asked to look into the case of James Devereaux, a young man who joined the Nazi British Free Corps during the war.
The episode was rated 8.45 from 88 votes.
