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2 February 2003 (USA)
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While the world is at war, one man fights his own battle on the home front.
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It is 1940 and Britain stands alone against the might of Nazi Germany across the continent. The terrors...
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Father knows best
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Cast
(Series Cast Summary - 4 of 24) | Michael Kitchen | ... | Christopher Foyle / ... (19 episodes, 2002-2008) |
| Anthony Howell | ... | Sgt. Paul Milner / ... (19 episodes, 2002-2008) |
| Honeysuckle Weeks | ... | Samantha Stewart (19 episodes, 2002-2008) |
| Julian Ovenden | ... | Andrew Foyle (8 episodes, 2002-2008) |
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UK:120 min (including commercials)
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Singapore:NC-16 (season 4) |
Iceland:12 (some episodes) |
Iceland:LH (some episodes) |
Australia:M (some episodes) |
Australia:PG (some episodes) |
Singapore:PG |
UK:12 (some episodes) |
UK:PG (some episodes)
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To the considerable mystification and annoyance of Anthony Horowitz (writer) and the cast, Simon Shaps, former Director of Television for ITV, who only stayed in the job for eighteen months, announced in 2007 that he would kill off this well-respected and lucrative series after making one final season of episodes. Horowitz had to abandon several scripts for episodes set in 1944, and jump forwards to episodes covering the end of the war in 1945. However in February 2009 it was announced that this decision has been reversed now Shaps has left his TV executive role, and three more episodes will be filmed in spring 2009.
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Anachronisms: Foyle is a Chief Superintendent. But the series is set during the Second World War and the rank was not introduced until 1949.
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Samantha Stewart:
[to Foyle and Milner] What you both need is a jolly good murder!
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This is a compelling and oddly comforting drama. There is the setting and the time -- Hastings, on the southern coast of England during World War II. Hastings of course was the site of the last successful invasion of England, in 1066, and that threat seems real in the early days of the war. In the series, it is a provincial town where Deputy Chief Superintendent Foyle tries to solve local crimes of theft and murder, while dealing with wartime problems of black markets, sabotage and espionage. In addition to meddling from police superiors with their own agendas, Foyle must contend with bureaucratic and military interference from London as the war creates situations that lets criminals go free.
Then there are the scripts and the actors, not to mention the overall quality of the production -- lucid photography, theme music with echoes of Brideshead Revisited, period clothing, vehicles, etc. The writing is measured, intelligent, no wasted words. Honeysuckle Weeks and Anthony Howell in the supporting roles of Samantha Stewart and Paul Milner are excellent and play off each other well.
But the show belongs to Michael Kitchen and you wonder why you've never seen this actor before and when you will see him again. He conveys the competence and integrity you want in your hero, but the real attraction, I think, is that he is the ultimate father figure. He is concerned about people without wearing it on his sleeve; gruff, even curt, but letting us glimpse the tenderness behind it; and he is wise, not only a clever detective but wise in the ways of the human heart. He is a father not only to his son, Andrew, an RAF pilot, but also to Sam and Milner and to any number of characters in the various episodes, including his goddaughter in the last (final?) episode. Invariably, this father knows best. While he conveys a sense of vulnerability, you never have the feeling Foyle has really made a mistake. This is why I think the films are comforting. With all the chaos of war, and darkness of human behavior, Foyle moves through it all, self-possessed, caring, and ultimately, even when circumstances beyond his control keep him from actually incarcerating the wrongdoer, successful in protecting his charges from evil.