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Foyle's War

Created by Anthony Horowitz

2002–2015

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 aired
27 Oct 2002
Episode length
94 min
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Writers
Anthony Horowitz, David Kane, Matthew Hall and 3 others
Executive producers
Anthony Horowitz, Anthony Horowitz, James Flynn and 4 others
Producers
Jeremy Gwilt, Jill Green, Jim Reeve and 4 others
Elsewhere
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  • Mystery
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  • Crime

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Seasons · 28 episodes

  • Series 1

    Season 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.

  • Series 2

    Season 2 · 2003

    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.

  • Series 3

    Season 3 · 2004

    Set in Spring of 1941, once again we find ourselves in the midsts of mayhem and madness, as Foyle must determine the right from wrong in his home town. Even the war cannot prevent him from uncovering the truth behind organized crime, deserters and sabotage. First aired in 2004.

  • Series 4

    Season 4 · 2006

  • Series 5

    Season 5 · 2007

  • Series 6

    Season 6 · 2008

    Covering the long year from April 1944 to May 1945, where the end of World War II slowly but inevitably approaches, Foyle and his fellow citizens learn the price of victory and face a peace that will transform their lives in unexpected ways.

  • Series 7

    Season 7 · 2010

    We find Foyle in the Summer of 1945, In the immediate aftermath of World War II. Our Police detective now finds his longed-for retirement interrupted by cases of a different sort, involving international intrigue, military racism, and an accused traitor all too willing to go to the gallows.

  • Series 8

    Season 8 · 2013

    World War II is over, but the Cold War simmers in the height of the 1946 London Summer. DCS Christopher Foyle has retired from police work when Britain's secret intelligence service compels him to join its ranks. Reunited with his former colleague, newlywed Sam Wainwright, Foyle faces new-but no less deadly-threats in the world of spies and counterintelligence.

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