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Foyle's War (UK)
TV Series (2002 - 2013)
As World War II rages over Europe, one man fights his own battle against murder, mystery and betrayal on the south coast of England. It is May 1940 and Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle sometimes feels his skills would be better used in the war effort than investigating domestic crime.
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Last Episode
08x03 Sunflower Aired: Apr. 07, 2013Foyle finds himself beingdrawn into the strange murder of an ex-Nazi defector and leading expert on Soviet intelligence who had been working … [continue reading]
Series Info
Type:
Scripted
Premiered:
Oct. 2002
Status:
Returning Series
Runtime:
120 min.
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Series Fun Facts
- 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,…
[show]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 had been reversed now Shaps had left his TV executive role, and three more episodes would be filmed. "Foyle's War" (2002) {The Russian House (#7.1)}, set in peace-time, was the first of these episodes.
[hide] - Writer Anthony Horowitz based the character of Sam Stewart on his childhood nanny/governess, Norah Fitzgerald, who had been a WAAF driver during World War II, and used to tell Horowitz…
[show]Writer Anthony Horowitz based the character of Sam Stewart on his childhood nanny/governess, Norah Fitzgerald, who had been a WAAF driver during World War II, and used to tell Horowitz stories of her wartime experiences and exploits.
[hide] - Horowitz's working title for the series was "The Blitz Detective".
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