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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Cast: Michael Kitchen, Honeysuckle Weeks, Anthony Howell, Ellie Haddington, Julian Ovenden, Jay Simpson, Daniel Weyman, Tim McMullan, Jeremy Swift, Geoffrey Freshwater, Rupert Vansittart, Michael Simkins, Hermione Gulliford, Anthony Flanagan, Michael Jayston, Mali Harries, Richard Syms, Fergus Webster, Philip Franks, Martin Turner, Tim Delap, Corin Redgrave, Tom Bennett, Rupert Frazer, Jonah Lotan, Brian Poyser, Tony Turner, Caroline Martin, Jay Benedict, Polly Maberly
Genres: Mystery, Drama, War & Politics, Crime
Michael Kitchen
DCS Foyle
Honeysuckle Weeks
Samantha Stewart
Anthony Howell
Paul Milner
Ellie Haddington
Hilda Pierce
Julian Ovenden
Andrew Foyle
Jay Simpson
Sgt Brooke
Daniel Weyman
Adam Wainwright
Tim McMullan
Arthur Valentine
Jeremy Swift
Glenvil Harris
Geoffrey Freshwater
Sergeant Rivers
Rupert Vansittart
Sir Alec Meyerson
Michael Simkins
Hugh Reid
Hermione Gulliford
Elizabeth Addis
Anthony Flanagan
Tom Jenkins
Michael Jayston
AC Henry Parkins
Mali Harries
Jane Milner
Richard Syms
Vicar
Fergus Webster
PC Fisher
Philip Franks
Martin Turner
Wing Commander Turner
Tim Delap
Doctor
Corin Redgrave
A.C.C. Rose
Tom Bennett
Matthew Farley
Rupert Frazer
Commander Howard
Jonah Lotan
Joe Farnetti
Brian Poyser
Rev. Aubrey Stewart
Tony Turner
Warden
Caroline Martin
Edith Ashford
Jay Benedict
Captain John Kieffer
Polly Maberly
Edith Milner
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