Foyle's War
Created by Anthony Horowitz
On ITV1
A methodical, period-grounded detective drama set against WW2 and its aftermath, where procedural investigation becomes a form of moral reckoning.
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.
Essence
Ensemble
Michael Kitchen
DCS Foyle
Honeysuckle Weeks
Samantha Stewart
Anthony Howell
Paul Milner
Anthony Flanagan
Policeman 2
Michael Simkins
Hugh Reid
Michael Jayston
AC Henry Parkins
Mali Harries
Jane Milner
Richard Syms
Vicar
Fergus Webster
PC Fisher
Julian Ovenden
Andrew Foyle
Philip Franks
Captain George Halliday
Geoffrey Freshwater
Sergeant Rivers
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