TV series
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.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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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.
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Episode 1
February 1941. Still trying to get closer to the war effort, Foyle asks his well-connected brother-in-law to help him get a job with a naval command center. Meanwhile, a local murder investigation puts him in a dangerous bind between rival spy agencies.
Directed by Gavin MillarGuest stars Timothy Carlton, John Grillo, Angela Thorne, Tony Haygarth, Lydia Leonard, Rupert Frazer, Murray McArthur, Ronald Pickup
Episode 2
February 1941. Foyle investigates strange happenings at a manor house that has been converted into a burn unit for RAF pilots. The brilliant but unconventional surgeon who heads the unit has drawn the ire of his military superiors for disregarding regulations that conflict with patient welfare.
Directed by Jeremy SilberstonGuest stars Peter Blythe, Alexandra Moen, John Wood, Bill Paterson, Sandra Voe, John Lloyd Fillingham, Simon Woods, Duncan Watkinson
Episode 3
April 1941. Foyle and Milner capture two German soldiers who survived the crash landing of their plane in the Hastings countryside. Nearby, two nights later, a farmer is discovered shot dead in his armchair. Two Land Army girls working on the farm come under suspicion.
Directed by Jeremy SilberstonWritten by Rob HeylandGuest stars Nigel Terry, Anatole Taubman, Joe Armstrong, James Wilby, Philip Martin Brown, Stella Gonet, Peter Stark, Jenny Platt
Episode 4
June 1941. In a month that begins with the fall of Crete and ends with the German invasion of the Soviet Union, Foyle and Milner crack down on an organized crime racket operating in a local shipyard. Foyle is also ordered to keep an eye on a known communist agitator visiting Hastings with his fiancé.
Directed by Gavin MillarGuest stars Geoffrey Freshwater, Samuel Oatley, David Alexander, Eamon Geoghegan, Charles Pemberton, Corin Redgrave, Peter-Hugo Daly, Dugald Bruce Lockhart
Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026
Michael KitchenDCS Foyle
Honeysuckle WeeksSamantha Stewart
Anthony HowellPaul Milner
Anthony FlanaganPoliceman 2
Michael SimkinsHugh Reid
Michael JaystonAC Henry Parkins
Mali HarriesJane Milner
Richard SymsVicar
ITV1United Kingdom
Greenlit ProductionsFinland
Icon ProductionsUnited States
