mbduffy I just love "Foyle"s War" and all the characters and their actors. I have admired Michael Kitchen's acting for many years.. He can convey more in just a "hmm" or a cocked eyebrow than with a whole lot of dialogue. The only problem I have ever had is the BIG mistake made in the episode with Samantha and her American boyfriend, Joe. As they are walking along and he is recapping his biography, he states that he trained at Fort Benning, Virginia. Wrong! Everyone knows that Fort Benning is located in Georgia. I was so surprised that Mr. Horowitz would make such a glaring error, given his extensive historical references. Being an Englishman is not an acceptable excuse. If you know about Ft. Benning and its extensive training facilities, you should know that it is in Georgia.

iglooo101 A must watch. You will enjoy it. - Michael Kitchen( Christopher Foyle) Great actor, played a normal person trying to solve crimes. At times hindered by bureaucracy that was afraid of the outcome. - Honeysuckle Weeks(Samantha Stewart) A great actress, played a very person in a very simple and humble way. Hope you enjoy it as I did.

Bene Cumb /refers to Seasons 1-8/There are lots of films-series about war, battles, sieges, etc., but how welfare and consumer services are organised and occur during a war in a country not under occupation, is not a too well depicted chapter in history. That is why Foyle's War is of double importance and interest: apart from nicely constructed and grounded crime stories, the series provides a good overview of England for more than a decade, starting late 1930ies, with a breath of World War I still present; it is obvious that war does not create miseries to all; for some, it is a window of new, often illegal opportunities, time to clear off old scores, muddle through chaos and make plans how to survive and move on after the battles are over - notwithstanding who wins.Within all this and crimes related to this, there are honest officials, such as Christopher Foyle and Samantha Stewart (pleasantly and distinctively performed by Michael Kitchen and Honeysuckle Weeks, respectively), who attempt to find any solution and result depending on time and circumstances. Performing their duties, they come into contract with people with very different motives and backgrounds, nature and temper; quite often, those characters are performed by actors/actresses then or later known in other crime series (e.g. Poirot, Frost, Lewis). True, not all cases and their solutions are equally catchy and coherent, but the whole atmosphere provides a balanced structure, enabling to go the pace of integral narration. Fortunately, many cases moved beyond the small Hastings, often into London as well, otherwise it would be difficult to believe that a town or county has a high crime rate - often present in other detective series...As I watched all the seasons and episodes in sequence, I missed some thrill in the very end of some seasons, and had to grasp 2 "different" Foyles within a short period - one as a policeman and the other as an intelligence officer. Although the latter had to deal with more intensive and thrilling cases, I still prefer Seasons 1-6; true, the "spy seasons" brought along more sophisticated supporting characters. All in all, I spent lots of pleasant hours in front of screen (28 episodes, ca. 1.5 hours each) and I am definitely willing to see more seasons if ever produced.

Clothahump A very good whodunnit!Excellent acting, but the thing that impresses me the most is the quality of the writing. Every episode, my wife and I try to figure out who's gonna get whacked and who will do the whacking within the first five minutes. More than half the time, we'll get one or the other. Rarely do we get both. The rest of the time, we get pitched a very clever curve ball or two that totally makes us facepalm ourselves when the good Inspector lowers the boom on the bad guy(s).I wish there were more episodes. This is a very high quality show, one of the few quality shows made lately.