7.089 minSeason 9 • Episode 3
LatestWhen his colleague Hilda Pierce is nearly killed in an attempted assassination, Foyle must re-examine her top secret role during the war to find out if there was a traitor at the heart of the Special Operations Executive.
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.
Acting
Kitchen's silences speak louder than most actors' monologues.
Writing
Horowitz weaponizes historical accuracy for devastating effect.
Production
Hastings, 1940: so authentic you can taste the rationing.
Creator
Anthony Horowitz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Michael Kitchen improvised Foyle's signature gesture of removing and polishing his glasses; it became a character-defining tic used to signal moral calculation.
Each episode is built around real historical events rarely taught—British eugenics programs, stolen art, American racism in the ranks—making it stealth education disguised as cozy mystery.
The series was nearly cancelled after five seasons until fan outcry and Kitchen's own campaigning resurrected it; the MI5 years were never originally planned.
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