TV series
Foyle's War
Overview
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.
Details
- First air date
- 2002-10-27
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 9 seasons
- Episodes
- 28 episodes
- Genres
- Mystery, Drama, War & Politics, Crime
- Network
- ITV1
- Production
- Greenlit Productions, Icon Productions
- Country
- GB
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Michael Kitchen as DCS Foyle
- Honeysuckle Weeks as Samantha Stewart
- Anthony Howell as Paul Milner
- Ellie Haddington as Hilda Pierce
- Julian Ovenden as Andrew Foyle
- Jay Simpson as Sgt Brooke
- Daniel Weyman as Adam Wainwright
- Tim McMullan as Arthur Valentine
- Jeremy Swift as Glenvil Harris
- Geoffrey Freshwater as Sergeant Rivers
- Rupert Vansittart as Sir Alec Meyerson
- Michael Simkins as Hugh Reid
Creators and crew
- Anthony Horowitz - Creator
- Jill Green - Executive Producer
- Jim Reeve - Executive Producer
- Nicole Finnan - Executive Producer
- Anthony Horowitz - Executive Producer
- James Flynn - Executive Producer
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