Foyle's War: Trailer, certificate and where to watch
Classic crime drama steeped in authentic wartime detail
Year: 2002-2015
Certificate: pg
For years a staple of Sunday night viewing, this classic award-winning series was dubbed 'a triumph from start to finish' by the Wall Street Journal.
Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle (Michael Kitchen), a widower, and his driver, vicar's daughter Samantha 'Sam' Stewart (Honeysuckle Weeks), are based in Hastings and catch crooks on the south coast of England during and just after the Second World War. It's part police procedural, part pretty accurate depiction of everyday life in wartime Britain.
Created by prolific screenwriter and author Anthony Horowitz, it has intelligent scripts and plots that present complex moral dilemmas and often explore the myth that everyone pulled together against the threat from the Nazis. Despite the common enemy, there is still crime, there are still wrong 'uns and the rich are still rich and the poor are still poor.
Excellent performances from Kitchen as the upstanding detective and Weeks as his enthusiastic sidekick make this a real TV treat. (Eight series).
