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Michael Kitchen stars as Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle in this acclaimed, long-running series. Originally airing on ITV between 2002 and 2015, Foyle's War follows the dramatic world of this hardworking detective during the Second World War in Hastings, Sussex; with the final two series taking Foyle into the murky world of MI5 in London and the perils of the Cold War. War can take away the fi nest men, and what it leaves behind can make a wealth of trouble for a detective short on everything but crime. Foyle struggles against a dark world of murder, robbery, sedition, corruption, sabotage and conspiracy that must be fought at every turn. His job is never easy, but it makes for a timeless, compelling and exciting series.
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Foyle's War (2002)
74 min
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.