Foyle's War - Set 3

This is an excellent production. I'm just sorry the series has ended. I'm sure it was probably because of the expense with all of the WW II equipment and making sure there was nothing modern in the scenes.

Detective Christopher Foyle becomes involved in suspicious deaths dealing with the war effort as in "The French Drop" where Foyle shows his tenacity in coming to the truth even if it means stepping on other agencies toes.
In "Enemy Fire" we can see the results of broken men who were the true heroes in the Battle of Britain. In "They Fought In The Fields" the Germans come to Hastings in a most unusual way.
The last episode "A War of Nerves" show that life in jolly old England during the war was a time of greed and it could be hazardous to one's health.
The well mannered and well dressed Detective Chief Superintendent Foyle along with his team of Detective Sergeant Milner and his driver Samatha Stewart look rather mundane and innocent. Don't let that veneer fool you. In reality they all have that bulldog tenacity of finding the truth. Again all the props and the showing of the correct time period was done very well. Five Stars!! Riight.

You want every word and camera movement to mean something and wrapped up at the end of the mystery? This is it. You want authenticity in costuming and staging? This is it. You want perfect characters portrayed by perfect actors? This is it. Want to fall in love with a girl named Honeysuckle? This is the one.

After I saw the first episode of season one, I knew I wanted the entire set and I now have all 5 seasons of the Foyle's War series on DVD. We have always enjoyed British TV mysteries and have found Foyle's War to be the very best of this genre. You get to know the characters, the location and the WWII era in Hastings, England and can hardly wait to pop in a DVD and visit there to see what is happening next. The stories and characters are just great! The only downside is that there are only 5 seasons of the show. I wish there was more of the series, but as they say, "All good things must come to an end." I highly recommend this series.

We enjoyed the series and have bought all 5 sets. The only reason I gave it a 4 instead of a 5 is that there are holes in the story I think because they have made them all 100 minutes. I think they cut too much to get to the 100 and it hurts the story.