Foyle's War: Set 5

First rate intertainment, well written, blends in well with known historical events during/just after WW II. The entire Foyle's War series is a must for British Mystery fans.

This is a really good series. Learned a great deal about secret doings during WWII that was recently declassified stuff. Michael Kitchen is a fabulous actor and the ensemble cast truly worked.

Foyle's War continues with the last 3 episodes to the conclusion of the War in Europe. This period Series continues with its accurate historical background and props. I know it must be very expensive to produce these episodes. But with all their popularity, they must be making money in its production.
Foyle comes out of retirement in the first episode entitled "Plan of Attack" in which Sergeant Milner's investigation sets a series of things to happen and it brings Detective Superintendent Foyle back into the game. Foyle probes the death of a young cartographer from the Air Ministry. Foyle's back, and he probes like a bulldog. The multilayered piece of cinematography is the very essence of what makes this series so good.
In the second episode of the 5th series entitled "Broken Souls" again we find Foyle pursuing justice in his investigation of a Doctor's murder. I have to laugh because in a rather Foyle like move he picks up an object quite randomly and finds the major clue. It reminded me of the comic Pink Panther Detective.
The final episode finds us in May, 1945. Entitled "All Clear"
which means the end of the War in Europe. Christopher Foyle's son Andrew returns from the RAF and gets back with Samantha. This story can go on. Will it? I don't know, I can only hope. It has been a well written and an historically accurate series. We need more television such as this. 5 Stars!! Riight!!!

I have purchased all 19 DVD's of the Foyle's War series, and have written to the Guardian asking them to push for a new post war Foyle series. What a great series, and the book is like adding hot fudge to a chocolate sundae. The background contrasting the stories with real life are convincing and fun, and the author manages to weave in more facts about the great characters and even small part actors who are also superb in the book so we are constantly immersed in our Foyle lore, fiction and fact. I would love to visit the sets in the restored and marvelously old section of Hastings. This must remain a dream for awhile - it's a long and expensive flight to WW2 England from Massachusetts. I lived through all those war years here in the US doing the things we were supposed to do - Red Cross work, letter writing. I'm 82 years old, but the war seems like yesterday - the most important years in the history of my generation, and as Tom Brokaw says, "We are the greatest generation." And aren't Michael Kitchen and Honeysuckle Weeks and young "Andrew Foyle" and the young and funny Sargant Brooks in the later series absolutely
marvelous. The pictures in this colorful book are also great reminders of
the series. The children, many of them, portrayed in the Series and the book are very special. This is a very reasonably priced book wonderful from cover to cover including the covers. I am Bettie Magee of Natick
Massachusetts. Thank you editors.

Great stuff, as usual. By all means, buy. I did, and am very pleased. But I must remark that just three segments to this Part 5, while outstanding, seemed quite skimpy compared to the other parts. Not their quality, but just that there were only three. The others parts had five per segment, I recall. Then, when you see comments about the ending of the series in the special features by two of the three players, it makes me wonder if maybe Michael Kitchen was the one that said, "enough." I own all five parts, happily. Each slowly covers the years. However, Part 5 seems to me to jump out of nowhere from 1944 to May 1945 almost overnight. Hey! What happened to the rest of 1944? Somebody must've pushed it to end, so they threw in the concluding episode rashly. I think it was Kitchen that pushed. Anybody know?