Foyle's War: Set 5

"Foyle's War" Series 5 (Series 6 in Britain) occupies itself less with the unique institutions of wartime England than with the psychic toll the War has taken on its participants, at home and on the front. This series contains 3 100-minute episodes, covering the last year of wartime life in Hastings, as World War II comes to its conclusion in the European theater. Two of the episodes were written by the series' creator, Anthony Horowitz, but "Broken Souls" was written by Michael Chaplin. At this point in the series, there is less depth of character, and the three principle roles seem more a collection of mannerisms than three-dimensional people. Of course, anyone who has followed the series will know DCS Christopher Foyle (Michael Kitchen), DS Paul Milner (Anthony Howell), and their spunky driver Sam Stewart (Honeysuckle Weeks) well. "Foyle's War" is still entertaining, and Series 5 stresses that victory and a return to "normal" will be as great an adjustment as those changes brought by the war.

It's April 1944 and a year since DCS Christopher Foyle resigned his post in frustration. Britain has commenced night-bombing Germany, and the resulting civilian casualties have raised some objections in "Plan of Attack". Foyle occupies his time dictating a history of the Hastings Conservatory to Sam Stewart, who was a better driver than she is a typist. Sam now works at a nearby Air Ministry facility. Sergeant Milner is still on the job with the Hastings police, but he's finding it difficult to fight crime under the new leadership of DCS Meredith (Nicholas Day). When a young man named Henry Scott (Martin Hutson), who made top-secret aerial maps for the Air Ministry, is found dead, and an attempt on Milner's life kills a senior officer, Foyle is asked to return to his job to solve the killings.

"Broken Souls" looks at the emotional toll it has taken on soldiers as they return home in October 1944. Fred Dawson (Joseph Mawle) has been in a German POW camp for 5 years and arrives home to find that his wife Rose (Natasha Little) has become friendly with Johann Schultz (Jonathan Forbes), a German POW assigned to help out on the family farm. DCS Foyle has been receiving chess lessons from Dr. Josef Novak (Nicholas Woodeson), a Polish psychiatrist who narrowly escaped being sent to a concentration camp with his family. Novak works at a psychiatric hospital for soldiers who are having trouble readjusting to society. When an unpopular and dishonest colleague (Oliver Kieren-Jones) is stabbed to death, patients and staff make up the list of suspects.

Five and a half years of war are finally coming to an end in "All Clear". It's May 1945. Soldiers are coming home changed men to families who have also changed in their absence. Sam is feeling at loose ends and volunteering at the SSAFA, assisting returning soldiers. DCS Foyle plans on retiring, and Sergeant Milner awaits a promotion to another station. Plans for a V-E Day celebration are underway in Hastings, hosted by aspiring politician Martin Longmate (Mark Bazeley). Foyle is serving reluctantly on the committee to coordinate the festivities, along with an old acquaintance, American Major Kiefer (Jay Benedict). When fellow committee member Dr. Ziegler (John Ramm) is stabbed and another member commits suicide, it looks like that little group held a surprising number of secrets.

What a wonderful series, I was so sorry these were the last episodes,I highly recommend watching the series from the beginning, as it depicts how ordinary people reacted in war time England, plus the police having to deal with everyday crime as well as espionage and spy's. All the characters are likable and believable,IMJ

I purchased the season 5 of Foyle's war because my husband had seen the
first three seasons on the local PBS station and really like them. However
we missed the last two seasons . The movies are interesting and holds your
attention.

Anthony Horowitz has created a superb Show.
so accurate in the history.I have not yet watched the fifth season yet I know it will not disappoint! Michael Kitchen's fantastic acting tops it off.

Wonderful fifth series, as were the previous four. Acting superb. Location superb. Storylines very believable. Top notch! Pity there are to be no further series.Foyle's War: Set 5