Foyle's War - Set 4

Buy This Item Foyle's War - Set 4 by Acorn Media  Available from Amazon  $49.99  on 11-14-2008     History meets mystery in this award-winning PBS series, with four all-new feature-length episodes set at the height of World War II. Michael Kitchen (<i>Out of Africa</i>) returns as the laconic Christopher Foyle, detective chief superintendent in the English town of Hastings. War has torn the social fabric of this once-quiet coastal community, and Foyle’s investigations explore the violence and opportunism that the conflict has fostered on the home front. <P>Also starring Anthony Howell and Honeysuckle Weeks, and featuring Kenneth Colley, Dermot Crowley, Liz Fraser, Philip Jackson, Michael Jayston, Corey Johnson, Jonah Lotan, and Roy Marsden. <P><b>THE MYSTERIES</b> INVASION -- As the first American GIs arrive to build an airbase near Hastings, the murder of a barmaid further strains already-tense relations between the locals and the Yanks. BAD BLOOD -- A top-secret experiment in biological warfare goes horribly wrong, complicating a murder investigation and threatening the life of Foyle’s faithful driver, Sam. BLEAK MIDWINTER -- The death of a young munitions worker and the murder of Paul Milner’s wife seem linked, and Foyle strives to clear his sergeant from suspicion. CASUALTIES OF WAR -- While investigating gambling and sabotage, Foyle takes in his troubled goddaughter and her severely traumatized son, who refuses to speak. <P>DVD SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE making-of documentary, production notes, the historical truth behind each episode, and cast filmographies. Reader Reviews The fourth volume of the acclaimed British mystery series "Foyle's War", the continuing story of police detective Christopher Foyle (admirably portrayed by Michael Kitchen) plays out in the English countryside and coastal village against the background of World War II during the years 1942 and 1943. Four episodes comprise this boxed set and confront Foyle with crimes of home-grown violence, opportunism, and murder arising from historically accurate by often overlooked homefront issues such as endemic gambling, bootleg alcohol, women in the workforce, and experiments in biological warfare. As with all BBC productions, there is meticulous attention paid to background detail, costuming, and plot points. Superbly enacted, these are fascinating and entertaining mysteries which play fair with the viewer from beginning to end. One word of caution -- be sure to view the four episodes (Invasion; Bad Blood; Bleak Midwinter; Casualties Of War) in their proper order because of the recurrences of some support characters. For those new to this simply outstanding series, they will be driven to seek out and watch the previous three boxed set volumes of "Foyle's War".

Foyle's War - Set 4 Available from Amazon Price: $49.99 Updated on 11-14-2008.

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