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Foyle's war. Sets 1-5, From Dunkirk to VE Day / Greenlit Productions, produced in association with Paddock Productions ; produced by Simon Passmore (Sets 1-2), Jill Green (Sets 1-2), Keith Thompson (Sets 3-4), and Lars MacFarlane (Set 5) ; written by Anthony Horowitz (Sets 1-5), Matthew Hall (Set 2), Michael Russel (Set 2), Rob Heyland (Set 3), and Michael Chaplin (Set 5) ; directed by Jeremy Silberston (Sets 1-4), David Thacker (Set 1), Giles Foster (Set 2), Gavin Millar (Sets 3-4), Tristram Powell (Sets 4-5), and Simon Langton (Set 5).

Format Video (DVD)
Edition[Complete U.K. broadcast ed.].
Publication InfoSilver Spring, MD : Distributed by Acorn Media, [2009]
Description19 videodiscs (approximately 32 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
DVD-Video discs.
Foyle, Christopher (Fictitious character)--Drama.
World War, 1939-1945--England --Drama.
Detectives--England --Hastings --Drama.
Murder--England --Hastings --Drama.
Murder--Investigation --England --Hastings --Drama.
Criminal behavior--England --Hastings --Drama.
Other author/creatorPassmore, Simon.
Other author/creatorGreen, Jill.
Other author/creatorThompson, Keith.
Other author/creatorMacFarlane, Lars.
Other author/creatorHorowitz, Anthony, 1955- screenwriter.
Other author/creatorHall, Matthew.
Other author/creatorRussell, Michael.
Other author/creatorHeyland, Rob.
Other author/creatorChaplin, Michael.
Other author/creatorSilberston, Jeremy.
Other author/creatorThacker, David.
Other author/creatorFoster, Giles.
Other author/creatorMillar, Gavin.
Other author/creatorPowell, Tristram.
Other author/creatorLangton, Simon.
Other author/creatorKitchen, Michael, 1948- actor.
Other author/creatorHowell, Anthony, 1971- actor.
Other author/creatorWeeks, Honeysuckle, 1979- actor.
Other author/creatorOvenden, Julian.
Other author/creatorFox, Edward, 1937-
Other author/creatorHardy, Robert, 1925-2017
Other author/creatorHorovitch, David.
Other author/creatorPike, Rosamund, 1979-
Other author/creatorDance, Charles.
Other author/creatorFarrell, Nicholas.
Other author/creatorHoward, Alan, 1937-2015
Other author/creatorRedgrave, Corin.
Other author/creatorRoot, Amanda.
Other author/creatorPaterson, Bill, 1945-
Other author/creatorGonet, Stella.
Other author/creatorWest, Samuel, 1966-
Other author/creatorThorne, Angela, 1939-
Other author/creatorWilby, James.
Other author/creatorColley, Kenneth.
Other author/creatorCrowley, Dermot.
Other author/creatorFraser, Liz, 1930-2018
Other author/creatorJackson, Philip, 1948-
Other author/creatorJayston, Michael, 1935-
Other author/creatorJohnson, Corey, 1961-
Other author/creatorLotan, Jonah.
Other author/creatorMarsden, Roy, 1941-
Other author/creatorDay, Nicholas.
Other author/creatorSinclair, Malcolm.
Other author/creatorWoodeson, Nicholas.
Other author/creatorBell, Duncan, 1955-
Other author/creatorBazeley, Mark.
Other author/creatorWadham, Julian, 1958-
Other author/creatorLaw, Phyllida, 1932-
Other author/creatorGreenlit Productions.
Other author/creatorPaddock Productions.
Other author/creatorAcorn Media (Firm)
Portion of title From Dunkirk to VE Day
Variant title Foyle's war
Contents Set 1: The German woman -- The white feather -- A lesson in murder -- Eagle day.
Contents Set 2: Fifty ships -- Among the few -- War games -- The funk hole.
Contents Set 3: The French drop -- Enemy fire -- They fought in the fields -- A war of nerves.
Contents Set 4: Invasion -- Bad blood -- Bleak midwinter -- Casualties of war.
Contents Set 5: Plan of attack -- Broken souls -- All clear.
Abstract Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle works in the English town of Hastings. As World War II tears the social fabric of this once quiet coastal community, Foyle investigates crimes the conflict has fostered the home front.
General noteWritten and created by Anthony Horowitz.
General noteTitle from container.
General noteOriginally broadcast on the BBC between 2001 and 2007.
General noteContains 19 individual episodes from the series.
General noteSpecial features: Set 1: Exclusive interviews with series writer and creator Anthony Horowitz; production notes; cast filmographies.
General noteSpecial features: Set 2: Exclusive interview with stars Anthony Howell and Honeysuckle Weeds; production notes; cast filmographies; photo gallery.
General noteSpecial features: Set 3: Making-of documentary; production notes; historical backgrounds; cast reflections; cast filmographies.
General noteSpecial features: Set 4: Making-of documentary; production notes; the historical truth behind each episode; cast filmographies.
General noteSpecial features: Set 5: Making-of documentary; cast member reflections; notes on a real-life Foyle; cast filmographies.
CreditsDirector of photography, David Odd, Peter Middleton, Alan Almond, James Aspinwall ; editor, Ian Farr, Roy Sharman, Ardan Fisher ; costume designer, Rosalind Ebbutt ; production designer, Maurice Cain ; composer, Jim Parker.
Performer Set 1 cast: Michael Kitchen, Anthony Howell, Honeysuckle Weeks, Julian Ovenden, Edward Fox, Robert Hardy, David Horovitch, Rosamund Pike, Charles Dance.
Performer Set 2 cast: Michael Kitchen, Anthony Howell, Honeysuckle Weeks, Julian Ovenden, Nicholas Farrell, Alan Howard, Corin Redgrave, Amanda Root.
Performer Set 3 cast: Michael Kitchen, Anthony Howell, Honeysuckle Weeks, Julian Ovenden, Corin Redgrave, Bill Paterson, Stella Gonet, Samuel West, Angela Thorne, James Wilby.
Performer Set 4 cast: Michael Kitchen, Anthony Howell, Honeysuckle Weeks, Kenneth Colley, Dermot Crowley, Liz Fraser, Philip Jackson, Michael Jayston, Corey Johnson, Jonah Lotan, Roy Marsden.
Performer Set 5 cast: Michael Kitchen, Anthony Howell, Honeysuckle Weeks, Nicholas Day, Malcolm Sinclair, Nicholas Woodeson, Duncan Bell, Julian Ovenden, Mark Bazeley, Julian Wadham, Phyllida Law.
Audience Not rated.
Technical detailsDVD.
LanguageClosed-captioned.
Awards noteBritish Academy of Film and Television Arts, Lew Grade Audience Award, 2003.
Other title Masterpiece theatre (Television program)
Other title Foyle's war (Television program)
UPC 054961820894 set
UPC 054961832095 Set 1
UPC 054961832194 Set 2
UPC 054961832293 Set 3
UPC 054961832392 Set 4
UPC 054961832491 Set 5
Publisher numberAMP-8208 Acorn Media (set)
Publisher numberAMP-8320 Acorn Media (Set 1)
Publisher numberAMP-8321 Acorn Media (Set 2)
Publisher numberAMP-8322 Acorn Media (Set 3)
Publisher numberAMP-8323 Acorn Media (Set 4)
Publisher numberAMP-8324 Acorn Media (Set 5)

Available Items

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