Foyle's War

While the world is shaken by the Second World War, Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle (Michael Kitchen) is fighting his very own war on the home front. (Original title of the British series: Foyle's War). On the south coast of England, the self-effacing investigator, whose son is drafted into the Royal Air Force, investigates cases of fraud, the black market and murder with great acumen. Often underestimated by his opponents, Foyle frequently clashes with high-ranking officials in the British military or secret service, who would rather the pesky “snoop” didn't interfere in their affairs. However, Foyle and his supporters, the clever driver “Sam” and the war-wounded Detective Milner, are committed to only one thing in their unscrupulous integrity: Justice. “A cleverly conceived series whose feature-length episodes revolve around self-contained crime stories and elegantly combine “whodunit” suspense with a remarkably differentiated picture of the wartime and (in later seasons) immediate post-war period. The cases revolve not least around internal fractures in British society, which also allows parallels to be drawn to the present day.” (Dictionary of International Film) Bored DCS Christopher Foyle's days are filled with investigating a series of war-related crimes ranging from profiteering to treason. At the same time, he worries about his only son Andrew, a Royal Air Force pilot cadet. Around this time, the magistrate's wife is practically decapitated by a piano wire strung between two trees as she gallops her horse across her husband's vast estate.