Foyle's War: Set Four
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Actor: Michael KitchenBrand: Acorn
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 400 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-07-17
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Acorn Media
DVD Reviews of Foyle's War: Set Four
DVD Review: The War at Home: Fighting Criminals & Politics During World War II.
Summary: 4 Stars
"Foyle's War" Series 4 takes us once again to see World War II from the homefront, the homefront being the town of Hastings on England's southern coast. Perspicacious and taciturn Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle (Michael Kitchen) does his best to maintain justice for both civilians and military in a time of war and powerful politics. He is aided by Detective Sergeant Paul Milner (Anthony Howell), whose soldiering was cut short by injury, and by his adventurous young MTC driver Samantha "Sam" Stewart (Honeysuckle Weeks). Again, PBS chose to air shortened 85-minute versions of these episodes. Unfortunate, since the substance of daily life in a nation at war is in the details. You'll find the full 100-minute versions on the DVDs. The "Series 4" DVDs technically comprise Series 4 and 5, for a total of 4 episodes.
These four episodes take place March 1942-March 1943. The mysteries revolve around events or circumstances that were reality for many British at home while their men fought abroad: GIs arrive in England as the US enters the War in Europe, experiments with biological warfare, resentment and lower pay for women doing dangerous jobs at a munitions factory, touchy international politics hamper efforts to contain saboteurs. I rate Series 4 slightly lower than previous series, because these episodes felt more contrived. The stories seem far-fetched, and DCS Foyle exhibits less depth than he used to. There are an awful lot of top secret facilities in Hastings and its environs and too many coincidences. A little carelessness too: Streptomycin was not discovered until 1943, but they're using it in Hastings in 1942. Nevertheless, "Foyle's War" is undeniably entertaining.
In "Invasion", American military aka "Doughboys" arrive to construct an airfield on Hawthorn Cross, a property belonging David Barrett (Keith Barron). The American Captain Kieffer (Jay Benedict) asks DCS Foyle to help quell the hostility between his men and cantankerous Mr. Barrett, whose farm they are paving over, and to give the GIs some guidance on British culture. Sgt. Milner investigates a house fire in which a drunk man died, leading him to wonder where the man could have gotten so much liquor. A pub proprietor and his ambitious barmaid Susan Davies (Zoe Tapper) are running an illegal distillery. Just as the trail leads to her, Susan is found dead, strangled at dance hosted by the Americans, where she had come to see her boyfriend, Private Jimmy Taylor (Peter Youngblood Hills).
"Bad Blood" finds Sam dating a smitten American "GI Joe" and a nearby military installation conducting experiments in biological warfare. An infected sheep falls off a lorry near Foxhall Farm. Edith Ashford (Caroline Martin), former flame of Sgt. Milner's, implores him to help her brother Martin (Tim Delap), a conscientious objector who has been accused of murdering naval hero Tom Jenkins (Anthony Flanagan). Martin refuses to defend himself, but even Tom's friends swear that Martin is innocent. Meanwhile, the widow of the dead man, Elsie (Claire Cox), falls seriously ill with a respiratory ailment and black sores on her skin. Shortly afterward, Sam develops the same symptoms. All trails lead to Foxhall farm, where Elsie and Martin worked, and where Sam recently cut herself.
Grace Phillips (Kate Ambler) is killed on the job at a munitions factory when she accidentally drops a fuse for a high explosive shell in "Bleak Midwinter". It appears to be a tragic accident, and Foyle is occupied investigating a restaurateur selling contraband turkeys, until Grace's co-worker voices her suspicions that Grace was troubled by something serious and had come to work very ill. Grace's unstable boyfriend Harry (Gavin Brocker) is up to some mischievous enterprise. Sgt. Milner's estranged wife Jane (Mali Harries) is back in town after 2 ½ years and wants to rekindle her relationship with a reluctant Milner, who has found love elsewhere. When Jane is found bludgeoned to death, Paul Milner becomes the prime suspect.
"Casualties of War" refers not to injured persons but to the ideals of justice that are sacrificed to the cause during wartime. Two wayward young men, Frank and Terry Morgan (Gerard Kearns & Harry Eden) are discovered breaking into a palatial home and blackmailed into being saboteurs. Foyle's goddaughter Lydia Nicholson (Kate Fleetwood) shows up on his doorstep, supposedly to give her young son James a change of scenery, as he has not spoken since his school was bombed. The new Assistant Commission Parkins (Michael Jayston) insists that Foyle crack down on an organized gambling ring, but Foyle is busy with the sabotage. When Michael Richards (Kevin Doyle), a man with heavy gambling debts, is murdered, the trail leads to the research facility where his wife Evelyn (Abigail Cruttenden) works on the secret development of spinning bombs intended for German dams.
Description of Foyle's War: Set Four
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 (Out of Africa) 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.
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.
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DVD SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE making-of documentary, production notes, the historical truth behind each episode, and cast filmographies.
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