Foyle's War (series 6)

Foyle's War (series 6)
No. of episodes 3
Season chronology

Series 6 of the ITV programme Foyle's War was first aired in 2010, beginning Sunday 11 April; comprising three episodes, it is set in the period from June to August 1945.[1]

Episodes

"The Russian House"

Writer: Anthony HorowitzDirector: Stuart OrmeAirdate: 11 April 2010 (UK)Net duration: 93 minutesSet: June 1945Viewers: 7.08 million
Guests: Eleanor Bron, Christopher Good, Tim Pigott-Smith, Marcel Iureș, Tom Goodman-Hill, Giles Taylor, Michael Elwyn, Dimitry Drannikov, Rob Heanley, Polly Maberly, Marek Oravec
Keen to step out of Foyle's shadow and prove himself as a detective, the newly promoted Detective Inspector Milner in Brighton is called to investigate the death of Sam's new employer, a famous artist. Milner is disappointed when Foyle, on the trail of an absconded Russian prisoner of war, arrives at the scene. Foyle's investigation leads him to a supposed safe house in London for members of the Russian Liberation Movement (aka "White Russians"), seeking to avoid repatriation to the USSR. Foyle encounters an international cover up which, if exposed, could bring down the British government.

Background and production

Filmed: May-June 2009

"Killing Time"

Writer: David KaneDirector: David RichardsAirdate: 18 April 2010 (UK)Net duration: 92 minutesSet: July 1945Viewers: 7.09 million
Guests: Obi Abili, Adam James, Andrew Hawkins, Max Brown, Zoe Telford, Christopher Mellows, Sam Spruell, Neil McCaul, Nicholas Shaw, Trevor White, Victoria Lennox, Nicholas Gleaves, Joseph Long, Nick Dunning, Charlotte Riley, John Sharian
Foyle investigates a case which is complicated by racial prejudice. Sam and Adam are now running a dilapidated local guest house where Mandy Dean is one of the residents. Disowned by her family, she is a young, vulnerable mother all alone because of the hostility levelled against her and her mixed-race baby. Her ex-boyfriend returns hoping to win her back, but when she is found murdered the finger of suspicion points to a black GI at the nearby US military base - the father of her child.

Cast and characters

Milner does not appear in this episode.

Background and production

Filmed: February-March 2009

"The Hide"

Writer: Anthony HorowitzDirector: Stuart OrmeAirdate: 25 April 2010 (UK)Net duration: 89 minutesSet: August 1945Viewers: 7.40 million
Guests: Max Brown, Georgie Glen, Richard Goulding, Anastasia Hille, Will Keen, Steven Pacey, Joseph Kloska, Hugh Ross, Andrew Scott, Maggie Service, David Yelland, Dominic Jephcott, Kirsty Besterman, Rupert Frazer
Foyle finally is allowed to resign and leave Hastings police station to his successor, DCS Clarke, his tenure as detective chief superintendent over. After his retirement he makes plans to go to America to "tie up some loose ends" - an oblique reference to his determination to bring American Howard Paige to justice, since he was unable to in the episode "Fifty Ships". But before Foyle leaves, he reads in a newspaper about James Devereaux, the son of a distinguished local family who will be tried for treason for belonging to the British Free Corps, a unit composed of Englishmen fighting for Nazi Germany. If found guilty, Devereaux will be sentenced to death. Foyle decides to look unofficially into the case. He visits Devereaux in his cell and finds a damaged young man intent on self-destruction, unwilling to do or say anything in his defence. With time running out, Foyle desperately searches for any evidence to clear Devereaux's name.

Cast and characters

This episode sees the final appearance of Anthony Howell as Paul Milner. Chris Wilson plays DCS Clarke,

Background and production

Filmed: April-May 2009

International broadcast

Series Six was broadcast in the United States on PBS stations on Masterpiece Mystery! as Foyle's War VI on 2, 9 and 16 May 2010,[2] and on Netflix as of April 2014.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Foyle's War". Icon Movies. Archived from the original on 9 January 2010. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  2. ↑ "Foyle's War Series VI". PBS. Archived from the original on 9 February 2015.
  3. ↑ Thomas, Chet (2 April 2014). "More British TV Shows on Netflix: 'Foyle's War'". Netflix TV Shows Review. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014.
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