Foyle's War series 7
Series Seven of the ITV programme Foyle's War was first aired in 2010, beginning Sunday 11 April. It is set in the period from June to August of 1945. The series contains three episodes, The Russian House, Killing Time, The Hide.[1]
"The Russian House"
| Writer: Anthony Horowitz | Director: Stuart Orme | Airdate: 11 April 2010 (UK) | Set: July 1945 | Episode 20 (7:1) |
| Guests: Eleanor Bron, Christopher Good, Tim Pigott-Smith, Marcel Iures, Tom Goodman-Hill, Michael Elwyn, Dimitry Drannikov | ||||
| Keen to step out of Foyle's shadow and prove himself as a detective, the newly-promoted Detective Inspector Milner is called to investigate the death of Sam's new employer, a famous artist, but is disappointed when Foyle arrives at the scene on the trail of an absconded Russian prisoner of war. Foyle's investigation leads him to a supposed safe house for anti-Communist and anti-Stalinist Russians, some members of the Russian Liberation Movement (aka "White Russians"), seeking to avoid repatriation to the USSR, and an international cover up which, if exposed, could bring down the British government, and reveal the War Office’s darkest secret yet.
Number Of Viewers: 6 Million (22.9% Share)[2] | ||||
"Killing Time"
| Writer: David Kane | Director: David Richards | Airdate: 18 April 2010 (UK) | Set: July 1945 | Episode 21 (7:2) |
| Guests: 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 takes on the might of the US army as racial prejudice erupts. 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 then she is found murdered and the finger of suspicion points to a black GI at the nearby US military base - the father of her child.
DI Milner does not appear in this episode. Number Of Viewers: 6.2 Million (24% viewer share)[3] | ||||
"The Hide"
| Writer: Anthony Horowitz | Director: Stuart Orme | Airdate: 25 April 2010 (UK) | Set: August 1945 | Episode 22 (7:3) |
| Guests: Max Brown, Georgie Glen, Richard Goulding, Anastasia Hille, Will Keen, Steven Pacey, Hugh Ross, Andrew Scott, Maggie Service, David Yelland, Dominic Jephcott | ||||
| At last Foyle is allowed to resign and walk out of Hastings police station, his tenure as Detective Chief Superintendent finally over. He makes plans to go to America to look into a personal case there. But before he leaves he spots a newspaper headline about a member of a distinguished local family who will be tried for treason for belonging to the British Free Corps, a unit made of Englishmen fighting for Nazi Germany, and if found guilty will be sentenced to hang. Foyle decides to look into the case. Foyle visits James Deveraux in his cell and finds a damaged young man intent on self destruction, unwilling to do or say anything in his defense. With time running out, he desperately searches for any evidence to clear Deveraux's name. This case means more to Foyle most of the ones he has previously undertaken, and what he discovers is very personal to him.
Number Of Viewers: 6.391 Million(24.6% viewer share)[4] | ||||
Notes and references
- ^ "Foyles War". Icon Movies. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
- ^ Parker, Robin (2010-04-12). "Foyle's War trumps Billie Piper drama". Broadcast. Retrieved 2010-05-01. (subscription required)
- ^ "UK TV Ratings: Countryfile rises to new high; Survival trounced". TV by the Numbers. 2010-04-19. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
- ^ Deans, Jason (2010-04-27). "TV ratings – 25 April: 5m gripped by Ispwich serial killer drama". The Guardian. Retrieved 2010-05-01.