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Michael Kitchen (Actor), Honeysuckle Weeks (Actor), Stuart Orme (Director), Rated:

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The acclaimed detective series returns with more mysteries set in the uncertain days at the beginning of the Cold War. In 1946 London, former DCS Christopher Foyle (Michael Kitchen, Out of Africa) now employs his unerring investigative skills on behalf of MI5, assisted by his ever-faithful driver, Sam Wainwright (Honeysuckle Weeks, My Brother Tom). Also starring Daniel Weyman (Great Expectations), Ellie Haddington (Life Begins), Tim McMullan (The Woman in Black), Jeremy Swift (Oliver Twist), and Rupert Vansittart (Holy Flying Circus), with two-time Emmy® and Golden Globe® nominee John Mahoney (Frasier) as a guest star.

THE MYSTERIES
High Castle-A translator for the Nuremberg trials is killed, leading Foyle into the world of international oil politics and corrupt Nazi businessmen.

Trespass-The son of a prominent Jewish man is assaulted as a right-wing manifesto inflames anti-Semitic tensions.

Elise-After an assassination attempt on Hilda Pierce, Foyle examines her SOE activities during the war and rumors of a traitor.

Two hours of bonus features!
Featurette about the truth behind the fiction for each episode (50 min.), a day in the life of Foyle's War (25 min.), an interview with John Mahoney (20 min.), back in time with Foyle's War (26 min.), and a photo gallery

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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
MPAA rating : s_medNotRated NR (Not Rated)
Product Dimensions : 7 x 5 x 0.5 inches; 3.2 Ounces
Item model number : 2378
Director : Stuart Orme, Andy Hay
Media Format : Blu-ray, NTSC
Run time : 4 hours and 36 minutes
Release date : April 14, 2015
Actors : Michael Kitchen, Honeysuckle Weeks
Subtitles: : English
Studio : ACORN MEDIA
ASIN : B00QSDGO8K
Number of discs : 2

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Jancal

Foyle in MI6

Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2020

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During this covid crisis my husband & I entertained ourselves watching DVDs from series we had missed, and a great discovery was this British mystery Foyle's War. Michael Kitchen as Foyle is a fabulous understated actor, he plays Foyle as ever thoughtful & measuring his words calmly. This final season has him in post-World War 2 England, with a stronger need for his police experience in MI6, and though he is a reluctant participant as he is not a "team player", he comes around and his detective skills are immeasurably helpful to that agency. Honeysuckle Weeks as his driver Sam is also wonderful and gets herself in a few dicey situations in this Season 8, 3 episode set. While all these episodes are good, the standout is the series finale Elise, which also brings back memories of wartime and is an excellently written and acted story based on fact - so wonderful in fact, that we watched the commentary bonus about filming it with the show's director and a critic that is on after the program, also very interesting and educational. The woman who played Hilda the MI6 director was outstanding in the program Elise as well, an amazing and fitting sendoff to an excellent, well researched British drama series

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S. B. S. plus Woofey

Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2016

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Of all the very good to excellent British Detective shows both older and new Foyle's War Season 8 is for me in my Top 3 of all time. I am fascinated at the skill set's of the writers and most especially Mr. Kitchen for his sheer acting genius at being able to shift from his standard role in the first seven seasons to an almost new character in Season 8. I watched the entire season in one sitting which for an older frump is quite a feat. I had the expectation following Season 7 that there was no place for the show to go that would be worthwhile. Was I ever wrong! I loved every minute and all that more so for happily being dead wrong! I only hope there is a Season 9, 10 and so on. A GREAT job by everyone involved with the series.

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I. J. Black

Every time wewatch the whole series -- once a year or so ...

Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2016

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Foyle's War was fascinating at its first viewing. It still is. Every time we watch the whole series -- once a year or so -- we find new nuances we missed before. We especially appreciate watching the characters (and the actors) develop and mature -- in fact, the plot line seems almost an excuse for allowing us to visit with them and see what they've been up to in the intervening months or years. Each set has built upon its predecessors organically and believably.
Set 8 is the darkest of them all, but the Cold War and its ancillary world events were darker and morally more problematic than anything faced during WWII, however much Anthony Horowitz always kept a sharp focus on those moral issues against the background of a world at war in which the lines between Good and Evil were clearer. In Set 8 there are no clear lines. Only Foyle's moral compass seems to be functioning at a time when moral compromise in the name of Political Good is the rule.
Some may be uncomfortable or distracted by this sense of moral ambiguity. But that's how it was. Horowitz is accurately describing the times in creating the milieu for his cast of characters.
Make sure to watch the interviews with Horowitz accompanying each episode. He articulately sets the context for his dramas.

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James T. Wheeler

5 Stars, but Be Ready for Grim Reality in Post-war Britain

Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2015

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This is an ambivalent review because of how we feel about this outstanding series. My wife and I have been watching "Foyle's War" ever since it began over 10 years ago. We ordered Set 8 ahead of its appearing on PBS, because we were so starved for more "Foyle's War." It is just the best BBC production done to date. We've always found the writing, acting, photography, scenery, and other production values of the highest order. Moreover, the humor and by-play between the main characters, Christopher Foyle, and Sam, his driver, would usually break up what might otherwise be tense, life-threatening drama. Anthony Horowitz, the creator and main writer, is simply a master at story-telling. And his character development and attention to detail are second to none. We hope the series continues no matter what.

We agree with reviewers who say that as the series has gone on, the stories have gotten better and better. In fact, we feel that the episodes immediately after the war ended are really the best of the lot in content and in things we never knew or had a true feeling for. Nevertheless, the three episodes of Set 8 are grim ones indeed. That isn't to say that we didn't find them engrossing and educational. Quite to the contrary, these are among the best ever done by Anthony Horowitz and that is saying a lot. Just don't expect a light-hearted, comedic story with snappy dialogue and ironic twists in the plots followed by a happy ending. .

These three episodes are ultra-realistic, sad tales that have tragedy following tragedy with the overriding theme of desperation in ration-book Britain. Perhaps the best and grimmest of the three, "Elise," will have you on the edge of your seat throughout. Without giving away the ending, it concludes with a big explosion killing off key characters. Frankly, we were very sorry to see them go. Sam's pregnancy and consequent resignation doesn't relieve the somber feel of the show or give one hope for the future. If this is indeed the final episode of "Foyle's War," we could understand it. But that doesn't stop us wanting more. The incomparable Michael Kitchen, after finding the role of a lifetime, as lead actor and co-producer, can't really go fishing every single day, can he? No, come back Michael, and teach us more about what happened after World War II. As Churchill used to say, knowledge of the past will give us hope for the future. And we need this kind of sober, thought-provoking entertainment in our zany world.

Summing up, this production is highly recommended but for adults only. Expect to be educated and entertained, but don't hold out for a light-hearted, happy ending. Let's hope there's more to come and the final ending is a happy one.

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Phoober

Foyle Forever!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 29, 2015

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I know that these last three 'Foyle's' didn't get the best of reviews in some of the TV mags, but I thought they were very good - especially the last one (Elise) - this was very dramatic.

Like the whole Foyle's series, the storylines were gripping and the characters engaging and familiar.

I'm not going to write any spoilers here - just to say that, if you love Foyle's War and have the other 7 series, then add this one to your collection.

It looks like this will definitely be the last one - so enjoy it......... But you never know eh!

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John Scott

Superb entertainment.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 30, 2015

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This is the best Foyle's War of all the series, consisting of three feature-length films, each of which discusses certain aspects of the post-war security situation. The last episode, Elise, is the best of the lot (it is also the playwright's favourite - and Mr Horowitz himself makes a Hitchcockian cameo appearance in the episode). Elise deals with the mistakes made at a high level in the S.O.E. which resulted in a number of operatives' being deliberately sent to certain capture, torture and death in occupied Europe. This episode (inter alia) is about one of those operatives, a beautiful, intelligent young woman. The other main string in this episode is about the organised crime which existed in the post-war period.

Overall this last series is not marred by small slips to the same extent as are the previous series, although in Elise we see a letter addressed to "Ms Pierce" (in those years only the titles Miss or Mrs existed for ladies). But leaving such trivia aside, this DVD is well worth the money. The acting is top-class; and Ellie Haddington is outstanding in her characterization of Hilda Pierce, who was based on a real individual, Vera Atkins (1908-2000), who always regarded her female SOE operatives as "her girls" and saw them off personally on their missions.

In summary, this DVD is riveting entertainment, historically accurate, enlightening, and value for money. The documentary extra features on the disc alone would have been worth the money paid, even without the episodes themselves.

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John Morris

Not quite as edgy but no the less enjoyable

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 4, 2017

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Series 7 and 8 are perhaps not as enthralling as those episodes set in the war but no less of a good watch as series 1 to 6. Some of the edge and humour seems to have been lost in the stories concerning the inevitable aftermath of world war and the cold war.

Having said that I watched series 7 and 8 on two consecutive nights (I don't watch TV having given up my TV licence and having a large number of DVDs and VCR tapes to catch up on) and enjoyed it immensely. The quality of the acting was excellent, the locations and stories of rationing, I still can remember rationing, brought the stories to life.

I cannot praise the series, other than my earlier comments, enough.

One note of caution though, it was ended after series 8 which was opportune unlike other TV series that continued with different leads until only one or two of the original actors survived. I would not like to see FOYLES' WAR continuing in this fashion.

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Kate

WHY discontinue such a high quality show

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 11, 2016

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I read that this is the last season of Foyle's War. When there is so much rubbish in television shows coming out of the UK these days, WHY discontinue such a high quality show? If this show is too expensive for its present makers to produce, why isn't someone else stepping up to the plate. Apart from its obvious acting and production quality, it seems to me that the stories of this post war period that Foyle's War is now presenting are very important stories to be told. This is important history that needs to be told, albeit with poetic licence, and television shows are more accessible to most people than library research. These Foyle's War stories surely have much greater worth than the dollars spent on their production.

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Rudy

It's Good-bye To Our Old Friends

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 21, 2015

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To the dismay of many, Honeysuckle Weeks has declared that this is the final season of Foyle's War, forever. It certainly feels like the final installment,
considering all that takes place in these episodes. Anthony Horowitz says that he wanted the series to go out on a "high" and I believe it has. Even though it has been three years since Series 7, it is still only 1948-49, but everyone looks older and Honeysuckle Weeks has lost the fresh face looks of her youth.
Married now, and with a baby on the way, she certainly has a matronly appearance, helped in no small part by the depressed post war clothing styles and those dreadful hats! As usual, the production is absolutely spot-on and the quality of this piece is in keeping with all the others. So, with a tear in my eye,
I bid farewell to the best war time period drama ever to come out of the UK. Get this final chapter for your collection.

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