| Description |
8 videodiscs (781 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical stereo Dolby Digital rda |
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NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
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Television program |
| Note |
Set 1 originally produced and broadcast on the BBC in 2001-2002. |
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Set 2 originally produced and broadcast on the BBC in 2003. |
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Title from container. |
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Contains 8 individual episodes from the television series. |
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Released as part of Foyle's war, the complete saga. |
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Set 1: Special features: interviews with writer and creator, Anthony Horowitz (2002, 11 min. and 12 min.), production notes, cast filmographies. Bonus : Interviews with series writer and creator Anthony Horowitz (2002, 11 min.) and starts Anthony Howell, Honeysuckle Weeks (14 min.), production notes, and a photo gallery. |
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Set 2: Special features: a conversation with Anthony Howell and Honeysuckle Weeks (2003, 14 min.), Foyle's war production notes, production notes for each episode, behind-the-scenes photo gallery, cast filmographies. |
| Contents |
Set 1: German woman (98 min.) / produced by Jill Green ; written by Anthony Horowitz ; directed by Jeremy Silberston -- White feather (96 min.) / produced by Simon Passmore & Jill Green ; written by Anthony Horowitz ; directed by Jeremy Silberston -- A lesson in murder (97 min.) / produced by Simon Passmore & Jill Green ; written by Anthony Horowitz ; directed by David Thacker -- Eagle day (97 min.) / produced by Simon Passmore & Jill Green ; written by Anthony Horowitz ; directed by Jeremy Silberston. |
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Set 2: Fifty ships (99 min.) / produced by Simon Passmore & Jill Green ; written by Anthony Horowitz ; directed by Giles Foster -- Among the few (98 min.) / produced by Simon Passmore & Jill Green ; written by Anthony Horowitz & Matthew Hall ; directed by Jeremy Silberston -- War games (98 min.) / produced by Simon Passmore & Jill Green ; written by Michael Russell & Anthony Horowitz ; directed by Giles Foster -- Funk hole (98 min.) / produced by Simon Passmore & Jill Green ; written by Anthony Horowitz ; directed by Jeremy Silberston. |
| Credits |
Set 1: Directors of photography, David Odd, Peter Middleton ; editors, Bryan Oates, Ian Farr; costume designer, Rosalind Ebbutt ; production designers, Maurice Cain, Claire Kenny ; composer, Jim Parker. |
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Set 2: Director of photography, Alan Almond ; editors, Roy Sharman, Martin Sharpe ; costume designer, Maria Price ; production designer, Martyn John ; composer, Jim Parker. |
| Cast |
Set 1: Michael Kitchen, Anthony Howell, Honeysuckle Weeks, Cheryl Campbell, Oliver Ford Davies, John Shrapnel, Michael Simkins, Paul Brooke, Ian Hogg, Maggie Steed, Joanna Kanska, Dominic Mafham, Julian Ovenden, Edward Fox, Robert Hardy, David Horovitch, Rosamund Pike, Charles Dance, Roger Allam, Anthony Calf, Geoffrey Hutchings, Anton Lesser, Stephen Moore. |
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Set 2: Michael Kitchen, Anthony Howell, Honeysuckle Weeks, Jonathan Coy, Tom Georgeson, Henry Goodman, Clive Merrison, Nicholas Le Prevost, Julian Ovenden, Selina Cadell, David Troughton, Mark Umbers, Emily Blunt, Luke De Woolfson, Laurence Fox, Alan Howard, Ian Redford, Richard Wills-Cotton, Nicholas Farrell, Caroline Harker, Richard Hope, Adrian Lukis, Richard McCabe, Corin Redgrave, Jonathan Moore, Phoebe Nicholls, Amanda Root. |
| Summary |
Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle works in the English town of Hastings. As World War II tears at the social fabric of this once quiet coastal community, Foyle investigates crimes the conflict has fostered on the home front. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| System Details |
DVD, anamorphic 16:9 widescreen; Dolby Digital stereo. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Awards |
British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Lew Grade Audience Award, 2003. |
| Subject |
Foyle, Christopher (Fictitious character) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Detective and mystery television programs -- Great Britain -- Videodiscs.
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Murder -- England -- Hastings -- Videodiscs.
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Murder -- Investigation -- England -- Hastings -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Criminal behavior -- England -- Hastings -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Criminal investigation -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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England -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Detective and mystery television programs.
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Fiction television programs.
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Television series.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Horowitz, Anthony, 1955- creator, screenwriter.
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Green, Jill, television producer.
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Passmore, Simon, television producer.
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Silberston, Jeremy, television director.
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Thacker, David, television director.
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Foster, Giles, television director.
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Hall, Matthew, 1967- screenwriter.
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Russell, Michael, screenwriter.
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Kitchen, Michael, 1948-
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Howell, Anthony, 1971-
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Weeks, Honeysuckle, 1979-
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Ovenden, Julian, actor.
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Fox, Edward, 1937- actor.
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Hardy, Robert, 1925-2017, actor.
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Horovitch, David, actor.
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Simkins, Michael, 1956- actor.
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Pike, Rosamund, 1979- actor.
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Dance, Charles, actor.
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Campbell, Cheryl, actor.
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Davies, Oliver Ford, actor.
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Shrapnel, John, actor.
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Brooke, Paul, 1944- actor.
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Hogg, Ian, actor.
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Steed, Maggie, actor.
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Kanska, Joanna, 1959- actor.
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Mafham, Dominic, actor.
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Allam, Roger, actor.
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Calf, Anthony, actor.
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Hutchings, Geoffrey, 1939-2010, actor.
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Lesser, Anton, actor.
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Moore, Stephen, 1937- actor.
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Coy, Jonathan, 1953- actor.
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Georgeson, Tom, 1937- actor.
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Goodman, Henry, 1950- actor.
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Merrison, Clive, actor.
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Le Prevost, Nicholas, 1947- actor.
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Cadell, Selina, actor.
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Troughton, David, actor.
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Umbers, Mark, actor.
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Blunt, Emily, actor.
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De Woolfson, Luke, 1976- actor.
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Fox, Laurence, actor.
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Howard, Alan, 1937-2015, actor.
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Redford, Ian, actor.
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Wills-Cotton, Richard, actor.
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Farrell, Nicholas, actor.
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Harker, Caroline, 1966- actor.
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Hope, Richard (Actor), actor.
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Lukis, Adrian, actor.
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McCabe, Richard, actor.
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Redgrave, Corin, actor.
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Moore, Jonathan, 1963- actor.
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Nicholls, Phoebe, 1958- actor.
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Root, Amanda, actor.
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Parker, Jim, 1934- composer.
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Greenlit Productions, production company.
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Paddock Productions, production company.
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RLJ Entertainment, film distributor.
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Acorn Media (Firm), film distributor.
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| Added Title |
Foyle's war. Seasons 1-2 |
| Standard No. |
054961241095 (box set) |
| Music No. |
AMP2410LTI Acorn Media (sets 1-2) |
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AMP2410SLP Acorn Media (box set) |
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