| Description |
8 videodiscs (810 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical stereo Dolby Digital rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
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Television program. |
| Note |
Set 3 originally produced and broadcast on the BBC in 2004. |
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Set 4 originally produced and broadcast on the BBC in 2005-2006. |
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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 3: Special features: The making of Foyle's war (24 min.) ; production notes: Anthony Horowitz, Jill Green, Martyn John ; The truth behind The French drop ; The truth behind Enemy fire ; The truth behind They fought in the fields ; production notes: fascinating facts ; The truth behind A war of nerves ; cast reflections ; cast filmographies. |
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Set 4: Special features: The making of Foyle's war (7 min.) ; creator/writer Anthony Horowitz on Foyle's war ; The truth behind Invasion ; The truth behind Bad blood ; The truth behind Bleak midwinter ; The truth behind Casualties of war ; cast filmographies. |
| Contents |
Set 3: The French drop (93 min.) / written by Anthony Horowitz ; director, Gavin Millar -- Enemy fire (93 min.) / written by Anthony Horowitz ; director, Jeremy Silberston -- They fought in the fields (91 min.) / writer, Rob Heyland ; director, Jeremy Silberston -- A war of nerves (93 min.) / written by Anthony Horowitz ; director, Gavin Millar. |
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Set 4: Invasion (94 min.) / written by Anthony Horowitz ; directed by Gavin Millar -- Bad blood (94 min.) / written by Anthony Horowitz ; directed by Jeremy Silberston -- Bleak midwinter (93 min.) / written by Anthony Horowitz ; directed by Gavin Millar -- Casualties of war (93 min.) / written by Anthony Horowitz ; directed by Tristram Powell. |
| Credits |
Set 3: Costume designer, Maria Price ; composer, Jim Parker ; editors, Angus Newton, Ian Farr ; production designer, Martyn John ; director of photography, Peter Middleton. |
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Set 4: Costume designer, Maria Price ; composer, Jim Parker ; editors, Angus Newton, Ardan Fisher ; production designer, Roger Cann ; director of photography, Peter Middleton. |
| Cast |
Set 3: Michael Kitchen, Anthony Howell, Honeysuckle Weeks, Ellie Haddington, Ronald Pickup, Angela Thorne, Samuel West, Julian Ovenden, Peter Blythe, Dearbhla Molloy, John Wood, Bill Paterson, Stella Gonet, Anatole Taubman, Nigel Terry, James Wilby, Dugald Bruce-Lockhart, Peter Capaldi, Geoffrey Freshwater, David Westhead, Corin Redgrave. |
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Set 4: Michael Kitchen, Anthony Howell, Honeysuckle Weeks, Keith Barron, Jay Benedict, Philip Jackson, John McArdle, Philip Franks, Gawn Grainger, Jonah Lotan, Roy Marsden, Ann Beach, Gavin Brocker, Sian Brooke, Ron Cook, Liz Fraser, Mali Harries, Paul Jesson, Caroline Martin, Jay Simpson, Dermot Crowley, Abigail Cruttenden, Kevin Doyle, Kate Fleetwood, Michael Jayston. |
| 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 |
In English ; closed captioned. |
| Subject |
Foyle, Christopher (Fictitious character) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Cold War -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Espionage -- Great Britain -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Secret service -- Great Britain -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Criminal investigation -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Murder -- Great Britain -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Detective and mystery television programs -- Great Britain -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Historical television programs.
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Spy television programs.
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Detective and mystery television programs.
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Fiction television programs.
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Television series.
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Documentary television programs.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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Interviews.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Horowitz, Anthony, 1955- creator, screenwriter.
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Green, Jill, producer.
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John, Martyn, producer.
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Millar, Gavin, director.
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Silberston, Jeremy, director.
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Powell, Tristram, director.
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Heyland, Rob, screenwriter.
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Kitchen, Michael, 1948- actor.
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Howell, Anthony, 1971- actor.
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Weeks, Honeysuckle, 1979- actor.
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Haddington, Ellie, actor.
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Pickup, Ronald, actor.
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Thorne, Angela, 1939- actor.
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West, Samuel, actor.
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Ovenden, Julian, actor.
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Blythe, Peter, actor.
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Molloy, Dearbhla, actor.
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Paterson, Bill, 1945- actor.
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Gonet, Stella, actor.
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Taubman, Anatole, actor.
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Terry, Nigel, actor.
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Wilby, James, actor.
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Bruce-Lockhart, Dugald, actor.
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Capaldi, Peter, actor.
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Freshwater, Geoffrey, actor.
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Westhead, David, 1963- actor.
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Redgrave, Corin, actor.
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Barron, Keith, 1934-2017, actor.
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Benedict, Jay, actor.
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Jackson, Philip, actor.
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McArdle, John, actor.
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Parker, Jim, composer (expression)
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Acorn Productions, production company.
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Eleventh Hour Films (Firm), production company.
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Octagon Films, production company.
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ITV (Firm), production company.
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Foyle's War 8 Productions, production company.
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RLJ Entertainment, film distributor, production company.
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Acorn Media (Firm), film distributor.
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Incandescent Entertainment (Firm), production company.
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| Added Title |
Foyle's war. Seasons 3-4 |
| Standard No. |
054961241095 (box set) |
| Music No. |
AMP2410LT2 Acorn Media (set 3-4) |
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AMP2410SLP Acorn Media (box set) |
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