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Foyle's War: Set 5 | 
| Actors: Michael Kitchen, Anthony Howell, Honeysuckle Weeks
Studio: Acorn Media
Category: DVD
List Price: $49.99
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Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 227
Format: Box Set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Number Of Discs: 3
Running Time: 277 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.9
MPN: 8108
UPC: 054961810895
EAN: 0054961810895
ASIN: B001A33ZHG
Theatrical Release Date: February 2, 2003
Release Date: August 5, 2008
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Condition: BRAND NEW AND FACTORY SEALED!
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
No one was unhappy when World War II ended, but the demise of Foyle's War is something else entirely. For fans of this first-rate British murder mystery series, set against the backdrop of that epic conflict, Set 5 represents something of a reprieve; although Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle (Michael Kitchen) retired at the end of Set 4, circumstances force him to return to action in "Plan of Attack," the first of three 90-minute episodes (each on its own disc) offered here. But by the end of this set, the war is over and Foyle has eased back into retirement. That's lamentable. Smartly conceived and often quite masterfully executed, this show will certainly be missed. "History meets mystery" has been the concept from the beginning, as the low-key (like Peter Falk's Columbo, he knows much more than he lets on), unfailingly decent Foyle and his assistants, Sgt. Paul Milner (Anthony Howell) and driver Samantha "Sam" Stewart (Honeysuckle Weeks), solve murders and various other crimes in and around bucolic Hastings, England, while WWII rages on at home and abroad. But this time out, the war provides much more than context, as the murders tend to be directly related to it. What's more, Set 5 affectingly deals with combat's heavy emotional psychological toll. It's a burden we see carried by the cartographer who can't bear knowing that his work is helping to kill innocent German civilians (in "Plan of Attack"); by the maimed former POW struggling to readjust to life at home, the teenager whose job it is to deliver bad news telegrams to soldiers' families, and the Jewish doctor, a refugee from Poland, whose survivor's guilt leads him down a very dark path (all three in "Broken Souls"); and even by Foyle's own son (Julian Ovenden, in "All Clear"). OK, so the mysteries may not be all that mysterious--perceptive viewers will have little difficulty identifying the culprits. But with its multi-layered storytelling (the scripts were written by creator Anthony Horowitz) and fine production values (the cinematography, editing, and music are all excellent), Foyle's War is a whodunit that's both a prime example of its genre and thoroughly successful on its own unique terms. Bonus features include a brief "making of" featurette and cast filmographies. --Sam Graham
Description
Combining uncompromising historical accuracy with compelling mysteries, this acclaimed PBS series continues with three feature-length episodes. Michael Kitchen (Out of Africa) stars as DCS Christopher Foyle, investigating wartime crimes in an English coastal town. With the end of World War II slowly but inevitably approaching, Foyle and his fellow citizens learn the price of victory and face a peace that will transform their lives in unexpected ways. Also starring Anthony Howell and Honeysuckle Weeks, and featuring Nicholas Day, Malcolm Sinclair, Nicholas Woodeson, Duncan Bell, Julian Ovenden, Mark Bazeley, Julian Wadham, and Phyllida Law. THE MYSTERIES: PLAN OF ATTACK—With the Hastings police force suffering attrition and low morale, Foyle comes out of retirement to probe the mysterious death of a cartographer from the Air Ministry office. BROKEN SOULS—The murder of an ambitious young doctor at the local psychiatric clinic produces no shortage of suspects among the staff and patients, many of whom still experience the war's horrors. ALL CLEAR—With final victory expected any day, Hastings looks ahead to a radically different post-war life. But the end comes too soon for two men—one a murder victim, the other an apparent suicide. DVD SEPCIAL FEATURES INCLUDE making-of documentary, cast member reflections, notes on a real-life Foyle, and cast filmographies.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 27 more reviews...
Foyle's War, Set 5 September 6, 2008
Jack E. Combs
This concludes the series that covers WW II from the perspective of a small
coastal town in England. This is the quality of television that is often
lacking in American network TV. Great cast and great writing make this a
must see.
Foyle's War series September 6, 2008
Kenneth A. Labuda (USA)
Foyle's war series is a winner in my book. It is well done and not over the wall in baloney.
Foyle's War 5 September 6, 2008
Victory Services, Inc. (Atlanta, GA)
An excellent final season to go with the previous excellent series. I highly recommend this series if you are interested in well acted and well directed programming.
Foyle's War September 5, 2008
R. Anthony (Southern California)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have all five sets of Foyle's War. They take place in England during the 2nd world war. Foyal (Michael Kitchen)plays the head detective in solving various types of crimes from stealing war materials to resell them to solving murders. The first four sets have four disks each, set five only has three disks. My wife and I watched all 19 disks together and we both enjoyed them very much. I loaned them to my son and he has been watching them also. He said he also thought they were very good. The disks can be watched in any order, but I think it is slightly better watching them in order. Toward the start of each disk there is a date showing when it takes place starting May 1940 and going through May 1945.
Nice finish to great series . . . September 5, 2008
tekenaar (Plano, TX)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Nice finish to a great series - I own all 5 sets - from an admitted WWII history buff . . . born in a northern German bomb shelter on a gray, overcast Saturday afternoon, there courtesy of the 8th Army Airforce . . . but enough about me.
This BBC series' main character, DCS Foyle, defines Michael Kitchen for me . . . can't think of anyone else in that role. Well written episodes that detail the "civilian" side of a country at war and with nice continuity kept from the first episode to the last by keeping the three main actors - Foyle, his right-hand man and his driver - the same throughout.
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