Foyle's War

The Best Episodes of Foyle's War

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Every episode of Foyle's War ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Foyle's War!

As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England....
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  1. 9.0/10(648 votes)

    #1 - Sunflower

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    S8:E3

    Foyle finds himself being drawn into the strange murder of an ex-Nazi defector and leading expert on Soviet intelligence who had been working for MI5. Sam’s husband, Adam, is pre-occupied with his new political jobleaving her concerned that she’ll be able to share some huge news with him.

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  2. 8.9/10(813 votes)

    #2 - All Clear

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    S6:E3

    May 1945. Foyle joins a municipal committee that's preparing for the now imminent V-E Day celebration but soon finds himself investigating the deaths of two of its members.

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  3. 8.5/10(521 votes)

    #3 - The Cage

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    S8:E2

    Foyle investigates the death of a Russian and it ends up leading to a mysterious military facility run by a Colonel with an impeccable war record.

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  4. 8.2/10(6 votes)

    #4 - Among the Few

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    S2:E2

    Sam volunteers to go undercover to discover how rationed gasoline is being stolen from a fuel depot, and Andrew becomes a suspect in a murder case.

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  5. 8.2/10(545 votes)

    #5 - The Eternity Ring

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    S8:E1

    Foyle is now working in a different new role working for British Secret Intelligence. As the iron curtain falls across Europe, MI5 believe that British atomic research has been infiltrated, and ask Foyle to investigate whether a Russian spy network could be at work in London.

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  6. 8.1/10(636 votes)

    #6 - Plan of Attack

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    S6:E1

    April 1944. Milner is unhappy with his new DCS and has asked for a transfer, but after he is murdered, Foyle comes out of retirement to replace him.

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  8. 8.0/10(10 votes)

    #7 - A Lesson in Murder

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    S1:E3

    Foyle investigates the suicide of a pacifist and death threats to the judge who ruled against his conscientious objector status.

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    Director:David Thacker
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  9. 8.0/10(4 votes)

    #8 - Invasion

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    S4:E1

    American troops arrive in Britain and the Corps of Engineers building an airstrip on a Hastings farm is met with resentment.

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    Director:Gavin Millar
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  10. 7.8/10(6 votes)

    #9 - Fifty Ships

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    S2:E1

    After Foyle is a guest at a friend's home at a dinner for an important American diplomat, a suicide victim and German agent both are discovered near the house.

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  11. 7.8/10(5 votes)

    #10 - The Funk Hole

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    S2:E4

    Foyle's investigation of the death of a young black marketeer and stolen food is interrupted by his suspension on charges of sedition.

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  12. 7.8/10(6 votes)

    #11 - The French Drop

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    S3:E1

    February 1941: Foyle again pursues a position that would allow him to contribute more to the war effort. But a local murder investigation sidetracks this endeavor as Foyle finds himself caught between rival spy organizations.

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    Director:Gavin Millar
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  13. 7.8/10(4 votes)

    #12 - They Fought in the Fields

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    S3:E3

    April 1941: Foyle questions three Land Army girls about a murder that occurs on a Hastings farm.

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  14. 7.8/10(4 votes)

    #13 - A War of Nerves

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    S3:E4

    A.C. Rose orders Foyle to delegate his investigation of black marketing ring and personally look into the possibly seditious acts of a Socialist activist.

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    Director:Gavin Millar
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  15. 7.8/10(4 votes)

    #14 - Bleak Midwinter

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    S5:E1

    The apparently accidental death of a young woman in a munitions factory becomes linked with the murder of Milner's estranged wife as he falls under suspicion.

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  16. 7.8/10(637 votes)

    #15 - Broken Souls

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    S6:E2

    October 1944. Foyle hones in on two murders: an unpopular psychiatrist in a trauma facility and a low security German POW on work release to a local farm.

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  17. 7.7/10(10 votes)

    #16 - The White Feather

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    S1:E2

    With the English army trapped in France and a German invasion imminent, a Nazi sympathizer is murdered during a pro-Facist meeting at a country hotel.

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  18. 7.5/10(4 votes)

    #17 - The Russian House

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    S7:E1

    It's June 1945 and Detective Chief Superintendent Foyle is still on duty as they are unable to find a replacement for him. He's approached by Brigadier Timothy Wilson, his former commanding officer from his own military service in World War I, who is looking for a Russian POW, Ivan Spiakov, who has escaped and is believed to have been seen in the Hastings area.

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  19. 7.4/10(8 votes)

    #18 - The German Woman

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    S1:E1

    The German wife of a rich and influential aristocrat exempted from wartime internment is found decapitated in the midst of anti-German feeling.

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  20. 7.4/10(10 votes)

    #19 - Eagle Day

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    S1:E4

    Foyle investigates a man found with a knife in his stomach in a bombed out building while son Andrew gets involved in a top secret radar program.

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  21. 7.4/10(5 votes)

    #20 - Killing Time

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    S7:E2

    July 1945. Sam moves in with Adam Wainwright to help run his guest house though, due to his shyness, they are not a couple. One of the tenants, Mandy Dean, is having a tough time, raising a baby fathered by black G.I. Gabe Kelly. Her old boyfriend Tommy Duggan is devastated when he returns and makes the discovery.

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  22. 7.3/10(3 votes)

    #21 - The Hide

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    S7:E3

    August 1945. DCS Foyle is replaced and is free at last - he's resigned his position and planning to travel to the United States for an extended tour. Before departing however, he's asked to look into the case of James Devereaux, a young man who joined the Nazi British Free Corps during the war.

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    Director:Stuart Orme
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  23. 7.3/10(3 votes)

    #22 - Trespass

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    S9:E2

    Tasked with ensuring security at a high level Palestinian conference, with signs that a plot to bomb the conference maybe under way, Foyle faces a race against time to uncover not only the truth, but where the truth lies. Meanwhile Sam is determined to help a young boy in Adam’s constituency when she realises his life may be in danger because he cannot afford hospital care.

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  24. 7.0/10(2 votes)

    #23 - Elise

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    S9:E3

    When his colleague Hilda Pierce is nearly killed in an attempted assassination, Foyle must re-examine her top secret role during the war to find out if there was a traitor at the heart of the Special Operations Executive.

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  25. 6.8/10(5 votes)

    #24 - Enemy Fire

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    S3:E2

    February 1941: When a local manor house is commandeered for use as a special burn unit for treating injured RAF pilots, Foyle is called in to investigate a series of strange accidents.

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  26. 6.5/10(2 votes)

    #25 - High Castle

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    S9:E1

    Foyle, now working for British Intelligence, is drawn into the world of corrupt Nazi businessmen when a London university professor is found murdered.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Sunflower" is the best rated episode of "Foyle's War". It scored 9/10 based on 648 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 4/7/2013. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "All Clear".