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The Best Episodes of Foyle's War

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....
Genres:MysteryDramaWar & PoliticsCrime
Network:ITV1

Best Episodes Summary

"Sunflower" is the best rated episode of "Foyle's War". It scored 9/10 based on 625 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".

  • Sunflower
    9.0/10625 votes
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    #1 - Sunflower

    Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 4/7/2013

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • All Clear
    8.9/10788 votes
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    #2 - All Clear

    Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 4/20/2008

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Hide
    8.6/10549 votes
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    #3 - The Hide

    Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 4/25/2010

    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.

    Director: Stuart Orme

    Writer: N/A

  • Fifty Ships
    8.5/10822 votes
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    #4 - Fifty Ships

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 11/16/2003

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Casualties of War
    8.5/10642 votes
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    #5 - Casualties of War

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 4/15/2007

    Foyle has his hands full dealing with illegal gambling, sabotage, and his needy goddaughter who shows up on his doorstep with her traumatized son.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Cage
    8.5/10499 votes
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    #6 - The Cage

    Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 3/31/2013

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The White Feather
    8.4/10953 votes
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    #7 - The White Feather

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/3/2002

    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.

    Director: Jeremy Silberston

    Writer: N/A

  • Among the Few
    8.4/10779 votes
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    #8 - Among the Few

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 11/23/2003

    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.

    Director: Jeremy Silberston

    Writer: N/A

  • War Games
    8.4/10812 votes
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    #9 - War Games

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 11/30/2003

    When a British food corporation signs a secret agreement with the Nazis to provide essential food services to the enemy during wartime, murders result.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Enemy Fire
    8.4/10717 votes
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    #10 - Enemy Fire

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/31/2004

    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.

    Director: Jeremy Silberston

    Writer: N/A

  • Bad Blood
    8.4/10654 votes
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    #11 - Bad Blood

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 1/22/2006

    August 1942. Foyle investigates the a mysterious disease affecting local farm animals and looks into the arrest of a pacifist accused of stabbing a war hero.

    Director: Jeremy Silberston

    Writer: N/A

  • Killing Time
    8.4/10536 votes
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    #12 - Killing Time

    Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 4/18/2010

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Funk Hole
    8.3/10722 votes
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    #13 - The Funk Hole

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 12/7/2003

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The French Drop
    8.3/10722 votes
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    #14 - The French Drop

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 10/24/2004

    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.

    Director: Gavin Millar

    Writer: N/A

  • They Fought in the Fields
    8.3/10691 votes
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    #15 - They Fought in the Fields

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 11/7/2004

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

    Director: Jeremy Silberston

    Writer: N/A

  • A Lesson in Murder
    8.2/10888 votes
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    #16 - A Lesson in Murder

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/10/2002

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

    Director: David Thacker

    Writer: N/A

  • Eagle Day
    8.2/10870 votes
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    #17 - Eagle Day

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/17/2002

    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.

    Director: Jeremy Silberston

    Writer: N/A

  • Bleak Midwinter
    8.2/10648 votes
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    #18 - Bleak Midwinter

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 2/11/2007

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Russian House
    8.2/10602 votes
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    #19 - The Russian House

    Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 4/11/2010

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Eternity Ring
    8.2/10527 votes
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    #20 - The Eternity Ring

    Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 3/24/2013

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The German Woman
    8.1/101,179 votes
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    #21 - The German Woman

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/27/2002

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

    Director: Jeremy Silberston

    Writer: N/A

  • Plan of Attack
    8.1/10616 votes
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    #22 - Plan of Attack

    Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 1/6/2008

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A War of Nerves
    8.0/10647 votes
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    #23 - A War of Nerves

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 11/14/2004

    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.

    Director: Gavin Millar

    Writer: N/A

  • Invasion
    8.0/10663 votes
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    #24 - Invasion

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 1/15/2006

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

    Director: Gavin Millar

    Writer: N/A

  • Broken Souls
    7.9/10618 votes
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    #25 - Broken Souls

    Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 4/13/2008

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A