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The Best Episodes of Foyle's War

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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. Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Foyle's War Season 8 Episode 3 - Sunflower
    9.0/10(697 votes)

    #1 - Sunflower

    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.

    Director:Andy Hay
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Foyle's War Season 6 Episode 3 - All Clear
    8.9/10(881 votes)

    #2 - All Clear

    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.

    Director:Tristram Powell
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Foyle's War Season 2 Episode 1 - Fifty Ships
    8.6/10(920 votes)

    #3 - Fifty Ships

    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.

    Director:Giles Foster
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Foyle's War Season 7 Episode 3 - The Hide
    8.6/10(612 votes)

    #4 - The Hide

    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.

    Director:Stuart Orme
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Foyle's War Season 5 Episode 2 - Casualties of War
    8.5/10(715 votes)

    #5 - Casualties of War

    S5:E2

    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:Tristram Powell
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Foyle's War Season 8 Episode 2 - The Cage
    8.5/10(559 votes)

    #6 - The Cage

    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.

    Director:Stuart Orme
    Writer:David Kane

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  7. Foyle's War Season 1 Episode 2 - The White Feather
    8.4/10(1076 votes)

    #7 - The White Feather

    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.

    Director:Jeremy Silberston
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Foyle's War Season 2 Episode 2 - Among the Few
    8.4/10(856 votes)

    #8 - Among the Few

    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.

    Director:Jeremy Silberston
    Writer:Matthew Hall

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  9. Foyle's War Season 2 Episode 3 - War Games
    8.4/10(903 votes)

    #9 - War Games

    S2:E3

    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:Giles Foster
    Writer:Michael Russell

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  10. Foyle's War Season 2 Episode 4 - The Funk Hole
    8.4/10(800 votes)

    #10 - The Funk Hole

    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.

    Director:Jeremy Silberston
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Foyle's War Season 3 Episode 2 - Enemy Fire
    8.4/10(795 votes)

    #11 - Enemy Fire

    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.

    Director:Jeremy Silberston
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Foyle's War Season 4 Episode 2 - Bad Blood
    8.4/10(724 votes)

    #12 - Bad Blood

    S4:E2

    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:Unknown

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  13. Foyle's War Season 7 Episode 2 - Killing Time
    8.4/10(599 votes)

    #13 - Killing Time

    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.

    Director:David Richards
    Writer:David Kane

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  14. Foyle's War Season 3 Episode 1 - The French Drop
    8.3/10(804 votes)

    #14 - The French Drop

    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.

    Director:Gavin Millar
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Foyle's War Season 3 Episode 3 - They Fought in the Fields
    8.3/10(770 votes)

    #15 - They Fought in the Fields

    S3:E3

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

    Director:Jeremy Silberston
    Writer:Rob Heyland

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  16. Foyle's War Season 1 Episode 3 - A Lesson in Murder
    8.2/10(1003 votes)

    #16 - A Lesson in Murder

    S1:E3

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

    Director:David Thacker
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Foyle's War Season 1 Episode 4 - Eagle Day
    8.2/10(970 votes)

    #17 - Eagle Day

    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.

    Director:Jeremy Silberston
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Foyle's War Season 5 Episode 1 - Bleak Midwinter
    8.2/10(726 votes)

    #18 - Bleak Midwinter

    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.

    Director:Gavin Millar
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Foyle's War Season 7 Episode 1 - The Russian House
    8.2/10(661 votes)

    #19 - The Russian House

    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.

    Director:Stuart Orme
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Foyle's War Season 8 Episode 1 - The Eternity Ring
    8.2/10(591 votes)

    #20 - The Eternity Ring

    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.

    Director:Stuart Orme
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Foyle's War Season 1 Episode 1 - The German Woman
    8.1/10(1321 votes)

    #21 - The German Woman

    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.

    Director:Jeremy Silberston
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Foyle's War Season 6 Episode 1 - Plan of Attack
    8.1/10(691 votes)

    #22 - Plan of Attack

    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.

    Director:Tristram Powell
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Foyle's War Season 3 Episode 4 - A War of Nerves
    8.0/10(713 votes)

    #23 - A War of Nerves

    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.

    Director:Gavin Millar
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Foyle's War Season 4 Episode 1 - Invasion
    8.0/10(726 votes)

    #24 - Invasion

    S4:E1

    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:Unknown

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  25. Foyle's War Season 6 Episode 2 - Broken Souls
    7.9/10(698 votes)

    #25 - Broken Souls

    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.

    Director:Simon Langton
    Writer:Michael Chaplin

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Best Episodes Summary

"Sunflower" is the best rated episode of "Foyle's War". It scored 9/10 based on 697 votes. Directed by Andy Hay and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/7/2013. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "All Clear".