Foyle's War

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I own this series on DVD.

I didn't even know this show existed. I was going through The Civitan (it's like a Goodwill but smaller), in the movie section and found this series all neatly bundled together. 9 different DVD cases, all bundled together in saran wrap and being sold for about $10. It was 8 seasons and a bonus DVD. I didn't know what the show was, but reading the back it had me intrigued. A WWII mystery detective thriller? Huh. Well it's cheap, in good condition, so I bought it.

I loved this show! it's like if Sherlock Holmes was a military police detective in World War 2 England. The first several seasons of which being set during WWII, with the last one or two seasons being post WWII at the start of the cold war with Russia.
Saying seasons is a bit of a misnomer though, as it's more of a British series. As each "season" is only 3 or 4 episodes that are movie length. Yet it's an engaging watch that had me glued to my screen.

There's a lot of real WWII history injected into the show, and a lot of care was taken to make things period accurate. I even learned a lot from the show, and I do love me some WWII movies and shows. I'm really glad I decided to pick this up from The Civitan, and has turned out to be one of my best purchases from there.

Mistake Status: Well I loved this show and I own it on DVD. So heck yeah I plan to do a hard deep dive and comb every frame for mistakes. It will be fun.

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Enemy Fire - S3-E2

Continuity mistake: In episode 2-4 "The Funk Hole " which takes place in the fall of 1940, Andrew states to Sam that his mother died when he was eight years old. In this episode (Feb to June 1941), Foyle is looking at his wife's grave; it shows his mother died in 1932, which would have meant Andrew was born in 1924, and only 16 in 1940, far too young to be a Spitfire pilot. Also, his commanding officer states "the younger pilots look up to you, Andrew", before one of the "younger" pilots (age 19) is badly burned in a crash in Andrew's plane.

More mistakes in Foyle's War

DCS Christopher Foyle: The uniform suits you.
Andrew Foyle: Thanks. I wish I could say the same about your dressing gown.

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Among the Few - S2-E2

Trivia: The fuel station features metal miniblinds in several scenes. These did not become available until the early 1940s and would aluminium be diverted from airplane production to blinds?

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Sunflower - S8-E3

Question: If head of MI5 gave Foyle the file on Strasser at the start of episode, why, when American officer comes to the office for first time, why does he say to Miss Pierce that he didn't know about Stasser?

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