Foyle's War (series 4)
| Foyle's War (series 4) | |
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| No. of episodes | 4 |
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Series 4 of the ITV programme Foyle's War was first aired in 2006. It is the only series to be divided into two parts, one comprising two episodes screened in 2006, and the other comprising two from 2007. It was the last series of four episodes; later series had only three. It is set in the period from March 1942 to March 1943.
Filmed: March-April 2005
The episode marks the transfer of Station Sergeant Ian Brooke to Hastings from Deptford in London, and also the arrival of Captain John Keiffer and his 215th Engineer Battalion (Aviation) who plan to establish an Army Air Corps landing field nearby. Foyle is befriended by Keiffer, an engineer from Northbridge, Massachusetts, which deepens since the two share a common interest in fly-fishing. Keiffer also mentions the loss of his younger brother on the Reuben James in October 1941. Milner's friend, Will Grayson, is a fellow survivor of the failed Norwegian Campaign and the man who helped rescue and evacuate him from Trondheim. Stewart meanwhile receives a Dear John letter from Andrew Foyle, who is now stationed at RAF Debden, and as a result, allows herself to be dated by Keiffer's driver, Private Joe Farnetti (which irks the senior Foyle who thinks she is being somewhat unfaithful).
The arrival of American "Doughboy" forces to England, which began on 26 January 1942, marked the start of another dramatic change to the English wartime homefront as anti-US forces resentment (such as "late to the last war, late to this one" or "over-sexed, over paid and over here") began again. Around this time, forced land requisitioning for military use increased sharply while rationing of basic goods continued. RAF Debden where the younger Foyle is stationed parallels the story of transferring resources to American Forces, since it was transferred some six months after this episode (on 12 September 1942) to the United States Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force.
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