Foyle's War Series Two
| Foyle's War (series 2) | |
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| No. of episodes | 4 |
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Series 2 of the ITV programme Foyle's War was first aired in 2003; comprising four episodes, it is set in autumn 1940. Series 2 was broadcast in the United States on PBS on Mystery!, on 18 and 25 July, and 1 and 8 August 2004, as Foyle's War II, and on Netflix as of April 2014.
This episode introduces Foyle's former love, Elizabeth Lewes, whom he had intended to marry but was declined permission by her father some 20 years ago. Later, true to his word, in "The Eternity Ring" (Series 8, Episode 1), Foyle returns from America after confronting Paige.
The title refers to the Destroyers for Bases Agreement, under which the United States traded 50 U.S. Navy destroyers to the U.K. in exchange for land rights in certain British colonies. The agreement was a reversal of the U.S.'s isolationist policy and a precursor to the much more substantial Lend-Lease programme. The episode also reveals the darker side of the war effort: those willing to profit in wartime at the expense of their countrymen.
The relationship and sense of trust between the Foyles is tested when Foyle learns details of Andrew Foyle's secretive sexual relationship and "engagement" to Dewar's friend Violet Davies. Foyle again "bends the rules" to the needs of wartime by allowing Talbot, who has confessed to accidentally causing Dewar's death, to lead the squadron on one last sortie, and then by consoling his son by praising Talbot as a good man.
This episode addresses petrol theft and black-marketeering in the new era of wartime rationing, in which petrol was the first item to be restricted.
This episode marks the temporary return (prior to reassignment to North Africa with the 7th Armoured Division) of Foyle's former police sergeant, now British Army captain, Jack Devlin, who left with the BEF for France and was wounded by shrapnel there, and it provides details of how Devlin was involved in planting evidence and perverting the course of justice in the Markham case six months earlier. Throughout the episode, Foyle is confronted with moral dilemmas and legal compromises made for the sake of the war. It also marks the first appearance of Hilda Pierce, played by Ellie Haddington, who later appears in the episodes "The French Drop" and "All Clear", before becoming a lead character in Series 8.
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