Eagle Day (17 Nov. 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:

Anthony Horowitz (written and created by)

Stars:

Bill Thomas, Katy Brittain, Fergus Webster

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Bill Thomas	...	Willis
Katy Brittain	...	Joyce Davies
Fergus Webster	...	PC Fisher
Tom Bowles	...	Graham Davies
Jamie Parker	...	Bruce Leighton-Morris
Julian Ovenden	...	Andrew Foyle
Michael Kitchen	...	Christopher Foyle
Honeysuckle Weeks	...	Samantha Stewart
Anthony Howell	...	Paul Milner
Hugh Lloyd	...	Frank Watson
Anthony Calf	...	Martin Keller
Roger Allam	...	Alastair Graeme
Louise Breckon-Richards	...	Jane Holdsworth
Naomi Frederick	...	Anne Roberts
Geoffrey Hutchings	...	Harold Smith

Storyline

August 1940: During the blitz, a man is found in his bombed-out house, stabbed in the chest. The man was a lorry driver who was transporting works of art to Wales for safekeeping. Foyle suspects that the man's job and the art work are somehow related to his death. Foyle's son Andrew, an RAF pilot, stops in en route to his first operational assignment. Disappointed at not being assigned to a squadron, he finds that he is to assist in the development of a new technology - radar. Things get dicey when Andrew is accused of giving information to the enemy. Sam receives a visits from her clergyman father who insists that she pack it in and return home.

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Plot Keywords:

art | raf | top secret | cave | stabbed in the stomach | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | War

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 November 2002 (UK)

Filming Locations:

Bawdsey Radar Station, Bawdsey Manor, Bawdsey, Suffolk, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paddock Productions, Greenlit Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Bawdsey Manor, used as a filming location for the radar testing that Andrew Foyle takes part in, was the birthplace of Britain's radar defence network.

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Goofs

The round RADAR screen with the iconic type of sweeping display was not used until after the war. The correct display was a horizontal line, as shown to the right of the round screen. Ditto the rotating RADAR antenna outside - the antennas were fixed at that time. (In any case, the antenna rotation should have the same speed as the display rotation, which it did not.)

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Quotes

[Wing Commander Keller arrives at Group Captain Graham's house, and reveals that he will be investigating the Group Captain's death]
DCS Christopher Foyle: You're too late. I know who killed him, and why he was killed.
Wing Commander Martin Keller: [leaning close to Foyle] Tell me!
DCS Christopher Foyle: Not until I've seen my son.

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Soundtracks

"Symphony #8 (Unfinished Symphony)"
Franz Schubert 1822

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