Among the Few (23 Nov. 2003)

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

Writers:

Anthony Horowitz (created by), Anthony Horowitz,

Stars:

Mark Umbers, Julian Ovenden, Michael Kitchen

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Mark Umbers	...	Rex Talbot
Julian Ovenden	...	Andrew Foyle
Michael Kitchen	...	Christopher Foyle
Honeysuckle Weeks	...	Samantha Stewart
Edward Clayton	...	Home Guard
Bill Davey	...	Fred Pierce
Anthony Howell	...	Paul Milner
Simon Chandler	...	Leonard Evans
Christopher Staines	...	Douglas Wright
Lisa Kay	...	Connie Dewar
Damian O'Hare	...	Sean O'Halloran
Christina Cole	...	Violet Davies
David Troughton	...	Michael Bennett
Selina Cadell	...	Pamela Bennett
Justin Salinger	...	Frank Gannon

Storyline

September 1940: When the police and the civil authorities suspect that petrol is being stolen from a local depot, Foyle agrees to let Sam Stewart go undercover as a driver to see if she can find out what is going on. Sam is partnered with Connie Dewar who is in love with a flying officer, Rex Talbot who just happens to be Andrew Foyle's best friend. It becomes apparent to Sam that Connie is involved in the petrol thefts and when she is found dead, there are a number of suspects. Connie is also several months pregnant but she didn't tell anyone who the father was. For DCS Foyle, the case becomes especially complicated when it turns out his son Andrew was perhaps the last person to see her alive.

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Plot Keywords:

petrol | gasoline | safe | detective chief superintendent | roadblock | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | War

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 November 2003 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paddock Productions, Greenlit Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

The clock used to set off the bomb in the suitcase has a large second hand which moves in 1-second jumps, indicating a quartz movement. Quartz clocks weren't available commercially until about 30 years later.

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Quotes

DCS Foyle: You see, the trouble with war is committees, and the trouble with committees is that people take an hour to say what you or I could say in a couple of minutes.
Samantha Stewart: Mmm. I had an instructor at the MTC. We called him Chloroform, because when he finished talking, there was nobody left awake.
DCS Foyle: What did he teach?
Samantha Stewart: Road safety.
DCS Foyle: [pauses] Now you tell me.

User Reviews

Contemporary Themes in World War II Plot - Excellent Story

Several social themes are cleverly woven into "Among the Few", in the highly entertaining Foyle's War, starring the charming Michael Kitchen as Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle, in Hastings, England. Foyle applies intuitive logic to solving murders, while World War II is consuming all of England's resources. This episode is among the best in the excellent series, because of the realistic human conditions underlying several of the sub-plots. This particular story puts Foyle's driver Samantha "Sam" Stewart (Honeysuckle Weeks) at risk when she volunteers to go underground to help determine how fuel thefts are being heisted from a highly strategic depot. At the same time, Foyle's son, an RAF pilot, is involved by association in the death of a female depot driver, who happens to be the roommate of his sweetheart. But, that's just the plot. "Among the Few" reveals contemporary themes far beyond the situations in the story. As with all the Foyle's War stories, the authentic 1940s sets are as captivating as trying to figure out how the story's untimely death will be solved. I was especially smitten with the RAF scenes and the use of several World War II vintage English fighter planes. Everything about "Among the Few" is well done. This episode is interesting, well directed, expertly acted and a tribute to the sophisticated talent of writer Anthony Horowitz. If you can only watch one episode of Foyle's War, this is one I would recommend, but all episodes are superb.