War Games (30 Nov. 2003)

When a British food corporation signs a secret agreement with the Nazis to provide essential food services to the enemy during wartime, murders result.

Director:

Giles Foster

Writers:

Anthony Horowitz (created by), Michael Russell,

Stars:

Ian Redford, Tim Preece, Caroline Faber

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Ian Redford	...	Sir Reginald Walker
Tim Preece	...	Philby
Caroline Faber	...	Agnes Browne
Laurence Fox	...	Simon Walker
Michael Kitchen	...	Christopher Foyle
Anthony Howell	...	Paul Milner
Alan Howard	...	Stephen Beck
Will Knightley	...	Arthur Browne
Charlie G. Hawkins	...	Brian (as Charlie Hawkins)
Honeysuckle Weeks	...	Samantha Stewart
Barney Clark	...	Tim (as Barney Clarke)
Geoffrey Freshwater	...	Sergeant Rivers
Emily Blunt	...	Lucy Markham
Luke de Woolfson	...	Harry Markham (as Luke De Woolfson)
Christopher Benjamin	...	Brigadier Harcourt

Storyline

October 1940: A young secretary falls to her death out the window of her office. Foyle plays referee to the Home Guard's war games, but there's live ammunition and one of the Home guard ends up dead. The local children collecting paper and metal for the war effort prove instrumental in solving the case.

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Plot Keywords:

home guard | corporation | war game | suspect | falling out a window | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | War

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 November 2003 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paddock Productions, Greenlit Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Simon Walker: You see, that's what I learned in Germany: when someone gets in your way, you have to act! That's the genius of Hitler. In a way, that makes him the greatest businessman of all.

User Reviews

More insight into wartime Britain

Every episode of Foyle's War shows some novel aspect of Britain between the onset of the war in 1939 and the entry of America in 1941. The atmosphere is one of imminent invasion from Germany with a Nazi victory likely.

This episode touches on corporate collaborators - companies who struck deals with the Nazis in anticipation of a German victory. It also shows the raw material resource shortages and the salvage drives that results.

Hardly the stuff of history books.

Another first-rate episode.