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Foyle's War: Series 1-5 - From Dunkirk to VE-Day
by Acorn
(44 reviews)
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Riveting mysteries set against the backdrop of World War II history
"A triumph from start to finish" --The Wall Street Journal
"Brilliantly explores the moral gray areas of war" --San Francisco Chronicle
Combining uncompromising historical accuracy with compelling mysteries, this award-winning British series opens a unique window on a significant time and place. Michael Kitchen (Out of Africa) stars as the laconic Christopher Foyle, detective chief superintendent in the English town of Hastings. As World War II ravages the social fabric of this once quiet coastal community, Foyle investigates crimes the conflict has fostered on the home front. The 19 mysteries in this collection follow the course of the war from 1940 to 1945.
Also starring Anthony Howell and Honeysuckle Weeks. Guest stars include Julian Ovenden, Corin Redgrave, Robert Hardy, Charles Dance, Michael Jayston, Rosamund Pike, Amanda Root, James Wilby, and James McAvoy.
Includes all episodes from Foyle’s War Sets 1–5.
DVD SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE exclusive interviews with series writer and creator Anthony Horowitz and stars Anthony Howell and Honeysuckle Weeks, making-of documentaries, production notes, historical backgrounds, cast reflections, notes on a real-life Foyle, photo gallery, and cast filmographies.
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Bought this for my brother-in-law and he really enjoys the episodes he has watched so far. I purchased the other 5 seasons as a Christmas present for him.
Splendid British Drama
The understated Michael Kitchen presents a wonderfully dramatic picture of a complicated and conscientious man. Bound by duty and situation, Detective Inspector Foyle exhibits both patriotism and compassion as he deals with everyday and international situations in the southern English coastal town of Hastings, frighteningly near 1940s German-occupied France, during a dreadful time for that "sceptered isle". Confronted with rationing, the black market, imminent invasion threat, staffing shortages, personalities, a son in the RAF, and countless other difficulties, DI Foyle rises above every challenge and makes us all wish he were in our lives in some way. Honeysuckle Weeks, as his driver, and Anthony Howell, as his fellow policeman, give outstanding performances. I cannot recommend this series too highly.
DVD disks produce different quality images on different DVD players
My main purpose in writing this review is to give everyone a head's up that the image quality of these DVD transfers look quite different depending on what type of DVD player you have.
I saw the first four Foyle's War episodes on a friend's Sony XBR and Sony BluRay player and the quality was very good. That, plus the fact that everything about the acting, directing, production, etc., of this exceptional series appealed to me so strongly that I ordered the Series 1 - 5 set through an Amazon Seller immediately.
At home, I have an excellent Panasonic G15, connected to two different DVD players. Because the Foyle's War series DVDs are not BluRay, I played the first three episodes on my equally excellent Denon "standard" format DVD player. Oddly, Episode 1 looked just fine, but Episodes 2 and 3 looked faded and "washed-out". Then I switched over to my Panasonic BluRay DVD player and played all three of the these episodes. On the BluRay player, all three looked just fine, fully focused, and with good color saturation.
This is a mystery to me. There should be no difference in quality, but there definitely is. So, based on this experience, I'd advise you to have a BluRay DVD player in order to see these Foyle's War DVDs at their best quality.
Not for the hard of hearing
Enjoyed this wonderful series, except for the difficulty understanding the dialogue. I have some difficulty hearing and use the option of the written English captions. I was very dissapointed that this series did not have this option. I had seen a couple of episodes that had been rented from Netflix and they had this option. I had also watched series 6 on television as Masterpiece Mystery. This also had the written captions option. Had I known that the caption option was not avalable I would not have purchased the series. Please see to it that this important option is offered in the future.
Thank you, Kathy Reed
One of the greatest, but...
I have nothing to add but further praise for this terrific series. The three main stars are wonderful. I am even starting to make Michael Kitchen facial gestures. All I can say is shame on American TV producers who are stuck in the ruts of "reality" TV, and CSI ad nauseum!
Can you believe that they are even going to re-make Hawaii Five-0???? Jack Lord will come back from his grave to "Book 'Em!"
But on a purely technical note, I have noticed that some people are having trouble accessing the "closed captioning" feature. It is NOT on the discs themselves. You must have your TV set up to access them. AND if you are using a HDMI cable(as I was), instead of the one your set came with, you can't access at all. Try changing cables. Fortunately, Series 6 has subtitles accessed from the disc menus. Now for Series 7,8,9, etc:
Scott
PS Sometimes we Yanks have trouble understanding the cockney accents in British TV. Or is it my age!!!!????
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