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Christopher Foyle is a fictional character portrayed by Michael Kitchen in the TV series Foyle's War.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled The German Woman (season 1), they were 53 years old.
They appear in all 28 aired episodes and have accumulated 562 positive votes.
The character of Christopher Foyle is mainly associated with Samantha Stewart, Sabartovski and Lydia Nicholson.

Christopher Foyle

by Michael Kitchen

character

Episodes28

  • 8.1
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    The German Woman

    episode S1.E1 october 2002
    The German wife of a rich and influential aristocrat exempted from wartime internment is found decapitated in the midst of anti-German feeling.
  • 8.4
    /10

    The White Feather

    episode S1.E2 november 2002
    The arrest of a young girl on a sabotage charge brings Foyle into contact with a group of English Nazi sympathizers.
  • 8.2
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    A Lesson in Murder

    episode S1.E3 november 2002
    Foyle investigates the suicide of a pacifist and death threats to the judge who ruled against his conscientious objector status.
  • 8.2
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    Eagle Day

    episode S1.E4 november 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.
  • 8.5
    /10

    Fifty Ships

    episode S2.E1 november 2003
    After Foyle is a guest at a friend's home at a dinner for an important American industrialist, a suicide victim and German agent both are discovered near the house.
  • 8.4
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    Among the Few

    episode S2.E2 november 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.
  • 8.4
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    War Games

    episode S2.E3 november 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.
  • 8.3
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    The Funk Hole

    episode S2.E4 december 2003
    Foyle's investigation of the death of a young black marketeer and stolen food is interrupted by his suspension on charges of sedition.
  • 8.3
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    The French Drop

    episode S3.E1 october 2004
    February 1941: A local murder investigation sidetracks Foyle's endeavor to pursue a position that would contribute more to the war effort as he finds himself caught between rival spy organizations.
  • 8.4
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    Enemy Fire

    episode S3.E2 october 2004
    February 1941: When a manor house is commandeered as a special burn unit for treating injured RAF pilots, Foyle is called in to investigate a series of accidents.
  • 8.3
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    They Fought in the Fields

    episode S3.E3 november 2004
    April 1941: Foyle questions three Land Army girls about a murder that occurs on a Hastings farm.
  • 8
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    A War of Nerves

    episode S3.E4 november 2004
    June 1941: A.C. Rose orders Foyle to delegate his investigation of black marketing ring and personally look into the possibly seditious acts of a Socialist activist.
  • 8
    /10

    Invasion

    episode S4.E1 january 2006
    American troops arrive in Britain and the Corps of Engineers building an airstrip on a Hastings farm is met with resentment.
  • 8.4
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    Bad Blood

    episode S4.E2 january 2006
    Foyle investigates a mysterious disease affecting local farm animals and looks into the stabbing of a war hero.
  • 8.2
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    Bleak Midwinter

    episode S4.E3 february 2007
    The death of a woman in a munitions factory becomes linked with the murder of Milner's estranged wife as he falls under suspicion and Foyle strives to clear his name.
  • 8.1
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    Casualties of War

    episode S4.E4 april 2007
    Foyle has his hands full dealing with illegal gambling, sabotage, and his needy goddaughter who shows up on his doorstep with her traumatized son.
  • 8.2
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    Plan of Attack

    episode S5.E1 july 2008
    Milner is unhappy with his new DCS and has asked for a transfer, but after the DCS is murdered, Foyle comes out of retirement to replace him.
  • 8.5
    /10

    Broken Souls

    episode S5.E2 july 2008
    Foyles hones in on two murders: an unpopular psychiatrist in a trauma facility and a low security German POW on work release to a local farm.
  • 8.5
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    All Clear

    episode S5.E3 july 2008
    Foyle joins a municipal committee preparing for the imminent V-E Day celebration but soon finds himself investigating the deaths of two of its members.
  • 8.1
    /10

    The Russian House

    episode S6.E1 may 2010
    The escape of a Russian POW sets off a chain of events that leads to murder and rekindles a conflict between Foyle and his former superior.
  • 7.9
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    Killing Time

    episode S6.E2 may 2010
    Foyle goes head to head against the might of the US army when a local girl is found murdered and the finger of suspicion points to a black GI at the US military base.
  • 8.9
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    The Hide

    episode S6.E3 may 2010
    Foyle battles to save a young man accused of high treason from the executioner's noose in a case that will shatter his personal world to the core.
  • 8.2
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    The Eternity Ring

    episode S7.E1 september 2013
    MI5 suspects British atomic research has been infiltrated and asks Foyle to look into whether a Russian spy network could be at work in the heart of London.
  • 8.4
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    The Cage

    episode S7.E2 september 2013
    Foyle's investigation into the death of a nameless Russian leads to a mysterious military facility and the discovery that the victim was a spy with dangerous connections to British intelligence.
  • 8.6
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    Sunflower

    episode S7.E3 september 2013
    Foyle is drawn into the bizarre murder of an ex-Nazi defector and leading expert on Soviet intelligence who had been working for MI5.
  • 8.3
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    High Castle

    episode S8.E1 february 2015
    Foyle is drawn into the world of corrupt Nazi businessmen when a university professor is found brutally murdered in a London park.
  • 8.5
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    Trespass

    episode S8.E2 february 2015
    When the son of a high-profile Jewish businessman is attacked in the grounds of a university, Foyle wonders whether the attack was racially motivated.
  • 9
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    Elise

    episode S8.E3 february 2015
    Foyle must find out if there was a traitor within the SOE after Hilda Pierce is shot in an attempted assassination.

Best moments10

  • 8.1
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    95% of the votes

    The Russian House

    episode S6.E1 may 2010
    The escape of a Russian POW sets off a chain of events that leads to murder and rekindles a conflict between Foyle and his former superior.
  • 8.4
    /10
    95% of the votes

    The Cage

    episode S7.E2 september 2013
    Foyle's investigation into the death of a nameless Russian leads to a mysterious military facility and the discovery that the victim was a spy with dangerous connections to British intelligence.
  • 8.3
    /10
    92% of the votes

    The French Drop

    episode S3.E1 october 2004
    February 1941: A local murder investigation sidetracks Foyle's endeavor to pursue a position that would contribute more to the war effort as he finds himself caught between rival spy organizations.
  • 8.5
    /10
    91% of the votes

    Fifty Ships

    episode S2.E1 november 2003
    After Foyle is a guest at a friend's home at a dinner for an important American industrialist, a suicide victim and German agent both are discovered near the house.
  • 8.5
    /10
    89% of the votes

    Broken Souls

    episode S5.E2 july 2008
    Foyles hones in on two murders: an unpopular psychiatrist in a trauma facility and a low security German POW on work release to a local farm.
  • 7.9
    /10
    89% of the votes

    Killing Time

    episode S6.E2 may 2010
    Foyle goes head to head against the might of the US army when a local girl is found murdered and the finger of suspicion points to a black GI at the US military base.
  • 8.5
    /10
    89% of the votes

    All Clear

    episode S5.E3 july 2008
    Foyle joins a municipal committee preparing for the imminent V-E Day celebration but soon finds himself investigating the deaths of two of its members.
  • 8.4
    /10
    87% of the votes

    The White Feather

    episode S1.E2 november 2002
    The arrest of a young girl on a sabotage charge brings Foyle into contact with a group of English Nazi sympathizers.
  • 8.4
    /10
    86% of the votes

    War Games

    episode S2.E3 november 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.
  • 8
    /10
    86% of the votes

    A War of Nerves

    episode S3.E4 november 2004
    June 1941: A.C. Rose orders Foyle to delegate his investigation of black marketing ring and personally look into the possibly seditious acts of a Socialist activist.

Votes per episode

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E1
45
E2
19
E3
23
E4
29
E1
24
E2
25
E3
21
E4
22
E1
16
E2
7
E3
18
E4
16
E1
16
E2
14
E3
15
E4
9
E1
17
E2
16
E3
19
E1
16
E2
17
E3
18
E1
18
E2
16
E3
21
E1
19
E2
22
E3