Foyle's War series 4

"Invasion" Cast and characters Station Sergeant Ian Brooke is transferred to Hastings from Deptford in London. Captain John Keiffer and his 215th Engineer Battalion (Aviation) to begin the construction of a US Army Air Force airfield nearby. Foyle is befriended by Keiffer, an engineer from Northbridge, Massachusetts, since the two share an interest in . Keiffer mentions the loss of his younger brother, who was serving on the destroyer when it was sunk in October 1941. Milner's friend, Will Grayson, is a fellow survivor of the failed Norwegian Campaign who helped to rescue and evacuate Milner from Trondheim. Meanwhile, Andrew Foyle now stationed at RAF Debden, sends Stewart a Dear Jane letter. She accepts a date with Keiffer's driver, Private Joe Farnetti (which irks the senior Foyle, who thinks she is being unfaithfulto his son). Background and production The arrival of American "Doughboy" forces in England began on 26 January 1942,. It marked the start of another dramatic change to the English war home front. Resentment against US forces (as expressed in the sayings "late to the last war, late to this one" or "over-sexed, over-paid and over here") began. Land requisitioning for military use increased sharply, while rationing of basic goods continued. RAF Debden, where the younger Foyle is stationed, demonstrates the transfer of resources to American Forces, when it was transferred to the Eighth Air Force some six months after this episode (on 12 September 1942). Filmed: March–April 2005. "Bad Blood" Cast and characters Joe Farnetti, Stewart's American boyfriend from California, proposes to her on the beach, but she stalls. Farnetti incorrectly states he did his training at Fort Benning in Virginia (Ft Benning is in Georgia). Edith Ashford, a school friend of Milner (and sister of the accused) expresses a romantic interest. Foyle and Fielding are shown to be old yet distanced colleagues and ex-WW1 soldiers. Fielding mentions "bad blood" after surviving a chlorine gas attack during the Second Battle of Ypres. Background and production Milner mentions the abolition of ration allowances for petrol for private motoring, a law which came into effect on 1 July 1942. Leonard Cartwright of Convoy PQ 17 and of the sinking of the Christopher Newport and Navarino, which happened on 4–5 July 1942 are mentioned. Simon Higgins (the blinded scientist on the bed) refers to The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; and Foyle is given streptomycin to treat Stewart - a chronological error, as streptomycin was not discovered until 1943. Filmed: April–May 2005 ==Episodes (Part 2)==

"Bleak Midwinter" Cast and characters The budding relationship between Milner and Ashford continues, but things are complicated by the return of Milner's wife Jane (Mali Harries) after an absence of more than a year. Stewart and Brooke spend the episode lobbying Foyle to eat a confiscated turkey before it spoils. Background and production This episode focuses on the problems within a war-time munitions factory, such as health and safety, as well as pay inequality for munitionettes. Jane Milner mentions the three-year separation cool-down period for a divorce under the Matrimonial Causes Act. It also revisits the theme of black-marketeering. Filmed: February–March 2006. "Casualties of War" Cast and characters Stewart notes that The Wizard of Oz is playing at the Palace Theatre. She brings the Brighter Blackout Book (1939) to Foyle's house to amuse young James. When Milner chats with one of Michael Richards' students, they mention the Sexton Blake and Just William books. Background and production The episode touches upon the theme of immunity from justice, despite the war that aims to champion such noble ideals as British law and order. Much of the episode's historical content was inspired by the invention of the bouncing bomb and Operation Chastise (the Dambusters raid) of 1943, as portrayed in the film The Dam Busters. Writer Anthony Horowitz planned his story to "shadow" one aspect of the bomb's development; the episode depicts a group of scientists experimenting with a mechanism to put backspin on the bomb. The test sequence was designed to replicate the actual tests, including a depiction of the official cameraman, which allowed them to use archive footage. Another historical reference in this episode is to the Sandhurst Road School Disaster, in Catford, South East London, on 20 January 1943, in which 38 children and six teachers were killed, and some 60 other children and adults were injured. Filmed: March–April 2006 ==International broadcast==

The two episodes for part 2 screened in Denmark on 5 and 12 September 2006, some months before their ITV debut. In Australia all four were played on ABC weekly from 11 February 2007. Part 1 was broadcast in the United States on PBS on Mystery! on 17 and 24 June 2007, and part 2 on 1 and 8 July 2007, as ''Foyle's War IV.'' The series was added to Netflix as of April 2014. ==References==