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	Amazon.com: Foyle's War - Set 3: DVD: Michael Kitchen,Anthony Howell,Honeysuckle Weeks,Julian Ovenden,Jonah Lotan,Gavin Millar,Jeremy Silberston,Giles Foster,David Thacker
		Denied a transfer to the war effort, Foyle is nonetheless forced to confront the darkest acts of humanity on a daily basis.
		Foyle's War season 3 was a long time coming (or at least it felt like it!) and I am happy to say that it measures up in every way to the excellent standard already set.
		Foyle's War is superbly written with great acting from all the main characters (as well as supporting cast and guest stars) - in particular, of course, Michael Kitchen as the rather sobering Christopher Foyle.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000AYELA6?v=glance (3470 words)

	Foyle's War
		For Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle of the Hastings police department, a man who served his country in World War I and then rose through the ranks of the police force to his current position, sitting on the sidelines during this war is frustrating.
		As Foyle quickly learns, however, the role he plays is in no way a small one, for the war has certainly not brought a cessation of crime.
		In early World War II Britain, as British soldiers and pilots valiantly resist the German forces on land and in the air, their kinsmen at home face head-on the effects of the awful war that has engulfed their nation.
	www.foyleswar.com (353 words)

	Masterpiece Theatre Foyle's War
		Writer Anthony Horowitz says: "The war adds another dimension for Foyle -- a personal crusade to fight crime when values and morality are shaken up and all of Europe is engaged in killing.
		Producer Jill Green says: " Foyle's War is set at the beginning of the Second World War, when people's lives were turned upside down.
		Spring and summer 1940: World War II has just begun and England looks all but doomed in the face of an inevitable German invasion.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/masterpiece/foyleswar (353 words)

	Amazon.com: Foyle's War - Set 3: DVD: Michael Kitchen,Anthony Howell,Honeysuckle Weeks,Julian Ovenden,Jonah Lotan,Gavin Millar,Jeremy Silberston,Giles Foster,David Thacker
		Denied a transfer to the war effort, Foyle is nonetheless forced to confront the darkest acts of humanity on a daily basis.
		Foyle's War season 3 was a long time coming (or at least it felt like it!) and I am happy to say that it measures up in every way to the excellent standard already set.
		War fever England is recreated realistically with actual historical facts incorporated into the fictional story (such as internment camps for German citizens).
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000AYELA6?v=glance (3457 words)

	Masterpiece Theatre Foyle's War
		Writer Anthony Horowitz says: "The war adds another dimension for Foyle -- a personal crusade to fight crime when values and morality are shaken up and all of Europe is engaged in killing.
		Spring and summer 1940: World War II has just begun and England looks all but doomed in the face of an inevitable German invasion.
		The quietly enigmatic Foyle would much rather serve his country in the armed forces, but his superiors deem him indispensable for combating the heightening anarchy along England's south coast, where the German army is expected any day.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/masterpiece/foyleswar (325 words)

	UK Political Blog Feeds
		The study traces the supply of weapons and ammunition to the governments of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda and their subsequent distribution to armed groups and militia in the eastern DRC that have been involved in atrocities amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity.
		The foremost is Hasan Cengic, now in the Bosnia parliament, was a former deputy defense minister in charge of arming Bosnian Muslims during the Bosnian war.
		In the event that the UK identity card proposals pass into law, there is a perception that the existence of the Common Travel Area of the UK & Ireland will necessitate the establishment of an Irish identity card, otherwise the Common Travel Area would present a fundamental security loophole in the ID card proposals.
	www.voidstar.com /ukpoliblog/index.php?fid=182&ukpoliblog=f9b474bcc8fc57837729fabbd0fce5d8 (325 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Video: Foyle's War - War Games
		Buy Foyle's War - War Games with Foyle's War - A Lesson In Murder / Eagle Day [2002...
		Set on the South Coast of England during World War II.
		However, please note that studios occasionally run out of stock.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000163WL2 (325 words)

	Christina Foyle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Screenwriter Anthony Horowitz has said that Foyle was the namesake for the title character, Christopher Foyle, in the ITV series Foyle's War.
		Christina Foyle (1911–June 8, 1999) was an English bookseller and owner of Foyles bookshop.
		Miss Foyle (as she liked to be called) started working at her father's bookshop (Foyles, on Charing Cross Road in London's West End) at age 17 after leaving a Swiss finishing school, and never left.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Christina_Foyle (327 words)

	MYSTERY! Foyle's War Series III: Episode Descriptions
		Foyle goes to Hill House and learns that the SOE is a new Top Secret intelligence organization engaged in the art of dirty warfare.
		As Foyle interviews members of the SOE including shady ex-con Maccoby, Sam conducts her own investigations into the disturbances at her uncle's churchyard, tracking down a mysterious bald man and discovering a map of France hidden in a phone box.
		Foyle and Milner capture two airmen, Sabartovski and Schimmel, and they are handed over to the imperious Major Cornwall who works for the POW interrogation service.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/mystery/foyleswar/series3.html (1380 words)

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		Northampton was a seat of Parliament many times during the 14th century, and during the civil war the strong parliamentary garrison at Northampton led the assault at Naseby.
		The constituency is dominated by Luton airport and the Vauxhall car plant, and it came as a major blow to the area when Vauxhall announced that they plan to close their plant by mid 2002 with the loss of 2,000 jobs.
		In 1974, the town was divided into two parliamentary constituencies, with this southern division having been the safer for the Conservatives: outside of the town itself, it takes in the rural and commuter hinterland to the south, including a good deal of green belt land.
	www.thirdgeek.com /politrix/locationsdb.txt (1380 words)

	THE BLANKET * Letters
		Unfortunately, the right to vote McCann is a privilege restricted only to those in the Foyle constituency.
		Those that claim to be progressive demonstrated the paucity of this claim through their decision to legitimise the Bush/Blair war summit earlier this year in Hillsborough.
		It is a source of much regret that we do not have someone of the calibre of Eamonn McCann standing in this constituency.
	lark.phoblacht.net /mcannletter.html (1380 words)

	The Convergence of Love and Class in the Choice of ;Kitty Foyle;.: Essays, College essays, Custom Essays, Free Essays, Essay Writing
		In this context, it may be argued that the most interesting aspect of the film is how it represents the choice that Kitty Foyle must make, between the two men in her life, as a conflict of romance and class.
		The Convergence of Love and Class in the Choice of ;Kitty Foyle;.: Essays, College essays, Custom Essays, Free Essays, Essay Writing
		However, such a dismissal would ignore the complexities with which the film depicted women's lives and American society at the end of the Great Depression and on the eve of the Second World War.
	www.essayacademy.com /show/film_studies/the_convergence_of_love_and_class_in_the_choice_of_kitty_foyle.shtml (1380 words)

	HighBeam Research: Library Search: Results
		FOYLE'S WAR; A despised husband, an illicit affair and the crucial mistake that led Foyle to a ruthless murderer.
		Christina Foyle, Owner of London Bookshop, Dies at Age 88; World-Renowned Retailer Sponsored Luncheons for Authors, Readers; She Exchanged Correspondence With Adolf Hitler
		Christina Foyle, Owner of London Bookshop, Dies at Age 88; World-Renowned Retailer...
	www.highbeam.com /library/search.asp?FN=SS&search_newspapers=on&search_magazines=on&q=Foyle&refid=ency_botnm (648 words)

	Foyle's War The DVD Review With On The Box
		Foyle's War a new release from Acorn Media, was first broadcast late in 2002 on the ITV network and written by the prolific Anthony Horowitz.
		All in all Foyle's War is definitely a classy edition to the Detective Drama genre.
		The original working title for the show was the somewhat lacklustre The Blitz Detective and Foyle is actually named after the owner of Foyle's bookshop in London - Christina Foyle.
	www.memorabletv.com /dvdreviews/foyleswar.htm (322 words)

	Foyle's War
		Anthony Horowitz: Well, Foyle's War was the result of the Network Center, who are the people of course who control everything we get to see on ITV, suddenly realizing they needed quickly a new detective series to go out on Sunday nights.
		Poirot, etc. Ahh, the English tend to hide their emotions just as killers hide what they're going to do and the detective's job is to dig under the surface trying to find out what people are doing.
		In fact, all the actors brought ideas to the table that had to get incorporated, but it wasn't planned mechanically as it were.
	www.foyleswar.com /media/02pp1.htm (1883 words)

	1940
		Howard J. Lydecker, William Bradford and Ellis J. Thackery (Photographic), Herbert Norsch (Sound) - WOMEN IN WAR
		Daniel Clark, Grover Laube, Charles Miller and Robert W. Stevens (20th Century-Fox Film Corporation) - For the design and construction of the 20th Century Silenced Camera.
		John P. Fulton (Photographic), Bernard B. Brown and William Hedgecock (Sound) - THE INVISIBLE MAN RETURNS
	theoscarsite.com /1940.htm (938 words)

	Welcome to Hands across the River...
		In Northern Ireland the famous Peace Statue symbolizes enemies reaching across the River Foyle to bring peace to the war-torn region......
		Here in Greater New Bedford, the Hands across the River Coalition brings a new hope for peace in our environment....
	wetlandsandwildlife.com:85 /wickedneat/harc (91 words)

	John Hume, former MP, Foyle (TheyWorkForYou.com)
		A mixture of for and against the Iraq war.
		John Hume, former MP Former Social Democratic and Labour Party MP for Foyle
		This data was produced by TheyWorkForYou from a variety of sources.
	www.theyworkforyou.com /mp/john_hume/foyle (91 words)

	Miscellaneous Comedy Films
		Bonehead (Keith Allen) and Foyle (Peter Richardson) are the flashiest, fastest and most under-dressed detectives to be kicked out of DI5.
		This is the original show that skewers ‘80s politics with the US, the UK, Russia and the Middle East on the brink of nuclear war.
		Alan B’Stard (Mayall), a two-faced, conniving, right-wing conservative MP in Parliament, whose constituency is a small working class town (all of whom think he’s a complete bastard — including his wife and father in law).
	www.vidjunkie.com /comedy.htm (91 words)

	Michael Kitchen News
		In this series set in World War II Britain, the brilliant Michael Kitchen stars as quietly effective detective Christopher Foyle, who fights crime on the south coast of England.
		Foyle's War III: Enemy Fire Detective Chief Superintendent Foyle and his team return for the third series of Foyle's War.
		Available on DVD this week from Warner Bros. for $27.95, the movie is a prequel to the show, which aired for four seasons.
	205.217.158.196 /who/michael-kitchen (91 words)

	KET Presents: Mystery! series fights battles on home front while WWII rages in Europe with 'Foyle's War' on KET
		Michael Kitchen (foreground) stars as Police Inspector Christopher Foyle, with Anthony Howell as Detective Sergeant Paul Milner (left) and Honeysuckle Weeks (center) as his driver, Samantha Stewart, in four new episodes set during World War II.
		Foyle's irrepressible sidekick Sam (Honeysuckle Weeks) begins a romance with Foyle's RAF pilot son Andrew (Julian Ovenden) and goes undercover to investigate a murder at a farm.
		In the first program, "The French Drop," airing Sept. 11 and 15, a mysterious body draws Foyle into the shady world of a top-secret spy organization, where he must use all his ingenuity to avoid becoming fatally ensnared.
	www.ket.org /pressroom/2005/40/MYST__002517_homepage.html (346 words)

	Amazon.ca: Foyle's War: Set 1: DVD
		Against this heady backdrop is the near-solitary figure of Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle (Michael Kitchen), a London investigator who would rather be fighting Hitler abroad but is stuck solving domestic homicides--generally sparked by wartime fervor--with the help of a plucky driver (Honeysuckle Weeks) and a steadfast assistant (Anthony Howell).
		Foyle's War is the rare mystery series that does more than plop a good detective into the middle of a decorative and bygone era.
		Kitchen's magnificently measured performance and Horowitz's masterful grasp of the moral and dramatic issues of his battle-scarred milieu make Foyle's War a must.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00007KLE8 (512 words)

	DVD Empire - Item - Foyle's War: Eagle Day / DVD-Video
		Genres > Television > By Series > Foyle's War
		DVD Empire - Item - Foyle's War: Eagle Day / DVD-Video
		world's at war, one man fights his own battle on
	www.dvdempire.com /Exec/v4_item.asp?item_id=467283&partner_id=87389773 (119 words)

	NAVAL HISTORY-
		, Coxswain, Naval Harbourmaster launch, awarded BEM for rescue work after attacks on HMS Foyle Bank July 1940, when Leading Seaman Jack Mantle posthumously awarded VC Harold SIDDALL RN, Stoker
		Naval history of World War 1, 2 and the Falklands War, including warship and merchant ship losses
		"Naval History Net - excellent source for naval history of the First and Second World Wars, campaign summaries and more." - Imperial War Museum (London)
	www.naval-history.net (874 words)

	Foyle's War Series 2 - The Memorable TV DVD review
		Foyle is actually desperate to fight in the forces but is considered more useful on the force, he works with a couple of offsiders in the shape of detective sidekick Paul Milner (Anthony Howell) who has been invalided out of the force and their army driver Samantha Stewart (the wonderful Honeysuckle Weeks).
		Foyle’s War is an excellent series, high on period charm but the war time setting allowing for a grittier edge than you would get in similar period material.
		Set during the early days of world war II the always excellent Michael Kitchen stars as Chief Superintendent Nicholas Foyle.
	www.memorabletv.com /dvdreviews04/foyleswarseries2.htm (325 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Foyle's War - Set 3 -- Anthony Horowitz - DVD - Wide Screen
		Surgeon Patrick Jamieson (Bill Paterson) commandeers Digby Manor sets to set up a pioneering burn unit "Enemy Fire," and calls in Foyle when it seems someone is sabotaging the operation.
		When unpopular RAF mechanic Gordon Drake (Shaun Dooley) turns up dead, and Foyle's pilot son Andrew (Julian Ovenden) goes missing, it's up to Foyle and his team -- Sam (Honeysuckle Weeks) and Paul (Anthony Howell) -- to sort things out.
		Foyle and Milner capture two German airmen who crash land in the Hastings countryside, setting "They Fought in the Fields" in motion.
	video.barnesandnoble.com /search/product.asp?ean=54961781898&userid=MA0GElUC9M&cds2Pid=9481 (458 words)

	Foyle's War
		Foyle goes to the docks and shipyard bosses Mark and Peter Talbot tell him Kimble works in the stockroom.
		Foyle and Milner's crackdown on an organised crime racket leads them to a shipyard owned by brothers Mark and Peter Talbot.
		But when Foyle goes to Kimble's home address, he finds it doesn't exist.
	www.foyleswar.com /episodes/304/304.htm (458 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Foyle's War - Set 3 -- Anthony Horowitz - DVD - Wide Screen
		Series 3 of the Masterpiece Theatre import Foyle's War finds Hastings Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle (Michael Kitchen) once again up to his ears in domestic intrigue while WWII rages on across the English Channel.
		Surgeon Patrick Jamieson (Bill Paterson) commandeers Digby Manor sets to set up a pioneering burn unit "Enemy Fire," and calls in Foyle when it seems someone is sabotaging the operation.
		The series is murder and more, it's also history, a look at life on the British homefront during the early dark years or World War II.
	video.barnesandnoble.com /search/product.asp?EAN=54961781898&userid=bA08ziUCDv&cds2Pid=9481&linkid=557820 (471 words)

	Acorn Media Group: Press Releases
		Grounded in historical fact and filmed in London and the southern counties of England, Foyle’s War opens a unique window on a significant time and place.
		Created by acclaimed writer Anthony Horowitz (Poirot, Midsomer Murders), Foyle’s War co-stars Anthony Howell and Honeysuckle Weeks.
	www.acornmedia.com /press/Target_Release.cfm?ArticleNumber=17 (279 words)

	kitchen utensils
		Foyle's War is the rare mystery series that does more than plop a good detective into the middle of a decorative and bygone era.
		Created by writer Anthony Horowitz, Foyle's War makes profoundly resonant use of British society in 1940, a terrifying time in which the threat of an Axis assault on England disrupted ordinary life in often horrible ways, from t....
		The critically acclaimed PBS series that weaves mystery with real historical events returns with four stories set in September and October 1940.
	www.quilts-shop.com /hl/html/kitchen_utensils.html (279 words)

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