Spring and summer 1940: World War II has just begun and England looks all but doomed in the face of an inevitable German invasion. Still, someone has to fight crime on the home front and who better than Christopher Foyle? Michael Kitchen (Proof Of Life, Mrs Dalloway, The World Is Not Enough) stars as the charismatic detective in this drama series of mysteries.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. Uncertainty,espionage, bombs and internment are the new facts of life for Foyle and those around him.Yet sometimes they merge with an old one of affluent England - murder.

EPISODE 1 - THE GERMAN WOMAN
Set against the background of the controversial internment of German nationals in British camps. Greta, the Austrian wife of local magistrate Henry Beaumont, is resented by locals for her Germanic heritage as well as for her wealth and beauty. When her decapitated body is found, a swastika painted on a nearby tree, Foyle soon realises that this seemingly peaceful Sussex town harbours any number of potential suspects.
EPISODE 2 - THE WHITE FEATHER
The arrest of a young girl on a sabotage charge brings Foyle into contact with a group of English Nazi sympathisers- "The Friday Club", who have gathered to await the expected German invasion. When shots are fired at their charismatic leader, Charles Spencer seems the most likely target - but it's hotel-owner Peggy Ellis who dies. Foyle investigates the murder and uncovers a plot to smuggle a vitally important letter to the enemy. Charles Dance plays Charles Spencer.
EPISODE 3 - A LESSON IN MURDER
Beale, a conscientious objector, dies in police custody setting in train a series of deaths, which Foyle must solve. The judge who jailed Beale receives death threats and then a young evacuee is killed in what looks like an attempt on the judge's life. A secret factory nearby and clues in a child's notebook complicate matters for the detective and his team. Then, when Foyle has pieced together the truth, the entry of Italy into the war engulfs a close friend in tragedy.
EPISODE 4 - EAGLE DAY
An air-raid on Hastings uncovers the body of a murdered man and Foyle sets to work, uncovering a plot to steal art treasures being moved from the local museum to a safe area in Wales. His son Andrew, meanwhile, qualifies as a pilot and flies his first mission but is accused of passing top secret.