Timeless Masterpiece war drama inspired by real-life | UK News

“One of the best historical dramas” will be watched over and over again, as the show is now obtainable to stream for free.

Airing for eight seasons over a 13-year period, Foyle’s War revolved around Hasting’s Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle (performed by Michael Kitchen) during and after the Second World War.

From homicide and espionage to black market dealings, Foyle investigated criminals on the home entrance and as the war ended, solely dealt with the world of espionage as a senior intelligence officer.

All eight seasons of Foyle’s War is prepared to stream for free via ITV’s streaming service ITVX so followers can relive and or expertise the basic British detective drama for the very first time.

It might have ended 10 years in the past, but Foyle’s War stays a fan-favourite, with viewers unable to stop singing its praises.

“The scripts are clever, the plots engrossing and, with casts drawn from the cream of British actors, the performances are impeccable,” someone posted on IMDb.

A fellow fan shared: “The two simple and only facts you really need to know about this program are that [Michael] Kitchen is an underrated genius and that as detective/murder mysteries go this is, and will remain, a timeless masterpiece.”

A third questioned: “A truly excellent series, where would we be without it?”

Someone else commented: “It’s a wonderful series, for my money it’s one of the best. 10/10.”

A string of fans are also in agreement, calling Foyle’s War “the best television show I have ever watched” and stating that it is “one of the best historical dramas I have ever seen”.

While Foyle himself and the supporting cast are fictional, Foyle’s War creator Anthony Horowitz has previously shared that a lot of the storylines are based on real-life events.

In an essay for Radio Times in 2015, he shared: “I’ve discovered myself touching on tales that are often darkish and disconcerting, all the more so because they’re completely true.”

He also told The Telegraph that he labored with the Imperial War Museum to discover out more true tales about the Second World War for the show.

Horowitz explained: “It’s unusual that we’d never have been ready to inform these tales to a mass viewers if we weren’t seen and promoted as a ‘homicide thriller’ show…

“But the greatest pleasure, for me, has been not the crimes but the way we have been able to explore this extraordinary period in British history.

“These are stories that deserve to be told and I’m proud that we have told so many of them.”

Foyle’s War is on the market to watch on ITVX.