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FOYLE'S WAR: Plan of Attack

The very excellent Foyle's War returns for its sixth series this January, Plan of Attack (Sunday 6 January 2008 @ 9:00pm on ITV1) sees the Second World War heading towards a close with England on the brink of victory.

The sixth series of the ratings-winning ITV1 drama follows Detective Chief Superintendent Foyle’s (Michael Kitchen proving once again that he is one of our finest actors) battles with murder, mystery and betrayal on the south coast as England is on the brink of victory in the Second World War.

From the pen of acclaimed scriptwriter and novelist Anthony Horowitz, Foyle’s War became an instant hit on its debut in 2002. The first series won the Lew Grade Audience Award at the 2003 Bafta Television Awards, the second series was nominated for a Bafta for best television series, and it has been sold to 26 countries around the world.

The series of three two-hour films once again star Anthony Howell as injured sergeant Paul Milner and Honeysuckle Weeks as the headstrong Sam. Julian Ovenden returns to the series as Foyle’s son Andrew, the fighter pilot back from the war to win back the love of his sweetheart, Sam.

The guest stars include Phyllida Law, Jesse Birdsall, Natasha Little, Joseph Mawle, Nicholas Day, Elizabeth McKechnie, Martin Hutson, Malcolm Sinclair, Fiona Glascott, Philip Fox and Vince Leigh.

The first film opens with Foyle at home writing his memoirs, having resigned as Detective Chief Superintendent at Hastings Police. No longer needed as a police driver, Sam has had to find a new job too. But she remains loyal to Foyle, typing his memoirs in her spare time, with mixed results.

It’s April 1944 and something big is about to happen. Everyone on the South Coast can just feel it. Troops and Forces vehicles are on the move in vast quantities, the Allies have stepped up their bombing campaign over Germany and it would seem the end of the war is in sight.

Milner has cracked a large fraud case involving false transportation claims for journeys that were never made but which cost the War Office thousands of pounds. The perpetrator, Burton, is a well-connected man and warns Milner to watch out – Burton’s got friends who wouldn’t be pleased to see him in jail.

Near Hastings a church conference is taking place. Amongst the topics being discussed are the question of forgiveness and reconciliation being offered to the Germans after the war and the morality of Allied aerial bombardment of German cities. It’s a subject that invokes passions on all sides and somehow seems connected to a young RAF man’s untimely death.

DCS Meredith is the new man in charge at Hastings Police station. Fed up with the new boss, Milner has applied for a transfer. No longer needed as a police driver, Sam has also found new employment, although she’s being very reluctant to tell people what the new job involves.

But when someone fires shots outside Hastings police station and Meredith is killed, Foyle has no choice but to return to his old job and piece together the facts.

Filmed in London and the southern counties of England, Plan of Attack, is written by Anthony Horowitz. The producer is Lars Macfarlane. The director is Tristram Powell.The executive producer is Jill Green.

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