"Foyle's War" -- I'm late to the game but loving it

[mainer]

An older series (streaming on Acorn) about an English police detective solving crimes in 1940's England, against the background of the ongoing war. While yes there are "regular" murders, there are also some crimes connected to wartime tensions, Nazis, antisemitism, and espionage. Fantastic acting (like so many British shows).

If you like British TV, Acorn is well worth subscribing to.

[Irish_Dem]

1. It is a great series, I loved it.

[XanaDUer2]

2. It's great

So is Wycliffe, Gently, Vera, Inspector Lynley Mysteries, Dalziel & Pascoe, Prime Suspect.

I have both Acorn and Britbox, and watch them all day long.

The acting and writing are superior, and the actors look normal.

Oh, and McDonald and Dodds, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates.

ETA: Morse and Lewis. Theyre on Britbox.

[mainer]

4. you watch a lot of the same shows I watch!

Who needs American TV if you have Acorn and Britbox?

[XanaDUer2]

5. Midsommer Murders is on Acorn

I highly recommend that, too, if you like BritMys.

[The Magistrate]

3. I Enjoyed It

By the end it got a bit anachronistic. A lot of historical fiction nowadays has an 'adventures of the time traveler' air, with people, sympathetic leads, anyway, displaying modern attitudes quite at odds with the general tenor of the time they are set in.

[ratchiweenie]

6. Foyle's War. One of the best series ever!!!

[stopdiggin]

7. good recommendation

and Acorn is also a good pick. Agree that the characters and acting are, in general, better - more enjoyable.

(for a different 'flavor' - A Place to Call Home, Brokenwood Mysteries, Mystery Road, Good Karma Hospital)

[XanaDUer2]

8. Brokenwood is like the NZ version

Of Midsommer Murders

[stopdiggin]

9. get a kick out of their 'characters' -(nt)-

[mainer]

11. A Place to Call Home was wonderful.

And I think Brokenwood is coming back for another season!

[Martin68]

10. My wife and I loved this series. Very sad when we ran out of episodes.

[bif]

12. Loved it!

That and "Inspector Morse" were a couple of my faves.