Foyle has his hands full dealing with illegal gambling, sabotage, and his needy goddaughter who shows up on his doorstep with her traumatized son.Foyle has his hands full dealing with illegal gambling, sabotage, and his needy goddaughter who shows up on his doorstep with her traumatized son.Foyle has his hands full dealing with illegal gambling, sabotage, and his needy goddaughter who shows up on his doorstep with her traumatized son.
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- TriviaThe Sandhurst Road School bombing mentioned in this episode was a real event that took place on the 20th of January in 1943, just after noon. It is considered the worst of the school bombings during World War II. Thirty-two children died during the raid and six more children died while in hospital. Six staff members died as well which includes Mary Frances Jukes, the teacher also mentioned in this episode. A total of sixty others were injured.
- GoofsFoyle is allowed to see the experimental bomb. This constitutes a security breach beyond all reason.
- Quotes
AC Henry Parkins: I need Mr. Foyle's driver to take me to the Regency Hotel. Where is he?
Samantha Stewart: Oh... That's me, sir.
AC Henry Parkins: What?...
Samantha Stewart: I'm Mr. Foyle's driver.
AC Henry Parkins: But that's not a police uniform.
Samantha Stewart: Well, no, I was, um, transferred from the MTC. I know it's a bit irregular, but what with the war and everything, there was no one else.
AC Henry Parkins: It's more than irregular! A transfer from the MTC, it's unheard of! How long has this been going on for?
Samantha Stewart: About three years... I don't mind, really...
AC Henry Parkins: It's not you I'm thinking of, it's police procedure!
Sgt Brooke: Well, would you rather walk, sir?
- ConnectionsReferences The Wizard of Oz (1939)
It's great, it's a very, very good, imaginative episode. A cracking story, magnitude production values, terrific acting as always, Kate Fleetwood arguably steals the show, over even the velvet voiced Stanley Townsend who I am a massive fan of.
Two scenes I loved in particular, Kitchen facing of with Michael Jayston, wonderful, and my favourite of the lot, Sam explaining her trauma to Foyle, such a wonderful scene.
I love how this show always made you think about aspects of the war that often went unnoticed, here they make us wonder what happened to the younger generation, with so many teachers on the front line, it's an interesting point.
Hand on heart, this is a wonderful, moving episode. 9/10.
- Sleepin_Dragon
- Oct 4, 2020
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- Stoke Park House, Park Road, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England, UK(Assistant Commissioner's hotel)
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